New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



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Cucumbers from Sprayed Acre, Sold to Pickle Factory. 



DATE. 



August 14. .. 

 August 16. .. 

 August 18. .. 

 August 20. .. 

 August 23. .. 

 August 25. .. 

 August 28... 

 August 30. .. 

 September 1 

 September 3 

 September 6 

 September 9 

 September 11 

 September 14 

 September 16 

 September 18 

 September 21 

 September 23 

 September 27 



Total . 



Number of 

 fruits of the 



proper size 

 for piclcles. 



55,610 



Number of 



small fruits or 



gherkins. 



31,850 



To the above number must be added 1,500 large ones and 13,000 

 small ones which were gathered on September 29th, the day after 

 the frost. These were sold in Wallabout market, Brooklyn, be- 

 cause no cucumbers would be received at the factory after frost. 

 They brought |19. 



Summarized, the results are as follows: 



55, 610 large " pickles " at ?1.50 per thousand $83 40 



31,850 small " pickles " at 75 cents per thousand 23 85 



13,000 small "pickles" ) 



'^, ...,, „[ Sold at Wallabout for... 1900 



1,500 large "pickles" > 



101,960 5126 25 



When frost came the plants were entirely free from downy 

 mildew and anthracnose, although both of these diseases were 

 abundant in most of the cucumber fields in the vicinity. The 

 nearest source of infection was an unsprayed muskmelon patch 

 about thirty rods distant. 



Ordinarily, 100,000 cucumbers per acre would not be consid- 

 ered a large yield but for the past season it is uncommonly large. 

 The average yield per acre of cucumbers on Long Island in 1897 



