The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-19
PROPER VARIETIES
Of VEGETABLES FOR
STATE ARE LISTED
Agricultural College Exp srt
Gives Basic Tip to Gard.
oners Of State

Getting the right variety Of . veg
etable Is much more important than
is the location Of the seedhouse from
which It comes because in many cases
nearly all the seed for the entire
world Is produced in 4 few localities"
says Prof. A. +. Yeager, head Of the
department Of horticulture and for
estry at the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college. "Cauliflower and cab
bage seed. for instance, Is mainly i'm
ported from certain European coun-
tries. Some seed houses may sell In
ferior seed. but most Of them are re-
liable. In one respect only do the
seedhouses located close by have m
advantage. They are likely to handle
only varieties which do we'll In their
locality"
The following list Of vegetables Is
recommended by Yeager:
Asparagus-Mary washington Is
the heaviest yielder and most free
from disease.
Beans, snap-Bountiful and String
less Green Pod are the best green
podded sorts. Weber Wax, also call
ed Cracker Jack, and Pencil Pod Wax
are high quality wax varieties.
Beans, dry-0reat Northern or any
early navy are good white beans. Red
Kidney and Hidatsa are good colored
ones.
Beans, lima-Only the small seed
ed bush sorts such Is Jackson's Won
der or Henderson's Bush will mature
In the average season.
Beets-Any variety will do we'll. De-
troit Dark Red and Ohio Gamer
suggested.
Broccoli - Italian Green-sprouting
Is well worth trying.
Cabbage-Copenhagen Market 10 .
good early, Danish Ballhead late.
Carrot-All do well. Chantenay
splendid. Half long Nantes has the
best quality Of all.
Cauliflower-Snowball most sure to
head, all uncertain.
Celery-Golden Plume and Emper-
or Withstand drouth better than most
varieties.
Chinese Cabbage -Chihli the only
sure heading variety.
Corn, sweet-0olden Gem for ex.
ira early, Sunshine for early, Golden
Bantam for main crop, Black Mext.
can medium, Stowell's Evergreen
late.
Corn, pop-Black Beauty and Jap.
anese Hulless.
Cucumbers-White Spine. OF any
similar variety.
Eggplant-Early Dwarf Purple =
sure cropper, Black Beauty later but
larger. Blackie . new large very
early one worth trying.
Ground cherry-Common variety
best quality, Purple yields more.
Lettuce-Early Curled Simpson and
Grand Rapids for leaf lettuce: All
Seasons, Stonehead and New York
No. IL, for head.
MISUNDERSTANDING Gem and
Golden Champlain are very early
and Of high quality. Delicious. Sugar
Rock and Pertecto are good Later
ones.
Onion-Nearly all do well. Yellow
Globe Danvers and Southport yellow
Globe for yellow; Red Wethersfield
and Southport Red Globe for Red:
White Portugal and Southport White
Globe for white: Riverside Sweet
Spanish and Giant Gibraltar for
transplanting.
Parsnips-Hollow Crown satisfac-
tory.
Pea-Extra early, Radio. Alaska.
Surprise: early. Laxtonian, Blue
Bantam. or Pioneer: medium, Lin
coin: late. Improved Strategem.
These varieties all have dwarf vines.
Peppers-Harris Earliest. Neapoli-
tan.
Potatoes-Triumph or Early Ohio
PumpHu-Omaha and Sugar Pie.
Radishes- Scarlet Tlrnip Whik
Tip, Crimson Giant and White Icicle
for early planting. White Strassburg
for summer. White Chinese au6
Round Black Spanish for winter use.
Rhubarb-McDonald Is best.
Rutabagas-Improyed Purple Top
Is ono Of the best.
Spinach Norfolk = the earliest.
King Of Denmark stands longest
without running to seed.
8quash-White Bush Scallop and
Coco0elle for summer use: Buttercup.
Hubbard and Table Queen for winter.
Tomatoes - Bison, Red River Or
Earliana for early: Agassiz. Early
Jumbo, or John Baer for late.
Watermelon-Arikara, Earliest and
Sweetest, Volga or Winter and Win.
ter Sweet are among the best.
For detailed information on the
vegetable garden write to the NDAC
publications department for Circular
So 1.-THE North Dakota Farm Veget.