| | | very large.
Early Paris. |Ferry. | |No heads formed.
Early Snowball. |Landreth. |Aug. 6. |Heads compact, very white, plant
| | | dwarf, small leaves.
Gerry Island. |Gregory. | |No heads formed.
Select Dwarf Erfurt |Landreth. |July 24.|Heads large and compact, very
| | | white and uniform.
Burpee's Earliest. |Burpee. |July 30.|Heads compact and white, leaves
| | | large.
Lenormand. |Landreth. |Sept. 20.|Heads solid and white, plant
| | | vigorous and dwarf.
Long Isl'd Beauty. |Low. |Aug. 24.|Heads loose, yellowish white,
| | | inferior stock.
Algiers. |Landreth. |Oct. 10.|Heads solid and large, plant
| | | vigorous, leaves very large.
Walcheren. |Landreth. | |No heads formed.
Large L. Dutch. |Landreth. |Oct. 10.|Heads fairly compact, plant
| | | vigorous & large.
Late London. |Ferry. | |No heads formed.
Landreth's First. |Landreth. |Aug. 24.|Heads solid, very white, of
| | | superior quality.
Vick's Ideal. |Low. |Aug. 6.|Heads solid, yellowish white,
| | | leaves large.
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MICHIGAN EXPERIMENT STATION (_Lansing_).--The Michigan
experiment station is connected with the Agricultural College, located
at Lansing, at the geographical centre of the Lower Peninsula. It is,
therefore, remote from any large body of water, and although the soil in
that portion of the state is mainly a strong loam suitable for
cauliflower, it is only in favorable seasons that good cauliflowers can
be obtained.

In the exceptionally favorable season of 1889, some of the sorts then
prominently before the public, were grown at the college, all of which
gave very good results, with the exception of Autumn Giant, which failed
to germinate. The American grown seeds, from H. A. March, of Fidalgo,
Washington, were large and plump and gave strong vigorous plants, and as
good or better results than is usually obtained from imported seed. The
following variet