On page 227, 1889, the query is put, " In sweet corn, is it impossible to combine a high degree of delicacy and sweetness with great earliness ?" I have solved the matter by planting Farquhar's First Crop Sugar for three seasons. It is all the originator claims for it in earliness and sweetness. - Salis.

Radishes and Bread and Butter are a tempting combination to many persons who have great trouble in growing crisp, smooth radishes. On old garden soil it is almost impossible to grow them free from woodiness and worms. Your correspondent has found copperas to be almost, if not quite, a specific. Before planting sow the space with copperas, and no worms will attack the radishes. It must also possess some fertilizing property, judging by the results. Sow in the drills, with the seed, superphosphate for forcing a rapid growth. A radish must grow quickly to be tender. It may be in order to add that many persons will find the unpleasant effects of eating radishes entirely removed by eating the tender inner leaves with the root. - S. B. D.

Currie's Rust-Proof Golden Wax Bean - what a name ! - is being introduced by Currie Brothers, of Mil- • waukee. It is not new, however, being ' a variety of ten years standing, a sport from Golden Wax. The dry bean is a deep purple color." It is strongly recommended as an enormous bearer and as wholly rust-proof.