Rice's Giant Snowball | 152 | 7 | 1 | 4 Snowball | 128 | 5 | 4 | 6 Stadtholder | 128 | 6 | 5 | 9 Thorburn's Wonderful | 128 | 4 | 4 | 6 Veitch's Autumn Giant | 128 | 6 | 3 | 6 Walcheren | 128 | 3 | 3 | 6 --------------------------+---------+----------+---------+------------ In 1884, the following twenty varieties were grown. The seeds were sown in a green-house March 5 and 6, and the plants set out May 2. It appears from the table that some of the varieties called "late," formed heads earlier than others called "early." The Lenormand Extra Large was the earliest, forming its first head in 149 days, the Lackawanna heading a day later. None of the heads were extra large: ------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- | First | | VARIETY. | head in | Plants | Number of | days. | survived. | heads. ------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- Dwarf Erfurt | 182 | 4 | 4 Early Dutch or Early London | 180 | 5 | 4 Early Dwarf Surprise | 175 | 6 | 6 Eclipse | 162 | 7 | 6 Half-Early Large White French | 190 | 9 | 6 Half-Early Paris | 197 | 8 | 7 Imperial | 160 | 8 | 8 Lackawanna | 150 | 9 | 8 Large Algiers | 189 | 6 | 3 Large Late Asiatic | 156 | 4 | 4 Large Late Stadtholder | -- | 8 | 3 Late Giant Italian | 154 | 8 | 8 Late Paris | 170 | 4 | 3 Lenormand's Extra Large | 149 | 7 | 6 Lenormand's Short-Stemmed | 161 | 8 | 6 Paris Extra Early | 154 | 6 | 6 Sea Foam | 182 | 3 | 2 Veitch's Autumn Giant | 182 | 6 | 3 Very Dwarf Alleaume | 189 | 8 | 6 Walcheren | 182 | 6 | 4 ------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- In 1885 the following varieties were planted in the green-house March 30, and sixteen plants of each, with a few exceptions, transplanted to the garden May 4. The plants of Algiers and Le Maitre Pied Court were transplanted May 20, and those of the Wonderful May 21. The plants were set in rows three and one-half feet apart, and eighteen inches apart in the rows. Many were destroyed by various causes, and though the places were twice reset there were many vacancies.