As will be seen, Henderson's Early Snowball (from Henderson in 1885) was the earliest, forming the first head July 8, or ninety-seven days from sowing the seed. The heads also were rather above the average in size. Extra selected Dwarf Erfurt was the second in earliness and every plant headed. A notable fact brought out by this table is the effect of the early planting on the late and half-early varieties. It might be supposed, as these varieties require a long season, that this early planting would give the best results, enabling them to attain their full development. But it appears that it caused many of the plants to head prematurely when small, while it greatly prolonged the season of the variety. ---------------------------------+----------+---------+--------+---------- | | | | Average VARIETY. | First | No. of | No. of | diameter | head. | plants. | heads. | of head. ---------------------------------+----------+---------+--------+---------- Algiers | Aug. 14 | 22 | 19 | 7-½ Alleaume | Sept. 24 | 5 | 4 | 7 Autumn Giant | " 24 | 17 | 17 | 7 D'Alger | " 15 | 14 | 12 | 7-½ Demi dur de St. Brieuc | " 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 Early Dutch (dur d' Holland) | Aug. 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 Early Dwarf Erfurt (Thorburn) | July 13 | 11 | 11 | 5-½ Early Dwarf Erfurt (Vilmorin) | " 13 | 5 | 4 | 5-½ Early London | Aug. 25 | 16 | 12 | 7-½ Early Paris | July 25 | 11 | 6 | 5-½ Early Picpus | Aug. 5 | 12 | 10 | 8 Early Snowball | July 31 | 17 | 15 | 7 Extra E. Dw'f Erfurt (Hend'son) | Sept. 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 Extra E'ly Dw'f Erfurt (Thorb'n) | July 13 | 12 | 11 | 5-½ Extra Earliest Paris (Vilmorin) | Aug. 10 | 7 | 6 | 7-½ Extra Early Paris | July 25 | 13 | 6 | 6-½ Extra Selected E'ly Dwarf Erfurt | " 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 Half Early Dwarf French | " 25 | 12 | 7 | 7-½ Half Early Paris (Thorburn) | Aug. 24 | 12 | 11 | 6-½ Half Early Paris (Vilmorin) | Sept. 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 Henderson's Early Snowball | July 8 | 12 | 9 | 7-½ Imperial | Aug. 10 | 10 | 8 | 6-½ Landreth's First | July 13 | 6 | 5 | 5-½ Large Early London | Oct. 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 Large Late Asiatic | Aug. 25 | 11 | 7 | 8 Late Giant Naples | Oct. 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 Late Paris | Aug. 12 | 10 | 7 | 7-½