Ajppendix. 



173 



Table of Comparative Results. 



1 . 



11. 



2 



12' 



3 

 13. 



6. 

 14. 



9. 

 16. 

 10. 

 28. 



4 . 

 18. 

 30. 

 31 . 

 36. 

 24. 



Number of trees. 



Date ot 

 treatment. 



March 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



57 

 64 I 

 49 I 

 56 1 

 48 

 69 

 .S8' 

 42 

 47 



37 

 51 

 42 



Per cent 



killed 

 Mag a. 



100 



98.8 

 98.9- 

 99.4 

 98.(> 

 98.if 



100 

 99.6 

 99.(> 

 99.6 

 99.4 

 HS.Ii 



100 

 98.3 



100 

 97.3 



100 

 9!) 



Averages. 



M 



89 



i)9.-J 



OSWEGO STRAAVBERRIES. 



AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENT WITH FERTILIZERS, AND RECORDS OF STRAW- 

 BERRY-GROWING, IN THE OSWEGO DISTRICT. 



By Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station. 



I. SUMMARY OF FIELD RESULTS WITH THE USE OF FERTILIZER 



ON STRAWBERRIES. 



In the spring of 1897, at the request of the Oswego County Fruitgrowers' 

 Association, the horticultural department of Cornell University planned, 

 and now has under way, a series of tests with different fertilizers for the 

 purpose of determining, if possible, the one best suited to the needs of the 

 strawberry when grown as a field crop. These experiments were begun 

 by the late E. G. Lodeman, and they have been continued under the per- 

 sonal supervision of C. E. Hunn. 



The three essential fertilizers, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, 

 were used separately and in combinations in different weights and seasons, 

 careful notes being taken both as to growth of plant and yield of fruit. 

 The fertilizers were applied to young plantations in spring after the first 

 tillage and before the plants bloomed, a year in advance of the recorded 

 crop. The materials were scattered alongside the row, within a few inches 

 of the plants, and were cultivated in. The plats were located on a variety 

 of soils, ranging from typical strawberry soil, i. e., gravelly loam, through 

 meadow land to black muck. 



In 1897, in co-operation with the association, six plats, in as many differ- 

 ent localities, were selected and a careful line of experiments was planned. 



