290 



(5) Those that have good points, but are doubtful and need further testing, are 

 Cloud, Lady Eusk, Stayman's No. 1, Daisy. 



(6) The following will no doubt be dropped soon: Hoffman, Jessie, Logan, Pine- 

 apple. 



(7) The most productive varieties are those that have a long season, i. e. give a 

 comparatively large number of pickings. 



(8) Very early and extremely late varieties are less fruitful than the medium early. 



(9) Perfect-flowered, as a rule, are less productive than the pistillate or imperfect- 

 flowered varieties. 



Raspberries, W. J Green (pp. 222, 223). — "There have been no 

 such changes in the relative standing of varieties of raspberries within 

 the last few years as with strawberries. The varieties that were recog- 

 nized as standards five years ago hold the same place still, although sev- 

 eral new sorts are now quite generally accorded the same rank. * * * 

 Judging from the varieties sent here for trial there seems to be a strong 

 tendency in some varieties to reproduce themselves from seed. This is 

 particularly true of the Gregg and Doolittle. The majority of black- 

 cap seediings sent here are referable to one or the other of the above 

 types, and in many cases the resemblance is so close as to make dis- 

 tinction impossible." 



Descriptive notes are given for five of the newer varieties. The fol- 

 lowing summary is taken from the bulletin : 



(1) The blackcap varieties that are now considered the most reliable are as fol- 

 lows: Gregg, Hilboru, Ohio, Palmer. 



The red sorts that succeed best generally are Turner and Shaffer; the best for ship- 

 ping are Braudywine and Marlboro. 



(2) Muskingum, Royal Church, and Thompson's Early Prolific are the most prom- 

 ising of the newer varieties. 



Ohio Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 8 (Second Series), September, 1890 (pp. 18). 



Experiments in preventing the injuries of the plum cur- 

 CULio, C. M. Weed, D. Sc. (pp. 225-228).— This is a third report on a 

 series of experiments begun in 1888 to find out the best method of pre- 

 venting the injuries of the plum curculio [Conotrachelus nenuphar). For 

 the first report see Annual Keportof Ohio Station for 1888, pp. 134-150; 

 for the second see Ohio Station Bulletin, Vol. II, No. 6 (second series), 

 p. 133, and Experiment Station.Eecord, Vol. I, p. 290. The experiments 

 of 1888 and 1889 were conducted at the station, and indicated that the 

 insect may be controlled by spraying with Paris green or London purple, 

 where there are a considerable number of trees to operate upon. The 

 objections urged against this conclusion were: (1) that while spraying 

 might be effectual on a small scale it would be impracticable in a region 

 largely devoted to fruit production; (2) that the tests made in the plum 

 orchard were not extensive enough to show whether spraying would 

 meet the needs of the commercial orchardist; and (3) that " the cherries, 

 upon which some of the experiments were conducted, ripened before the 

 season of &gg deposition of the curculio was over." The force of these 



