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Insects, insecticides, and fungicides {\^\^. 3o3-33r)). — Brief notes on 

 experiments in the treatment of tlieeucumber and potato l)eetle.<, cur- 

 rant worm, and mildew of the gooseberry. 



A disease of the hollyhock {[). 335). — Ihiaf note on Pucciiiiamalvacearum, 

 found in 18S:.> on the j^ronnds of a nurseryman in the vicinity of the 

 station. 



Testof plant protector (p. 330). — Brief note on a patent plant ]>rotector. 



llEPORT OF ACTING POMOLOGUST, G. W. ChURCIIILL (pp. 337-373). — 



This is for the months April-October, inclusive, and embraces the fol- 

 lowing subjects: (!) care and im[»rovement of the orchard; (2) notes 

 on fruits ; (3) lists of varieties ; (4) si)rayiug with insecticides and fungi- 

 cides; (5) seed selection, with notes on vegetation. 



I'he work has been for the most part a continuation of that outlined 

 in Bulletin No. 15 (new series) of the station and referied to in the An 

 nual Eeport for 1888 (See Experiment Station Bulletin JSTo. 2, p. 145). 



Care and improvement of the orchard (pj). 337-339). — Brief notes on the 

 pruning and manuring of the station orchard. 



Notes on frnits (pp. 339-31G). — Brief notes on apples, i)ears, peaches, 

 and ai)iicots, together with tabulated data for 50 varieties of grapes 

 l)lanted 18S2-87, and for 72 varieties ])lanted in 1888. 



Lists of varieties of fruits (])p. 347-357). — These lists contain 217 (ii/- 

 cluding 50 Kussian) varieties of a[)ples, 11 of crab apples, 85 (15 liussian) 

 of pears, 78 (0 Kussian) of ])lums, 31 of cherries, 50 of peaches, 21 of 

 apri(;ots, 5 of quinces, 12 of nectarines, and 117 of grapes, placed under 

 trial previous to 1889 ; and 05 of apples, 8 of crab-apples, 18 of pears, 

 25 of plums, 8 ofclierries, 12 of peaches, 2 of apricots, 1 of quinces, 16 

 of grapes, and 19 of wild grapes, added to the experimental orchard 

 in 188<». 



Sprayiiif/ icith insecticides and fungicides (pp. 358-304). — Notes on 

 experiments in spraying a])ple and plum trees with Paris green and 

 London ])uri)le for the codling moth and curculio, grape-vines with 

 sulphide of potassium for the downy mildew, and apple and cherry- 

 trees with kerosene for plant-lice. 



Seed selection, experiment with beans (pp. 304-373). — Notes and tabu- 

 lated data on plat experiments in 1887 and 18S8 in which the results of 

 planting large and small seed of Golden Wax beans were compared. 

 The yields in both years favored the large seed. The plants which veg- 

 etated from each kind of seed %vere counted each season daily from 

 June 3 to July 2, inclusive. Similar observations were made on Bos- 

 ton Dwarf Early and Aroostook beans planted in the greenhouse. It 

 was found that at first the sn)all seed vegetated more rapidly, but after 

 a few days the idants from the large seed outnumbered those from the 

 small seed, and that the plants from the large seed were more vigorous. 



Bei'out (ji" acting meteorologist, F. E. Emery (pp. 374-404). 



Notes on Jluctuations in the height of water in an unused well (pp. 

 374-377). — A conlinnation of observations reported in the Annual 

 Eeport of the station for 1888, p. 197 (See Experiment Station Bulletin 



