2/2 AGRICUI.TURE OF MAINE. 



All of the plots included in section 13 have been pruned and sprayed; 

 all excepting 13 D. are cultivated, and all excepting 13 E. have been 

 fertilized with 4-8-7 chemical fertilizer at the rate of 1000 pounds per 

 acre. 



These orchard management experiments are to be continued in order 

 to obtain data covering long periods of time. 



Fertilizer Experiment on Apple Trees. 



Thirty-two Baldwin trees have been divided into three sections. Ten 

 at each end have been treated with 4-8-7 chemical fertilizer at the rate 

 of 1000 pounds per acre plus nitrate of soda at the rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre. The 12 trees in the middle of the row have received the 

 4-8-7 chemical fertilizer at the rate of 1000 pounds per acre. 



The Baldwin orchard (25 on map), has also been divided into two 

 parts for a ferilizer test. Rows i to 26 inclusive, (beginning at the 

 north end of the orchard), have received the 4-8-7 fertilizer at the rate 

 of 1000 pounds per acre plus nitrate of soda at the rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre. The remainder of the orchard has received the 4^8-7 formula 

 at the rate of 1000 pounds per acre. 



Apple Breeding Experiment. 



The object of this experiment is two-fold ; to produce an apple of 

 desirable characters better adapted to jNIaine conditions than the com- 

 mercial varieties now grown, and to study the fruits produced by breed- 

 ing, in relation to laws of inheritance. 



The work of this season has of necessity been preliminary in nature, 

 and has been chiefly concerned with a study of the technique of cross- 

 ing, to determine the methods for securing an adequate per cent of fruits 

 from artificially pollinated blossoms. A considerable ntmiber of blos- 

 soms have been so pollinated, and the resulting fruits will be the basis 

 for future work. 



Studies of the seedling progeny of a number of standard varieties 

 are also being made in connection with the above. 



PLANT BREEDING EXPERIMENTS, 191 1. 

 Sweet Corn. 



Experiments with sweet corn were begun at Farmington in 1907. 



Plot No. 3 C. on map is a continuation of this work, and consists of 

 an ear-to-row-test of 36 ears. These ears are all pedigreed for four 

 generations back. Each one is selected from an exceptionally early 

 and good yielding strain. 



Yellow Dent Corn. 



Preliminary experiments with dent corn were conducted at Farming- 

 ton 2 years ago. This work was continued at Highmoor last year. 



