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State experiment stations in 1902 to the extent of receiving gratui- 

 tously fruit of the varieties credited to them in the variety catalogue. 

 It had the cooperation during the season of 1901-2 of the experimenl 

 station of the University of Illinois in inspecting and making record 

 of the condition of the fruit stored at Champaign, 111., especially a 

 times when it could not be conveniently inspected by the representa 

 fives of the Department. 



OUTLINE OF CULTURAL CONDITIONS. 



A statement follows, summarizing the orchard conditions in which 

 the fruit used in the experiments of the Department of Agriculture 

 was grown. In the variet} 7 catalogue each sort is credited to the 

 grower from whom it was received: 



Boggs, A. H., Waynesville, Haywood County, N. C, 1902: 



Clay loam, stony, with clay subsoil; altitude, 3,000 to 3,500 feet; trees, 12 to 15 

 years old; thoroughly sprayed; sod culture. 

 Bradley, F. L., Barker, Niagara County, N. Y., 1902: 



Sandy loam, with clay subsoil; altitude, about 300 feet; sprayed; tillage; on Lake 

 Ontario. 

 Brown, J. E., Wilson, Niagara County, N. Y., 1901: 



Sandy loam, with sandy loam subsoik; altitude, about 300 feet; trees, 40 year- 

 old; sprayed; tillage; on Lake Ontario. 

 Derby, S. H., Woodside, Kent County, Del., 1902: 



Sandy, with claydoam subsoil; altitude, about 60 feet; trees, 10 to 25 years; thor- 

 ough spraying and tillage; annual use of clover cover crops; trees unusually 

 vigorous. 

 Dodd, G. J., Greenwood, Jackson County, Mo., 1902: 



Black prairie soil, with clay subsoil; altitude, 1,000 feet; trees, 18 years old, except 

 Ben Davis, 11 years; sprayed; sod culture after trees were 7 years old. 

 Dunlap, H. M., Southern Illinois, 1901: 



Fruit from orchards in southern Illinois; data not available. 

 Flournoy, W. T., Marionville, Lawrence County, Mo., 1902: 



Heavy clay, with rocky limestone clay subsoil; altitude, about 1,250 feet; age 

 of trees, 7 years; spraying and tillage. 

 Gilbert, Z. A., Farmington, Franklin County, Me., 1902: 



Granite drift, with so-called pin-gravel subsoil; altitude, about 365 feet; age of 

 trees, 20 years; no spraying or tillage; land top dressed with wood ashes. 

 Hitchings, Grant G., South Onondaga, Onondaga County, N. Y., 1901 and 1902: 

 Clay loam, stony, with heavy red clay or gravel-and-clay subsoil; altitude, about 

 1,200 feet; age of trees, 4 to 100 years; sprayed; sod culture, with grass left in 

 orchard for mulch. 

 Hutciiixs, Edward, Fennville, Allegan County, Mich., 1902: 



Clay loam; altitude, 700 feet; age of trees, about 35 years; sprayed; tillage. 

 Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Riley County, Kans., 1901: 

 Clay loam, with clay subsoil; altitude, about 1,000 feet; age of trees, 10 years; 



spraying and tillage. 

 Orchards near the experiment station, 1901: Soil and altitude same as above; no 

 spraying or tillage; fruit received through Kansas Station. 

 Lupton, S. L., Winchester, Frederick County, Va., 1901 and 1902: 



( lay loam, with red clay subsoil; altitude, 750 feet; age of trees, 8 years; sprayed; 

 sod culture, grass cropped. 



