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list of varieties is nearly a duplicate of that found in all the 

 stations. — Secretary.) 



Strawberry plants: Bubach No. 5, Haverland, Pearl, Warfield, 

 Miami, Eureka, Daisy, Viola, Crawford. Nearly every plant has 

 grown, and seems to be in good condition to test as to fruit in a 

 small way next spring. 



STATION NO: 7, J. WEBSTER, DIRECTOR. 



In addition to planting and grafting the same list of apple trees 

 and about the same of strawberries as the other stations, three of 

 the highly recommended new peaches, Thurber, Wheatland and 

 Chinese Cling, were planted. 



STATION NO. 8, J. S. BROWNE, DIRECTOR. 



After giving the list of apple trees planted and grafted, Mr. 

 Browne makes the following report : 



Experiment ivith Sulphate of Copper for Grape Mot. — The pro- 

 portions used were nine pounds of sulphate of copper dissolved 

 in twenty-seven gallons of water, and thirty pounds of quick- 

 lime in six gallons of water. After the lime had cooled it was 

 thoroughly mixed with the copper. The mixture was put on the 

 vines with a Eureka Sprayer. The first application was made 

 soon after the growth had started, say about two inches of new 

 growth; the second, when about one foot of new growth had been 

 made; the third, just about the time the first blossoms opened: 

 the fourth, when the grapes were about the sixteenth of an inch 

 in diameter; the fifth, when the grapes were about the size of 

 peas. In addition to this the vines were carefully gone over and 

 all the rotten grapes picked off twice when the grapes were the 

 size of peas or larger. The first rotten berries appeared a few 

 days after the spots on the leaves (which always go with the black 

 rot) showed themselves, which was when the berries were the size 

 of peas. In picking the rotten grapes it was noticed that when a 

 leaf was found spotted, rotten grapes were almost invariably found 

 near it. 



The vineyard experimented on contained four hundred Con- 

 cords with Wordens scattered through, one hundred Moore's 

 Early and one Pocklington. Last year nearly seventy per cent, 

 of the grapes in this vineyard rotted, the greatest loss being in the 

 Concord. The Pocklington all rotted outside of a few bunches 

 that were bagged; the Noah mildewed in the bunch; Moore's 

 Early, very little rot. The product from the five hundred vines 

 was about two hundred and forty ten-pound baskets. 



This year the Pocklington and Worden were entirely free from 

 ret; the Noah free from rot or mildew; the Concord rotted not 

 to exceed five per cent. ; Moore's Early not more than three per 

 cent. The product of the same vineyard was about eight hundred 



