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the plants from the larger and smaller seed separately, with the fol- 
lowing result. 
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Early London .--------------- Aug. 25) .-140].--7.|---5-| --62 ¢ 95) 16117 8 ieee 
Early Snowball. -------------- July 31|.-115|--.6.|---6-|--6 D4t 470]... ) 2229 oe 
Extra Selected Early Dwarf 
RTBU eee pee eee eee July 1|...93)---7- wy 44 bl Aug. 5) 128 2652462 oe 
Henderson’s Early Snowball. July 8|--100).-.3-|-.--5- tM July 20). 112) ae v6 
Landreth’s First-.------------- Aug. 6|..129|.-.2.|---2-|--7 e 43)_.105|..-4.].-.3.]---74 
Lenormand’s Short Stemmed Aug. 14|..187).-10-|.-.8- _.6 ||Aug. 14|--187]-.10-]-.-3- e256 
W alcheren (Hen.) ..----------|Sept. 1 ""155|_..3.|...3.|--6 | |Sept. 25) .-179 v1.4 eel Aoeke 
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The results are interesting, and suggestive. It appears that the 
plants from the smaller seeds produced heads that were on the aver- 
age an inch larger in diameter, and about sixteen days later in ma- 
turing than those.from the larger seeds. We shall endeavor to re- 
peat this experiment the coming season. 
BROCOLI. 
We planted seeds from fifteen differently named packages of broc- 
oli, in boxes in the cold-frame April 4th, and transplanted eleven 
plants of each to the garden May 22. 
The plants made a most vigorous growth, in some cases attaining 
a height of three feet or more, but only three, viz. the Early Purple 
Cape, Thor. ,’85, Karly White, Thor.,’85, and Early Walcheren, Thor., 
85 formed a head, and these but one or two each. It would appear 
that the brocoli has little value in our climate, as the past season 
was unusually favorable to other plants of the cabbage family. 
LETTUCES. 
Seeds of the following list of lettuces were planted in the garden 
April 24, in rows twenty-one inches apart and twelve feet long, one 
row to each name. The plants were thinned sufficiently as they 
increased in sizeto give those that remained an opportunity for com- 
plete development. The data noted are as follows : 

