No. 10. Vanguard.-Skin smooth, slightly rosy, flesh crisp. Did not give good results.

No. 11. Green Mountain.-Skin white and smooth, eyes very small.

No. 12. Green Mountain.

No. 13. Green Mountain.-None of these did well.

No. 14. Empire State.-Skin dark colored, slightly russety, eyes shallow, flesh crisp. Results very good.

No. 15. White Elephant.-Skin white and rough, eyes rather deep. Results medium.

No. 16. Chas. Downing.-Skin yellowish, eyes few and rather large, flesh crisp. Results medium.

No. 17. Rural Blush. Skin rough, brown and russety, eyes slightly depressed. Gave medium results.

No. 18. Early Sunrise.

Dark colored, eyes shallow. Did well. No. 19. Clark's No. 1.-Skin brownish and smooth, flesh yellowish and tough. Did not do well.

No. 20. Early Ohio.-Skin yellowish white, almost smooth, eyes large. No good results shown.

No. 21. Rural New Yorker No. 2.-Smooth white skin, few shallow eyes. Did not do well.

No. 22. Jumbo.-Round, skin smooth and white, eyes large. Medium results.

No. 23. Pearl of Savoy.-Skin slightly rough and reddish, eyes small, somewhat depressed, flesh yellowish and tough. Results medium.

No. 24. Thorburn.-Skin rosy, flesh yellowish, shape round and long. Results medium.

No. 25. Triumph.-Skin red and smooth, shape round. Medium. No. 26. Early Mayflower. No description. Did not do well. Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 gave very good results.

No. 34. Eureka.-Skin smooth and white, eyes large, shape oblong. Results very good.

No. 35. Badger State.-Skin smooth, color mixed, shape oblong. Results extra.

No. 36. Six Weeks.-Skin light brown, eyes few. Results medium.

No. 37. White Flower.-Skin white and smooth, eyes small and shape oblong. Medium results.

No. 38. Mullally.-Skin slightly rough, brownish, eyes sunken, nearly round. Medium results.

Nott's Victor.-Skin white, eyes smooth and slightly sunken, ovate. Results medium.

No. 40. New Champion.-Skin smooth and white, eyes slightly depressed, shape oblong and cylindrical. Medium. No. 41. Clark's No. 1.-Skin like Early Rose.

Medium.

No. 42. Early Standard.-Smooth white skin, eyes small. Medium.

No. 43. Roanoke.-Oblong, skin smooth. Medium.

No. 44. Finch's Perfection.-Skin smooth and red, shape round. No good.

No. 45. Smooth clear red skin, round. Results very good.

No. 46. Early Durham.-Like Early Rose in appearance. Medium.

No. 47. Dictator.-Shape round, skin smooth, eyes few. Very good.

No. 48. Princess.-Shape ovate, skin smooth. Medium.

No. 49. Crane's Extra Keeper.-Shape round, skin yellow, smooth eyes. Gave medium results.

No. 50. Queen of the Valley.-Skin smooth and yellowish white, shape oblong. Very good.

No. 51. Brownell's Best.-Skin russety, eyes few, shape ovate. Results medium.

No. 52. Empire State. -Skin smooth, yellowish, shape long. No. 53. Howe's Premium.-Shape round, skin white and smooth. Medium.

No good.

No. 54. Minister.-Shape angular, blush about eyes. No. 55. Howe's Chas. Downing.-Skin yellowish, shape round. No. 56. Rural New Yorker No. 2.-Skin smooth white, eyes few, shape ovate.

No. 57. Rough Diamond.-Skin brown, rough, shape round. Results good.

No. 58. Skin white and smooth. Monroe Co. Prize. Results good.

No. 59. Early Market.-Skin nearly white, rough shape, ovate. Medium results.

No. 60. Northern Spy.-Skin nearly smooth, shape ovate. Medium.

No. 61. Bill Nye.-Smooth skin, color brown, eyes small and shallow. Did fairly well.

No. 62. Pride of the West.-Skin smooth, eyes few. No. 63. Potaris.-Shape ovate, slightly flattened. well.

Medium. Did not do

No. 64. Early Market.-Color brownish red, shape roundish.
No. 65. Chicago Market. -Skin smooth, eyes shallow, shape long.

Medium.

No. 66. Vick's Perfection.-Skin yellowish and smooth, shape short and cylindrical. No report.

No. 67. Peerless.-Skin smooth, eyes shallow, shape oval.

No report appears for the numbers from 68 to 92 inclusive except No 76, which is reported a failure.

These potatoes were all planted in rows sixteen inches apart and were cut to single eyes. The rows were made with a shovel plow

and covered by going between the rows by the same implement. These potatoes were irrigated regularly.

RADISH.

The radish seeds were sown June 11, on a stiff clay soil and all water supplied by irrigation. The furrows were three feet apart and the seed sown in rows crossing between the irrigating furrows. Early Round.-A globe or turnip rooted radish with short leaves and white flesh. Edible twenty-eight days from planting.

Early Scarlet (Ferry).-A round or globe variety, deep scarlet color.

Early Scarlet (Cox).—Quality medium, flavor sharp and biting. Scarlet (Bowen).—Strong biting flavor.

Scarlet Rooted (Bowen).-Flesh firm, flavor strong, color scarlet. Scarlet Turnip (Northrup B. & G. Co.).-Turnip shaped, strong flavor.

Scarlet Globe (Agricultural Department).-Like the preceding, but has a milder flavor.

White Tipped (Ferry).—Globular, scarlet, white tipped with very small tops. Flavor delicate.

White Summer (Northrup).—This is a white-skinned top shaped variety. Edible twenty-eight days from planting. Flesh crisp and tender.

Rosy Gem (Livingston).-Short and spindle shaped, flavor mild, and flesh crisp.

French Breakfast (Department of Agriculture).-Long olive shaped, flavor good.

French Breakfast (Ferry).—Like the preceding, but with less regular form, and not so good flesh.

Short Leaved (Ferry).-Long, olive shaped, bright scarlet, and of a mild flavor.

White Tipped (Bowen).—Top short, deep scarlet and fine flavor. Olive Shaped (Bowen)-Scarlet with white top flecked with red. Scarlet Olive Shaped (Northrup). Rosy red, lighter color at top, flesh of some red, others white. Variable in every way.

Improved Long (Northrup). Long spindle shaped, white tipped, flavor poor and flesh watery.

Long Scarlet (Bowen). Medium length, spindle shaped, deep scarlet, whitish at tip. Flavor not good.

Short Top Improved (Ferry). Top medium, flavor poor and sharp.

Improved Chartiers (Livingston). Medium length, almost white, flesh hard and crisp and has a sharp flavor.

Long White Naples (Ferry).

Top shaped, white, flesh watery. Round Block Spanish (Ferry). Flesh dull black, flesh crisp and fine and flavor good..

White China (Ferry). White skin, a little russety.

Long White China. This is a long and very large winter radish with white skin and crisp flesh.

California Mammoth (Bowen). This is a large spindle shaped, white skinned winter radish with solid flesh and fair flavor.

China White (Vick). This is a top shaped, firm fleshed, white skinned variety of good quality.

CUCUMBERS.

The

The cucumbers were grown on soil of the same character as the other crops. The ground was put in as good a condition as it was possible to put it in without the application of manures. varieties were all planted June 11th, and in eight days all were through the ground except White Spine, seed from Bowen, and War Club, seed from the Northrup, Breslan & Goodwin Co., Minneapolis. By July 15th all were blooming nicely. The first fruit to reach the best condition for slicing for table use was gathered August 2d, fifty days from planting. Until August 29th the fruit was all left on the vines, when it reached the best condition for slicing.

The following table shows the results of the experiments:

Seeds of thirty-six varieties of sorghum were received from the

Department of Agriculture and one row two rods long was planted. of each variety. The seed was planted in rows thirty-six inches apart, six to seven seed in a hill and covered one inch deep. The seed was planted on June 7th, and the plants bitten by frost October 9th. Some of the varieties reached a height of eight feet, but the average was about five feet. (The Station Farmer reports the sorghum a failure for 1890.)

FRUITS.

The following fruits have been received and set out this spring (1890). All of them except thirty-seven varieties of apple trees were sent for trial:

Of the Experiment Station on the result of the experiments in 1890, with the exception of the report on the potato crop, which has been given.

The corn is reported as a failure. All the beans showed good results and the peas were good. The beet crop was a failure. The watermelons were good and so were the muskmelons. The pumpkins and onion crops are reported as failures. The radish did well, but the parsnip and lettuce crops were failures. Of the grasses the following varieties gave good results and are highly recommended : Blue Grass, White Clover, Orchard Grass, Red and White Clover, Alsike Clover, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, Creeping Bent and Velvet Grass.