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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



QUINCES. 



Quinces were sprayed with copper sulphate solution, one pound to fifteen gallons 

 of water, in early sprin*?, and with Bordeaux mixture when the fruit had set. All 

 varieties escaped winter injury, except the Hong Kong, whicli was killed. This variety 

 was planted here in 1888, and never either bloomed or fruited. Most kinds of bearing- 

 age produced full crops. 



Alaska is both vigorous and productive. Fruit roundish, slightly oblate, ribbed ; 

 basin broau, rather deep; cavity none; calyx nearly closed, segments long, reflexed; 

 color golden yellow; flesh pale yellow, crisp. Not so large as the Orange, but in other 

 respects it seems equal to tliat variety. 



Meech bore a very full crop this season. The fruit is below medium in size, roundish, 

 slightly oblate: basin narrow, deep, ribbed; calyx nearly closed, segments short; cavity 

 very slight, ribbed; flesh pale yellow, firm, crisp. Very symmetrical in form. 



Missouri is the largesc variety on trial. Form roundish, somewhat irregular; basin 

 broad, deep, ribbed ; calyx open, segments long, leaf-like, reflexed, color rich yellow ; 

 quality very good. Season October and Jvovember. 



Rea is of good appearance and large size. Form roundish oblate, ribbed ; basin 

 broad, rather deep; calyx closed, tips of segments reflexed; color golden yellow. A 

 seedling of the Orange. 



TABULATION OF QUINCES, 1899. 



Name. 



Planted. 



Alaska 



Angers 



Bourgeat. . . 

 Champion. . 

 Fuller 



Hong Kong 



Meech 



Missouri 



Kea 



Van Deman 



1891 

 1«90 

 1895 

 1888 

 1891 



1888 

 1888 

 1890 

 1888 

 18.% 



Bloomed. 



Ripe. 



May 15 Middle of October. 



May 14. 

 May 17. 



May 16 Middle of October 



May 12 Middle of October 



May 12. 

 May 17. 



Early October. 

 Middle of October. 



Van Deman first fruited here last year, and this season bore nearly a full crop. 

 Fruit roundish, slightly oblate; basin irregular, ribbed: cavity slight: color clear 

 rich yellow; flesh pale yellow, crisp, firm, quality very good. Season middle of October. 



PLUMS. 



American and European plums came through the winter uninjured, except for a few 

 trees of the latter species which were slightly frozen at the tips of new growths. 

 A few of the Japanese varieties were quite badly frozen and in the case of a number 

 of sorts a large per cent of the fruit buds were killed. Injuries to varieties of this 

 species are mentioned on another page under notes on Japanese plums. 



In addition to the use of copper sulphate solution early in the spring and Bordeaux 

 mixture after the fruit had set, a number of varieties were sprayed from two to four 

 times during the summer for the purpose of checking the brown rot, if possible. In 

 the case of some varieties which were rotting badly one tree of a kind was sprayed 

 and another of the some sort left unsprayed in order that the results of spraying might 

 be more accurately determined. The copper sulphate was first used at the rate of one 

 pound to three hundred gallons of water, but later the strength of the solution was 

 increased, one pound to two hundred gallons being used. Rains occurred once or twice 

 shortly after applications had been made and as soon afterward as possible the trees 

 were again sprayed. Although the trees were sprayed thoroughly each time and as 

 many as four applications made in the case of some kinds, the treatment made but 

 little if anv ditferenee in the amount of rot. Fruit of sprayed trees continued to rot 

 almost if liot quite as badly as that of trees unsprayed. Conditions during the latter 

 half of July and the first half of August were unusually favorable for the rot, hot 



