EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



14!) 



Rea. — One of the newer kinds which may safely be recommended for general planting. 

 It is a, seedling of the Orange and is a larger and firmer quince than its parent. 



Van Deman. — A good grower and abundant bearer. The fruit is medium io large, 

 clear, rich yellow in color. Quite similar to Orange. 



TABULATION OF QUINCES, L901. 



Name. 



Alaska 



Angers 



Hourgeat.. . 

 Champion.. 



Fuller 



Meech 



Missouri ... 



Rea 



Van Deman 



Hanted. 



1891 



1890 

 1895 

 1888 

 1894 



1888 

 1891 

 1888 

 1895 



lUnometl. 



May 27 

 " 31, 



June 'I. 

 " 2. 



May 30 



" 30. 



" 23, 



" 27 



" 29! 



Ripe. 



Middle of October. 



Early November. 

 Middle of October. 



Middle of October. 

 Early October. 



Middle of October. 



APPLES. 



Results with apples this season were quite unsatisfactory. The crop upon many 

 varieties was light and practically all of the fall and winter kinds were badly damaged 

 by the late brood of codling moth. Early in April the trees were sprayed with copper 

 sulphate, one pound to fifteen gallons of water, with the exception of one tree of each 

 variety which was left unsprayed until the blossom buds were about to open when an 

 application of Bordeaux mixture was made. The late spraying with Bordeaux is con- 

 sidered very beneficial by way of preventing the attack of the scab fungus which is par- 

 ticularly liable to appear during the. blossoming period. This season scab was not very 

 prevalent, and the benefit derived from the Bordeaux spraying was not so great as 

 expected. One-half of the trees sprayed just before blossoming time with Bordeaux 

 mixture, were given an extra spraying with this fungicide during the season, making in 

 all four applications of Bordeaux following the setting of the fruit. All other trees were 

 sprayed three times after blossoming with Bordeaux. The object of the fourth spraying 

 above referred to was to test the value of late spraying for the second brood of codling 

 moth. The moths were unusually numerous and persistent in their work and the late 

 varieties were quite wormy in spite of the spraying. The extra application apparently 

 did little, if any good. 



The poisou used in connection with the Bordeaux mixture was arsenite of lime which 

 was also used last season. The crop of a year ago was remarkably free from worms. 

 Quite likely the poor success met with this season in the attempt to control the codling 

 moth was due to the fact that the insects were present in unusually large numbers 

 rather than to any possible difference in the way the poison was prepared, or to any slight 

 variation in the time the applications were made. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



Arnold. — Tree a good grower and quite productive. Fruit, medium to large, yellowish- 

 white, of good quality. Season November to March. Too light in color and almost too 

 tender for market; promising for home use. 



Babbitt. — A large, roundish, oblate, striped apple of good quality; very productive. 

 Resembles Wagener somewhat, in appearance, but ripens before that variety and the tree 

 is a more vigorous grower. A good late fall and early winter variety. 



Bietigheimer. — A large, beautifully colored apple from Germany. Quality very poor. 

 Not valuable. Late August and early September. 



Bishop Bourne. — A sweet apple from Nova Scotia claimed to be very hardy. Fruit, 

 roundish, conical, light yellow, splashed and striped with red; quality, fair only. Does 

 not appear very promising. 



