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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 26,1898, 
SEAKALE, THE LILY WHITE. 
Contrary to most vegetables of note, there are not 
many varieties of Seakale from which to pick and 
choose. The ordinary form, or The Old Purple, as 
it is occasionally called, is possessed of considerable 
merit, but Lily White is in every way an advance 
PARSNIP BARR’S NEW WHITE 
MARROW. 
This new variety may be described as of moderate 
length, thick at the top, and tapering evenly down¬ 
wards. The accompanying illustration scarcely 
shows it at its best, owing to the fact that the roots 
a funny story of a farmer who, on being served with 
Artichokes at a public dinner, remarked confident¬ 
ially to a neighbour that if he couldn’t grow better 
“ taters" than them he wouldn't grow any at all. 
The establishment of cooking tests for vegetables 
at horticultural shows is a step in the right direction, 
for after all the ultimate test of the practical value 
Carrot, Barr's New Intermediate. 
upon it. The flavour is decidedly better, and also 
the appearance, for the leaf stalks are without that 
purple tinge to the tips, so characteristic of the older 
form. Lily White forces exceedingly well, and the 
shoots blanch easily and well. Gardeners who wish 
for the best of everything cannot do better than in¬ 
vest in a stock of it. It will take up no more room 
than the inferior variety, and will give much better 
results. 
CARROT BARR’S NEW INTERMEDIATE. 
Carrots of medium length are more appreciated 
than those which are thin, very much elongated, and 
penetrate the soil deeply. Barr’s New Intermediate 
conforms to this, having been raised as the result of 
a cross between the half-long and the long types. It 
resembles a very fine form of James' Intermediate, but 
is of better colour, being of a rich red hue, and not 
so coarse in the flesh. The latter is, in fact, finer 
from which the photograph was taken were grown 
in the nursery of Messrs. Barr & Sons, at Long 
Ditton, Surrey, where the soil is light and sandy, 
and last summer proved unusually dry and unfavour¬ 
able to free development. No special preparations 
had been given the soil, so that growers will know 
what that means in the case of Parsnips. More¬ 
over, the flesh is of very fine flavour, being considered 
the most delicate of all, and the roots, when grown 
in properly prepared soil, are well adapted for the 
exhibition table. Messrs. Barr & Sons supplied the 
block. 
THE COOKING OF VEGETABLES. 
The cultivator may cultivate never so well, and the 
vegetables may come up to the highest standard of 
of a vegetable, especially a Potato, is whether it wi 1 
or will not cook, and this can only be established 
with its cooking qualities relative to other varieties 
hy a fair and common trial. Sometimes, of course, 
the variety is at fault, but far more often the cook. 
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MELON FROGMORE SCARLET. 
The fruits of this Melon are of large size, oval, pale 
yellow, and faintly netted with creamy-white. The 
flesh is of great depth, rich scarlet, of excellent 
flavour, and handsome in appearance, whether in the 
cut or uncut state. It was raised by Mr. Owen 
Thomas, gardener to Her Majesty the Queen, from 
the variety Duchess crossed with the useful old 
Beechwcod, the progeny resembling the pollen par¬ 
ent considerably, and otherwise inheriting its good 
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Melon Frogmore Scarlet, 
than in the well-known variety just named, and, 
therefore, constitutes more delicate eating. Its fine 
shape and colour make the variety well adapted for 
exhibition purposes. The accompanying illustration 
was furnished by Messrs. Barr & Sons, King Street, 
Covent Garden. 
excellence, but all avails nought if the cooking is 
bad. It is an old adage that “ God sends the meat 
and the devil sends the cooks,” and bearing this in 
mind we can only suggest that the cooks in certain 
quarters are special emissaries, judging from their 
work. Apropos of being used to bad cooking comes 
qualities. It was one of the few Melons which 
was honoured with an Award of Merit from the 
Royal Horticultural Soeiety last year, this recogni¬ 
tion being given it on the 25th August last. The 
stock of it has passed into the hands of Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, KiDg's 
