small single Sunflower. Its true name is Helianthus tuberosus. It bears on its roots an immense 
number of tubers looking almost like potatoes. The engraving we have had made from a root 
just taken from the garden. The Jerusalem Artichoke is liked by all the boys when raw; in fact 
it tastes almost as good as a chestnut, and better than any 
root that we think of. It is often pickled, and eaten raw 
as a salad, with vinegar. It is as hardy as anything can 
be, and once planted it will grow from year to year, as it 
is impossible to gather every little tuber. It soon, there¬ 
fore, becomes a weed, and the best way is to give it some 
corner of which it can have entire possession without 
annoying its neighbors. Plant the tubers just as potatoes. 
Before the use of the Potato became so universal the Arti¬ 
choke was grown pretty generally, and of late years it has 
been often recommended in the agricultural papers as good 
for stock. Its culture is so easy and its productiveness so 
great that it would seem well adapted for this purpose. 
Farmers are not apt to neglect a valuable crop, and there 
is, perhaps, good reason for the neglect with which it has 
been treated. A good many things, however, have been 
introduced of late with high recommendations with far less 
merit. Our only object is to call attention to this, among 
other almost forgotten things, so that those who desire to do so may have an opportunity to 
give it a trial. 
TRIAL OF TOMATOES. 
Our European friends are inclined to give taking names to their new flowers and vegetables, 
and there is certainly something in a good name. At the time we introduced the Hathaway 
Tomato , we sent seeds for trial to the Royal Horticultural Society of England, by which it»was 
awarded its highest recommendation, a first-class certificate. This caused a demand for the seed 
in Europe, and we had the pleasure of supplying the leading seed establishments of the old world. 
The seed we forwarded James Carter, Dunnett & Beale, of London, produced one plant 
bearing a yellow or orange-colored fruit, very smooth, of the size and form of the engraving, and 
of a sweet, rich, fruity flavor. It seemed to possess so 
much merit that these gentlemen took pains to secure 
the seed, and have since cultivated it and introduced 
it to the public under the name of the Green Gage 
Tomato. We grew it pretty extensively last year. 
Light colored Tomatoes are not popular in this coun¬ 
try, and we hardly think this variety will answer for 
general culture, but it certainly is a pretty smooth well 
flavored variety, and we think a few plants desirable 
for family use. 
The Tomatoes grown from seed sent us by L. A. 
PELTON proved to be a dull red fruit, quite late and 
resembling the Alliance. The Golden Trophy is a 
showy yellow fruit, but later than the original Trophy. 
Conqueror is about like Gen. Grant, and ripened at 
the same time. Golden Queen is very irregular in form, and late. From Cko. Ferguson, of Port 
Stanley, we received a variety that proved early, but very irregular. By care in culture and seed 
saving it may prove valuable. 
Blount's Champiofi Cluster ripens about with Trophy, and as we have so many good sorts, 
with only late ripening as a fault, we do not think it will prove valuable. The sample from I. A. 
Rairdon, of good quality, but as late as Alliance or Lester’s Perfected. From Mrs. M. E. MIL¬ 
FORD we received a variety that we could not distinguish from Blount’s Champion Cluster. From 
I. A. Tressel a pretty light yellow, small and late. It is useless to increase our long list of 
Tomatoes, and none should be retained unless superior to existing kinds. 
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