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.

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| | | | Average
VARIETY. | First | No. of | No. of | diameter
| head. | plants. | heads. | of head.
---------------------------------+----------+---------+--------+----------
Algiers | Aug. 14 | 22 | 19 | 7-1/2
Alleaume | Sept. 24 | 5 | 4 | 7
Autumn Giant | " 24 | 17 | 17 | 7
D'Alger | " 15 | 14 | 12 | 7-1/2
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 | 5-1/2
Early Dwarf Erfurt (Vilmorin) | " 13 | 5 | 4 | 5-1/2
Early London | Aug. 25 | 16 | 12 | 7-1/2
Early Paris | July 25 | 11 | 6 | 5-1/2
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 | 5-1/2
Extra Earliest Paris (Vilmorin) | Aug. 10 | 7 | 6 | 7-1/2
Extra Early Paris | July 25 | 13 | 6 | 6-1/2
Extra Selected E'ly Dwarf Erfurt | " 21 | 13 | 13 | 5
Half Early Dwarf French | " 25 | 12 | 7 | 7-1/2
Half Early Paris (Thorburn) | Aug. 24 | 12 | 11 | 6-1/2
Half Early Paris (Vilmorin) | Sept. 15 | 11 | 11 | 7
Henderson's Early Snowball | July 8 | 12 | 9 | 7-1/2
Imperial | Aug. 10 | 10 | 8 | 6-1/2
Landreth's First | July 13 | 6 | 5 | 5-1/2
Large Early London | Oct. 27 | 14 | 4 | 6
Large Late Asiatic | Aug. 25 | 11 | 7 | 8
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