secured as level as a floor, formed of the 
rich deposites of ages, which, when allowed 
to freshen, produce without fertilization of 
any kind the largest crops of grain and 
6eeds of all kinds, of any spot in the Union 
we think. The oat is a favorite crop, and 
100-acre fields have been known to yield 
from 15 to 100 bushels per acre. Vegetables 
of all kinds here revel in perfection. It is 
the home of the cabbage. The best strains 
of seed from the Eastern states produce 
handsomer heads than we ever saw in the 
East, and seed produced here from these 
perfect heads has given a remarkable sat¬ 
isfaction all over the Union. So far, it has 
been impossible for us to supply the de¬ 
mand for this seed, but we hope to be able 
to do so in the near future. Cauliflower 
and cauliflower seeds develop to a wonder¬ 
ful degree of perfection, and we believe the 
first attempt to supply the market with 
American grown cauliflower seeds will be 
from this region. It is generally admitted 
that it is preferable to have vegetable seeds 
of all kinds grown farther north than 
where they are used if possible; and cab¬ 
bage seeds particularly, do not show a 
healthy growth if planted much farther 
north than the country in which they #re 
acclimated. The products of the Puget 
Sound country are free from the evil cli¬ 
matic influence common to most imported 
seeds, but it can never hope to compete 
in prices with imported products on ac¬ 
count of the scarcity of labor, common farm 
hands readily commanding from $45 to $50 
per month and found. So if the seeds here 
produced, ultimately drive foreign and 
Eastern stocks from the market it will nec¬ 
essarily ’ e on account of their actual su 
periority. All retail orders will this season 
be filled from our Puget Sound stock, of 
all varieties which we have grown there, 
and we particularly desire that all who 
grow cabbages shall test them. 
ANOTHER PRIZE CONTEST! 
The New “Goklen Prize” Bean. 
Have you any idea how many beans can 
be produced in one season from planting 
one bean of our most pooductive sorts? 
We do not know but we are going to find 
out. We have recently come into posses¬ 
sion of a new bush bean which is of the 
wax or butter bean order which w r e have 
reason to believe is one of the most produc¬ 
tive sorts in cultivation. It originated in 
Canada by a careful experimenter who pro¬ 
duced it by crossing one of the best dwarf 
wax varieties with the Large White Mar¬ 
rowfat, thus improving the latter in qual¬ 
ity and the former in productiveness. It 
is selected as the most promising from a 
number of different crosses and we have 
reason to believe is a decided acquisition. 
It produces a large thrifty bush; pods very 
large and bright yellow in color. The 
beans are large and flattened on the sides. 
Color grayish whit® with bright orange 
eye, in appearance entirely distinct from 
any other variety. The pods are nearly 
stringless and unexcelled as a snap sort for 
cooking green, and yet the large size and 
productiveness makes them an excellent 
sort for cooking when ripe. Our stock is 
so limited that we did not intend offering 
them before another year, but to ascertain 
how many beans can be grown from one 
we have decided to put them in packets of 
six beans each, which will be sold to all 
applicants at 20 cents per package, and t,* 
the person who produces the most beans, 
by actual count, from planting one pack¬ 
age, will he awarded and paid a cash prize 
amounting to as many cents as he produces 
beans. The winner only will be required 
to send bis product to us to prove the num¬ 
ber. and to make affidavit, if required, 
that but one package was planted. No one 
is to send his product in to us until we cal. 
for it, which will not be before we have de- 
dided it to be the greatest yield and en¬ 
titled to the prize. Competition closes 
and all reports must be in hand on Novem¬ 
ber 1, 1884. The new variety will be found 
at the head of bush beans in our seed list 
The larger the yield of the successful com¬ 
petitor the larger will be his prize. How 
many do you think you c< uld grow' from 
six beans planted ? In extenuation of the 
“or mj” of charging 20 cents for six b ans 
we will say that we paid $25 in cash for 
the few pounds v h ch we have in stock, 
and as the prize winners may take Twenty- 
five or Fifty dollars more, it: is not prob¬ 
able that we shall m ike much of a spec¬ 
ulation out of it, but we do hope to dem¬ 
onstrate to all who try it that it is the best 
and most productive bush bean yet offered. 
Look at ReeclV advertisement of Concord Grapes 
on page 25. 1 very reader of Seed-Time xnd Harvest 
should send a trial order for a dozen. You are sure 
to be pleased. Satisfact'o i guaranteed. 
•‘How singular!” exclaimed a young 
school-girl, wdien she first beheld a cucum¬ 
ber. “I always thought they grew in 
slices.” 
