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gallons. Very close observation failed to show any results either beneficial 

 or injurious \o the fruit buds. To determine the fungicidal value of the lime 

 and salt for leaf-curl, these trees were not sprayed when the regular spring 

 spraying was done, and when the foliage came out, no effect of the lime and 

 salt applied in the fall upon the amount of leaf-curl could be detected. Copper 

 sulphate (two pounds to fifty gallons of water) is the best and cheapest remedy 

 that can be applied for leaf-curl, but if the trees are infested with the San 

 Jose scale, the use of sulphur, lime and salt will answer for the leaf-curl as well 

 as for the scale. 



STEAWBEERIES. 



Owing to lack of space, the testing of strawberries was discontinued in 1S99 

 but forty-five varieties were planted in the spring of 1903. Several varieties 

 were received in poor condition and white grubs did considerable damage, 

 but most of the plants did fairly well and made good fruiting rows. Of the 

 older and standard kinds, fifty plants were set and from twelve to twenty-five 

 of the newer kinds. Late in the fall of 1903, the plants were mulched with 

 coarse straw manure. Early in the spring the mulch was taken off, and a part 

 of it left between the rows. The plants were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 

 once before blossoming and should have received a second application as soon 

 as fruit had set as the single application failed to entirely control the leaf 

 blight or rust. There were no frosts to injure the crop but the season was late 

 and cold, and towards the end of the blossoming period, it was noticed that a 

 large number of the blossoms of the perfect-flowering varieties were blackened 

 and blasted. Similar complaints came from other points and the cause was 

 laid to the cold, unfavorable conditions of the weather, but the fact that the 

 self-fertilizing kinds were the only ones affected, strongly indicates some other 

 cause. As a severe drouth set in before, and lasted through the fruiting season, 

 the crop was light. After fruiting was over, the rows were cut down to a nar*- 

 row line of plants; these were cut away, leaving a hill every twelve inches, and 

 commercial fertilizer at the rate of 600 pounds per acre was sown broadcast, 

 and thoroughly cultivated in. Plenty of new runners were sent out, all vacant 

 places were filled in, and the second season's fruiting promises to be far bet- 

 ter than the first. A new plantation of seventy varieties was made this spring. 

 It has done very well, and promises well for another season. 



Notes on Varieties. ^ 



The varieties that gave the heaviest yields were in the order named, — Beder- 

 wood, Ernie, Lincoln, Aroma, Dunlap, Brandywine, Glen Mary, Rip Snorter, 

 Clyde, and Seaford, while Marshall and Ohmer gave the smallest yields. 



Aroma: — Proved to be the best late-ripening variety on trial. Plants strong, 

 stocky, vigorous and healthy; not too numerous, but strong rnough lor a good 

 fruiting row. Fruit large, holding its size through the season. Color bright, 

 light red, or scarlet; form, irregular, roundish to oblate-conical, sometimes flat- 

 tened at the apex; firm for a large berry, with mild pleasant flavor. Handsome 

 and valuable. 



Bederwood: — Perfect. This old variety gave the heaviest yield, and stood the 

 drouth the best of any variety on trial but, for all of this, is scarcely worthy 

 of planting. The fruit is of good size but is too soft, light in color, and poor 

 in quality for either home or market. 



Bethel: — A mid-season variety, only moderately productive; flowers imper- 

 fect; plant stocky, vigorous, and healthy. Berries, medium to lar'-^o, roundish, 

 oblate-conical. Color bright, dark red, with red flesh. Texture firm, and of 

 very good quality. The fruit ran small after the first picking and was knotty, 

 showing imperfect fertilization. 



Brandywine: — Perfect. One of the best mid-season to late kinds. Plants 

 strong, numerous, healthy, and productive. Fruit, large, attractive and very 

 good in quality. Reliable with favorable conditions. 



Bryan: — Perfect. Berries large, medium late, and of fair quality. Form, 

 irregular, oblate, ridged. Color, mottled light and dark red. The plants made 

 a vigorous growth but lacked productiveness this season. 



Clyde: — Perfect. An old standard variety. Very productive; fruit large, 

 very smooth, regular, and of fair quality, but tender in texture, for long ship- 

 ping, and fails to color up well. I\Iid-season. 



