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almost black when matured. Quality fine. Ripens with Montmorency but has a. 

 longer season. Should be tried in every orchard. 



SWEET CHERRIES. 



Cleveland — Tree a very strong, spreading grower and productive. Fruit medium 

 to large, compressed, slightly heart-shaped, color light yellow, shaded with red; 

 quality fair. 



Black Eagle — Tree moderately vigorous and productive. Fruit medium-sized, 

 compressed, heart-shaped, color dark red, almost black when fully matured, quality 

 fine. Desirable for home use. , 



Early Purple — The earliest ripening variety on the station grounds. Tree 

 moderately vigorous, quite productive. Fruit medium-sized, dark red, quality 

 good. Of no value except as protected with netting, otherwise birds take them 

 before matured. Valuable for home use on account of earliness. 



Elton — A very large, handsome cherry of fine quality. Tree quite vigorous, 

 but has lacked productiveness. 



Ida — A large, light-colored cherry of good quality. Tree fairly vigorous, very 

 productive. Ripens with Gov. Wood but excels that variety. 



Mary Kirtland — Tree moderately vigorous, very productive. Fruit medium to 

 large, handsomely mottled with light and dark red, heart-shaped, very fine, in- 

 clined to crack when ripening, quality good. Valuable for home or market. 



Napoleon — Hardy, vigorous and very productive. Fruit large to very large; 

 color, yellow, shaded with rich red on exposed side, very firm; quality good. Has 

 the fault of cracking open when ripening as is the case with all firm-fleshed cher- 

 ries, valuable market variety. 



Plymouth — This new variety is proving to be vigorous and productive. Fruit 

 is of good quality, but is of medium size only. Ripens with Napoleon. Does not 

 equal that variety in size or appearance. 



Yellow Spanish — An old, well-known variety; hardy, vigorous and productive. 

 Valuable for either home or market. 



Windsor — The best dark-colored sweet variety under trial. Ripens soon after 

 Napoleon and ranks next to that variety for home or market purpose. Tree 

 vigorous and productive. Fruit large, heart-shaped, firm, dark red, almost black, 

 quality good. 



Wood — Quite largely planted for early market or home purposes. Tree vigorous 

 and productive. Fruit medium to large, light-yellow, shaded with bright red, 

 very tender; sometimes rots badly. Quality good. Ripe June 16th. 



PLUMS. 



The plum crop was very satisfactory this year, as the yield from the European 

 varieties was unusually heavy. Varieties like Coe and Columbia that usually have 

 been shy bearers gave heavy yields this season. 



A comparative test was made with the dust spray vs. the regular Bordeaux 

 and the arsenites. For the dust one row in the northeast block was chosen; the 

 rest of the trees on the grounds receiving the regular spraying. Seven applications 

 were given in all, beginning before the blossoms opened, the second within a week 

 after the blossoms had fallen and the other five were given at intervals of a week 

 or ten days, as seemed best. There were no Japan varieties in this test, the 

 trees of this class being in the other blocks and these were sprayed with one-half 

 strength Bordeaux mixture. The foliage being tender like the peach will not 

 stand full strength. All other plum trees on the grounds received the copper 

 sulphate solution early, and within a week after blossoms had fallen were given 

 an application of Bordeaux mixture and arsenite of lime and three more were 

 given at intervals of from ten to fifteen days. After the plums began to ripen, 

 two applications of weak copper sulphate (three ounces to fifty gallons of water) 

 were given to control the rot. Careful observation during the season showed 

 that the injury from curculio was greater on trees where the liquid spray was 

 used than on those treated with dust, and the latter was apparently fully as 

 effectual in controlling the rot, although neither method of spraying kept the 

 disease wholly in check, Lombard, Shipper and Burbank No. 7 rotting quite badly 

 when beginning to ripen. In plum culture the brown rot is a very serious prob- 



