New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 333 
The cauliflowers raised from seed sent us by H. A. March, 
_ Fidalgo, Washington, are interesting in showing that as good 
crops can be raised from home-grown seed as from imported, and 
itis said that seed grown in Washington can be sold for one-half 
what foreign seed cost to import. 
LETTUCE. 
The following table gives the observations made upon several 
varieties of lettuce grown the past season: 









SAR RAE ies 1 
BERTI ands od eas o's vps ce vss Sta.......| April 18 | May 6| May 27 | Pe eek 
Everlasting ..........-.....e2 esos) Everett../ April 18 | May 6! May 29); Aug 21 
Golden Ball*............c..0.0080. N..B.&G.| April 18 | May 6 May 21 Re Sp 
PIOMPICCRIANG...,c.cesecsecceecsss»| Hunt... | April 18| May 4; May 31) Aug. 19 
Market Gardener’s Private Stock) Thor. vee April 18| May 4] May 27/| Aug. 23 



* Not in seed when pulled up. 
INSECTS, INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 
Injurious insects have not been as destructive to small fruits 
and vegetables this year as in the past, the continued rains of the 
early summer being, in my mind, one of the leading factors in 
diminishing their numbers. 
The cucumber beetle made its appearance early in the season, 
and its ravages were quite extensive, causing a complete failure of 
the early-sown squash and pumpkins, the frequent showers wash- 
ing off any and all applications as they were made. Lime, plaster 
and a mixture of plaster with London purple or Paris green were 
used at different times, but did not remain on the foliage a suffi- 
cient length of time to be eaten by the beetle. 
- The potato bugs were hand-picked until the young brood were 
hatched, after which London purple and water was twice applied, 
at the rate of six ounces to fifty gallons of water. This not being 
satisfactory, one application of Paris green in solution, four ounces. 
to fifty gallons of water, was found sufficient. 
The currant worm succumbed to from one to three applications 
of hellebore in water, one teaspoonful of hellebore to one gallon 
