14 
ings falling below those varieties in quantity of fruit ripened ; 
showing a tardiness in the matter of ripening, which makes the 
variety undesirable, at least for this locality. The fruit is large, 
very smooth, dark pinkish-purple in color. 
Shah. Seed from Peter Henderson & Co., introducers. The 
foliage of this variety is of the Potato-leaf type. The plants were 
vigorous, and the most productive in our test; fruit begins to ripen 
early, is ot large size, golden yellow, firm and solid; as the season 
advances the fruit becomes more and more irregular in shape, the 
late pickings yielding only very ill-formed and undesirable fruits. 
Its color and poor shape would exclude it from the list of market 
varieties. 
Dwarf Champion .—Seed from Peter Henderson & Co. This 
\aiiety did very poorly this season; it was the least productive of 
those under test. Fruit ripened early, was small, below the usual 
size, smooth and solid ; color as in Mikado. As a dwarf variety 
Aristocrat is fai preferable to Dwarf Champion, producing as much 
again fruit. 
The following table shows the comparative earliness of varieties, 
number of fruits picked, weight of same, and approximate yield per 
acre in pounds of ripe fruit, and also the yield of green fruit. The 
figuies in the columns showing yield per acre being derived from so 
small an area, can be regarded as only approximate. 
VARIETIES. 
Aristocrat.. 
Buckeye State. 
Gold Ball. 
Ignotum. 
Large Rose Peach. 
Matchless. 
New Dwarf Champion. 
Peach . 
Ponderosa. 
Potato-Leaf... 
Puritan. 
Royal Red. 
Table Queen . 
The Shah. 
Trucker’s Favorite. 
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Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
15 
22 
14 
23 
17 
22 
11 
17 
2 
17 
7 
23 
23 
16 
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Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
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Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 23 
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Weight of Three 
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Yield per Acre in 
lbs. 
No. of Green 
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Sept. 23rd. 
Total Weight of 
Green Fruits in 
lbs. 
Average Weight of 
Green Fruits per 
Plant in lbs. 
216 
46.96 
3.91 
1.1 
8,515 
262 
45.96 
3.83 
102 
30.91 
3.43 
1.7 
7,470 
345 
7L73 
7.97 
581 
50.24 
4.18 
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9,104 
846 
59.40 
4.95 
183 
52.89 
4.80 
1.5 
10,454 
280 
74.47 
6.77 
229 
44.81 
4.07 
1.0 
8,864 
853 
121.20 
11.01 
106 
27.54 
2.50 
1.3 
5,445 
266 
64.13 
5.83 
109 
18.50 
2.05 
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4,464 
126 
19.98 
2.22 
313 
28.12 
2.34 
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5,096 
1,277 
81.36 
6.78 
91 
37.54 
3.41 
5.2 
7,426 
293 
74.58 
6.78 
320 
78.60 
7.14 
1.4 
15,550 
375 
85.91 
7.81 
257 
87.08 
7.25 
1.7 
15.790 
406 
118.30 
9.85 
328 
112.08 
4.87 
1.7 
10,606 
957 
118.25 
10.28 
220 
75.46 
6.28 
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131.10 
10.92 
353 
109.76 
9.14 
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19,906 
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156 
41.77 
3.48 
1.81 
7,579 
461 
117.20 
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14,745 
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14,766 
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21,453 
22,3S9 
23,773 
14,303 
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EEANS. 
DusJt oi Snap Deans. As the bean plant is very tender and 
easily injured by low temperatures, the seed should not be planted 
until all danger of the young plants being nipped by late spring 
frosts is over. It is a good rule to make the first planting about the 
