560 



as practicable, the uiri^er rot)t.s on ()|)[)(>.siLe .sides of the tiiiiik, prefbra- 

 bly north aud south, being cut off near the base; and a covering' of 

 l^oor hay and brush was used for protectiou. The trees thus coveted 

 blossomed much more fully than did those left exposed, aud the fruit 

 set well, but at the time of ripening a rot attacked all the peach trees 

 and ruined the crop. In 188'J the method of protection used the pre- 

 vious year was tried with the same trees. The results are summed up 

 as follows : 



The trees are now [fall of 1890] iu good healthy conditiou. The bearing wood is 

 in a compact head, with no long branches to be broken down by the fruit. Tlie shoot.s 

 aud spurs are at this writing covered with plump fruit-bnda. Tlie lateral roots are 

 strong, while tliose at front and back are no longer an obstacle to the operation of 

 laying down tlie trees. There was this year a full crop of fruit, and such line Craw- 

 lords, Old Mixons, Smocks, Stumps, Elbertas, Colambias, Bonanzas, and Ringgolds 

 were not to be found in any orchard but our own in tliis locality, though iu some 

 favored stations outside the College farm certain .seedling trees were iu fruit in a 

 liurlted way. 



We sold most of the product readily on the spot at the rate of GO cents per basket 

 for thehnest early, and 50 cents for the later fruit, the basket being Ihc ordinary 10- 

 pouud grape package. 



The cost of putting down 71 trees iu the fall, including labor and hay bought, with 

 the expense of replacing them in the spring, auujuuted to about 20 cents per tree, the 

 labor being paid at the rate of 10 cents per hour, and the hay costing $2. The aver- 

 age yield of the trees, accounting for fruit gathered and sold, and allowing by esti- 

 mate for some stolen, was not far from oue half bushel each, leaving, at the prices 

 obtained, a uet return of uot far from $1.50 per tree. 



Notes on the g-ra.pe3 in the experimental vineyaud, E. A. 

 POPENOE, M. A., AND S. C. Masun, B. S. (pp. 85-92).— Brief descrip- 

 tive notes on 57 varieties. 



Louisiana Stations, Bulletin No. 3 (Second Series), (pp. 20). 



EEPORT of HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, H. A. MORGAN, B. S. 



A., AND J. G. Lee, B. S. (i)p. 40-59). — This is a catalogue of the fruits 

 aud vegetables now under test at the State and iS^orth Louisiana Sta- 

 tions, with short notes on 47 varieties of tomatoes, 28 of corn, 15 of 

 water-melons, and 2 of musk-melons grown at the State Station, and on 

 2 varieties of lettuce, 5 of radishee, 9 of peas, 6 of beans, 1 of onions, 5 

 of tomatoes, 1 of beets, 4 of cucumbers, 8 of cabbages, 1 of squashes, 4 

 of corn, G of water-melons, 2 of musk-melous, and 21 of strawberries, 

 grown at the North Lojiisiaua Station. 



Louisiana Stations, Bulletin llo. 4 (Second Series), (pp. 20). 



Irish potatoes, W. 0. Stuebs, Ph. D., H. A . Morgan, B. S. A., and 

 J. G. Lee, B. S. (pp. 60-81). — Tabulated notes are given on the yields 

 of 10 varieties of potatoes grown iu 1890 at the Sugar Experiment Sta- 

 tion. It was found that, contrary to the general oi)inion, Western-grown 



