The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-15
Novelties in Vegetables.

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Novelties in Vegetables.
With each recurring season an i'm
provement is noticed in the art of en-
craving practiced in seed catalogues,
and it does seem that an elasticity of
one of the ten commandments is per-
ceptible in the descriptions of the new
vegetables and grains. Although re-
peatedly duped by the fattering de-
scriptions of the novelties, my propen-
sites to get the best in each class OF
vegetables are allowed certain degree
of development in the attempt to inn
prove on the old varieties. Having a
collection of upward of seventy-fve
named varieties of peas. including, it
is candidly admitted, only about one
fourth that number of distinct kinds, I
decided two years ago that the Alaska
was the earliest in the list; but last
season Rawson's clipper came to pick
ing and maturity ''neck and neck"
with it. The American wonder is the
best early variety, and we can afford
to give this variety high culture and
wait four or five days for it's superior
ity. The advancer has no superior as
second early, and the champion of
England is the champion late variety
of America.
The cory is the earliest sweet corn,
h1oo1x M4vinor 4ho ov,l
the mammoth sugar the largest vari-
ETY.. If one cares for the fourth vari-
ETY., the Marblehead may we'll follow
the cory.
The eclipse beet is a few days earlier
and is more globular than the Egyptian,
but differs but little in other respects
from this excellent early variety. The
long, dark blood is rapidly losing its
good reputation for winter use, and of
late bastians and dewings, sown late
in the summer, have been used in
winter.
The early forcing for summer use
and the danvers for general purpos es
are superseding all other varieties of
carrot.
Tomhannock lettuce is the earliest,
tenderest and most desirable in the list.
The alpha is the earliest potato !
ever tasted, and it cooks we'll as soon
as grown, but it IS not so prolific or SO
esirable as the early sunrise. Pride
of America is of the snowflake type,
equally desirable and more productive.
Beauty of Hebron and white star are
very popular, and supplemented by the
old Compton's surprise for cooking in
late spring, have no desire to retain
the scores of other sorts tested.
The Hubbard at its best is the squash
par excellence, but it is now so seldom
found at its best that the turban wins
more deserved praise than anything
else in my estimation, and Essex hybrid
is worthy of trial.
For the general farmer the advice,
go slow on novelties" is worthy OF
consideration.-M Mirror and Farmer.
Farm Notes.
All material for building should be
kept under cover. Boards absorb
moisture and swell or shrink, accord
ing to circumstances.
Wool waste contains ammonia, but,
as in hair and leather, it is in insolu-
table form, and is consequently an in
ferior source of plant food.
According to Professor HUMPHREYS,
it thas not yet been discovered whether
the disease known as stumproot in cab
bage is plat or an animal.
Few root crops are more profitable
than carrots. They are an excellent
food for horses and colts, and they
stimulate the flow of milk in cows
If an orchard is in grass and the
trees are large enough to densely shade