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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Varieties. 



Tield 

 per acre 

 in quarts. 



Excelsior 



Bederwood 



Mayfiower 



Oregon Iron Clad 



Success 



Mexican Everbearing 



Beaford 



Bryant 



Texas 



Bubach 



Clyde 



Haverlaiid 



Parker Earfc. . 



Midnight 



Brandywine 



Sample 



Olcn Mary.. 



Marsliall . 



Gandy 



Micliigan 



Punlap, 25 feet 



Dunlap, 5 feet (Covered). 



1,252^ 



1.524? 



762 3-10 



653 2-5 



762 3-10 



653 2-5 



762 3-10 



1,6334 



544J 



l,633i 



1,197 9 10 



6.53 2-5 



762 3-10 



435 3-5 



762 3-10 



1 197 9-10 



■ 871i 



435 3-5 



653 2-5 



326 7-10 



2.178 



2,395 4-5 



ORCHARD IN 1905. 



The weather condition.s of both winter and summer were favorable 

 for orchard conditions and, as a consequence, some of the trees which 

 came into bearing during the preceding season were well loaded with 

 fruit. Many trees were maimed or destroyed by windstorms, for the 

 orchard is unprotected in the direction of the prevailing winds, and as 

 stated in previous reports, its location is such as to make the planting 

 of a windbreak a necessity if best results are to be obtained. As usual, 

 the aphis was the only insect which required attention. On the other 

 hand it makes up for the absence of other species by its persistency and 

 great numbers, and considering the very rapid growth of many trees 

 and the fact that a small knapsack sjjrayer constitutes the station's 

 entire spraying outfit, the lack of subduing this pest may well be con- 

 sidered an expensive one and one which hereafter will be well nigh 

 impossible until the station will be ijrovided with an outfit such as the 

 teachings of horticulture claim to be indispensable in up-to-date orchard 

 niethods. A great many of the insects were destroyed by spraying at 

 the time the buds began to open, this being the best tim'e for con- 

 trolling the first brood of this insect. The mixture which proved most 

 effective during the ])ast two seasons consists of one ])ound of laundry 

 soap and one ])ound of tobacco stems for eight gallons of water. To 

 be efTe<'tive this mixture should be used Hie same day when made or not 

 later than the next day. During an attempt to control the second brood 

 the spraying was kept up for several days and finally given up when 

 it was found impossible io control the insect with a small hand outfit 

 without neglecting the spraying of potatoes altogether. Of diseases, 

 none but the apple scab requires attention and not. however, for varie- 

 ties wJiich are practically immune, such as Hibernal. Duchess, Yellow 

 Transparent and several others. On the other hand most of the varie- 

 ties will be a ])artial or comi)lete failure unless ])roperly sprayed. Thus 

 several trees of the Long field variety were loaded so heavy as to require 

 thinning out and fully two-thirds of the fruit was rendered worthless 



