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The following summary is taken from the bulletin : 



(1) Transpliintinj; plants at least once is strongly recommeudod. By this opera- 

 tion they arc given a stronger root growth, and productiveness and earliness are 

 enhanced. 



(2) Planting in the field can be much facilitated by opening furrows at the proper 

 distance apart for the rows, placing the ])lanta against the straight side of the fur- 

 row and covering with a hoe. 



(3) Of the so-called " earlies,'' Early Jersey is considered to be the best variety. 



(4) Of the upright, or " tree," varieties, Dwarf Champion is the only one yet tested 

 here which has any particular value. This variety can be grown closely, 3 to 4 feet, 

 and is an excellent sort for the kitchen garden ; it also has some promise as a market 

 sort. 



(5) Of the large-fruited red sorts, Ignotnm is specially recommended, and Haines's 

 No. 64 is abont equally good. 



(6) Of the large yellow sorts, Golden Queen and Golden Sunrise are the best; we 

 prefer Sunrise. 



(7) Among the recent introductions Prelude and Matchless appear to us to be most 

 promising. The first is a weak grower, but decidedly ear!J^ Matchless promises 

 well for general crop. 



CnEMICAL EXAMINATION OF TOMATOES, W. BOWMAN, PH. D. (pp. 



16-18). — The percentages of free acids (calculated as citric acid), glucose, 

 and total solids soluble in water are tabulated for samples of the fruit 

 of 11 varieties. The highest and lowest percentages were as follows: 

 free acids 0.92 and 0.40, glucose 2.71 and 1.59, total solids soluble 

 in water 5.21 and 2.94. The methods of determination are briefly 

 described. 



Wisconsin Station, Bulletin No. 26, January, 1891 (pp. 32). 



Sugar-beet culture m Wisconsin, W. A. Henry, B. Agr., 

 AND F. W. WoLL, M. iS. — This gives an account of the investigations 

 of the sugar-beet in Wisconsin in 1890 under the general direction of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The practicability of producing 

 sugar from beets in Wisconsin, the cost of a beet-sugar factory, the 

 costof growing a crop of beets, and the place which this industry should 

 occupy in the agriculture of the State are discussed by Director Henry. 

 The experiments in growing sugar-beets in Wisconsin in 1890 are 

 described by Mr. Woll, and tabulated data are given for the yields of 

 beets and sugar, weather, soil, area planted, dates of planting and har- 

 vesting, distance apart of beets in the row, hours spent in cultivating 

 the crop, average weight of beets, per cent of sugar, etc. The follow- 

 ing summary is taken from the bulletin: 



Exiieriinents in the culture of sugar-beets were conducted in our State during the 

 season of 1890 at this experiment station, at five substations (one in each of the 

 following counties, viz., Walworth, Rock, Waukesha, Marquette, St. Croix;, and by 

 seventy farmers in diO'erent parts of the State. 



(1) The six varieties of sugar-beets grown at this station contained, from 14.81 to 

 16.76 per cent of sugar in the juice; the co-efficient of purity ranged from 82.2 to 86.3. 

 About half an acre of each variety was grown, and the yield of washed beets varied 

 with the ditferent varieties from 16 to 26 tons per acre. The estimated yield of sugar 

 varied from 2 to 3^ tons per acre ; in a well-mana«;ed factory about 80 per cent of this 

 quantity would be recovered as pure granulated sugar. 



