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fruits, and that the greater part of the crop was unsalable because of the 

 nondescript colors of the fruits. And all this only emphasizes the fact 

 which we have learned with many other plants, that crossing for the 

 purpose of producing marked novelties for propagation by seed is at 

 least unsatisfactory. 



The following table showing the numerical measures of this variation 

 may interest those who are curious concerning plant variability. 



Variation in egg-plant crosses. 



FERTILIZERS FOR GRAPE CUTTINGS. 



It is often a very serious question with nurserymen what fertilizers they 

 shall use to produce the largest and best grape-vines, especially in the 

 dryer seasons when growth is small. Two years ago we undertook an 

 experiment in this direction, and T. S. Hubbard of Fredonia, N. Y., a 

 well-known nurseryman, gave us 10,000 cuttings of Concord with which to 

 make the test. These cuttings were divided into ten equal lots and each 

 lot was set in the spring of 1891 upon a plot 10x25 ft. The cuttings stood 

 3x12 inches apart. The plots were arranged in two rows, and they received 

 treatment as follows in 1891 and 1892: 



1. Check 



(no fertilizer). 



2. Cotton-seed hull 

 ashes (4 lbs. a year), 



3. Muriate of 



potash (2 lbs. a year). 



4. Nitrate of soda 

 (2 lbs. a year). 



5. Sulphate of ammonia 

 (2 lbs. a year). 



6. Cotton-seed meal 

 (4 lbs. a year). 



7. Bone flour 



(4 lbs. a year). 



8. Stable manure 

 (40 lbs a year). 



9. Bradley's superphosphate (4 lbs. 

 a year). 



10. Check 



(ao fertilizer). 



