I have experimented with many vegetable novelties in the past few years, with an experience of many disappointments and pleasures. But as I buy novelties in small lots, planting a few seeds of each, the losses have been slight and the knowledge obtained is well worth the losses. Of the novelties tried in 1889, I am well pleased with the Dwarf Champion tomato. I found it the earliest ; fruit smooth, free from rot and cracking at the stem ; plant a fine robust grower, requiring but one square yard to grow in. I think it will yield as many dollars per acre as any other variety.

Golden Queen is a fine yellow tomato, but does not sell as well as red tomatoes on account of its color.

In beets I have yet to find something better than the Eclipse.

Of the pole beans, Dreer's or Henderson's Golden Cluster Wax are all that can be desired, coming in about ten days after the early bush varieties. Yosemite Wax (bush) is a promising variety as it is almost free from rust.

New White Box is a fine turnip radish, especially for stony land.

Of the celeries, Kalamazoo is no better than some of the older kinds.

The Sibley, or Pike's Peak squash, is of good quality ; a good yielder. but a poor keeper.

The Mammoth Sandwich Island salsify did no better than the common kind.

The Guernsey parsnip is a great improvement. Ruby King peppers are too late ; for our cold climate, I prefer the Bell or Bullnose. Child's Celestial is a very pretty pepper, but I cannot find any use for the fruits.

Among early potatoes the New Queen is a good yielder of good quality.

In melons, Hungarian Honey is the finest watermelon I ever grew. Emerald Gem is a good musk-melon but too small. - John Jeannin, Jr., Renssalaer Co., N. Y.

Have You protected your hardy plants yet ? Your lilies, hyacinths, narcissus, and. in fact, all your border plants ? If not, why not ? Why suffer loss, when it can be prevented ? Attend to it now.