STATE EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



FRUITS AT THE SUB-STATION. 



BY T. T. LYON. 



Bulletin No. 118. 



To Professor L. R. Taft, Horticulturist: 



Sir — I herewith respectfully submit my report of operations, for the 

 season of 1894, at the South Haven sub-station, considering the several 

 classes of fruits, as nearly as practicable, in the order of their maturity. 



The grapes were sprayed last autumn after the dropping of the foliage 

 and the completion of the pruning, using Bordeaux mixture of the usual 

 strength; prior to the commencement of growth the past spring, the entire 

 plantation received a spray consisting of one pound of copper sulphate 

 dissolved in twenty- five gallons of water. 



Subsequent sprayings were given, which will be noticed in connection 

 with the several species of fruits to which they were applied, as will also 

 the depredations of insects and fungi, and the remedies therefor. 



NOMENCLATURE. 



The "Rules of Pomology" of the time-honored American Pomological 

 society have been adopted as its rule of action, in matters of nomencla- 

 ture, by the National Division of Pomology, which, as may not be generally 

 understood, is also engaged in the endeavor to renovate, simplify, and purify 

 the crudities of our nomenclature of American fruits. Such being the con- 

 dition of affairs, it seems eminently wise and appropriate that such rules be 

 generally recognized and applied. Such application is accordingly made, 

 so far as the nomenclature of fruits in this report may be concerned. 



STRAWBERRIES ( Fragaria ). 



The plat of this fruit represented in this record, having been planted in 

 the spring of 1893, was more or less retarded in growth by the protracted 

 drouth of the following summer, although by the frequent stirring of the 

 soil and the thorough eradication of weeds the soil was kept in porous 

 condition, and steady growth maintained. 



As in previous plats, two dozen plants only, of each variety, were grown, 

 of which one dozen were kept in hills, by the persistent removal of the 

 runners, while the remaining dozen were allowed to form a narrow matted 

 row. The product of each dozen was gathered and recorded separately, 

 for the purpose of determining their comparative productiveness. 



