338 KXPKHIMI.XT STATION RECORD. 



Report on trials with varieties of wheat, J. (i. Stewart (Edinb. and East 

 nf Scot. Col. A</r. Hill. IS. itp. U). — hi this viirioty test of wheats Browick 

 stood lirst ill yield of straw and salal)]e ^'raiii, and AVhite Chaff Squarehead, 

 second. 



Lime nitrogen as a means for the destruction of wild mustard, Heinrich- 

 SEN {I'rakt. HI. r/lanzcnbaii ii. tichutz, n. sen, 7 {1909), No. 8, pp. 110-112, fig. 

 1). — An experiment was carried on with lime nitrogen for the reduction of 

 wild mustard, in which it was applied as a top-dressing at the rate of 150 and 

 ."KM) lbs. per hectare. The application was made on May 8 and the harvest of 

 the oat crop followed June 12. at which time there was a decided reduction 

 in the amount of wild mustard. The author states that for 3 or 4 days after 

 the application the oats were yellowish in appearance, but soon recovered. 

 The mustard, however, became brown in a short time. Clover that had been 

 sown with tlie crop was not injured. 



Dry farming in Wyoming, V. T. Cooke (Cheyenne, Wyo., [1909], pp. IJf, 

 figs.' 2). — This publication contains a statement of conditions in the arid re 

 gions of Wyoming and the cultural systems, harvesting, type of farming, and 

 crops best adapted to these regions. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Horticultural work at the Canadian experiment stations, W. T. Macoun, 

 R. Robertson, J. Murray, A. Mackay, G. H. Hutton, W. H. Fairfield, and 

 T. A. Sharpe (Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 1909, pp. 103-119, 122-12-',, 127-136, 

 270-271, 293-301, 321-331, 357-365, 392, 393, 409-421).— The usual report on the 

 cultural experiments and variety tests of various fruits, vegetables, trees, 

 shrubs, and flowers being grow-n on the different experimental farms in Canada, 

 together with general notes on the work being conducted along horticultural 

 lines (E. S. R., 21, p. 331). 



At the Central Farm at Ottawa, W. T. Macoun in charge, a record has been 

 kept since 1898 of the first day when the frost was out of the ground sufficiently, 

 and the ground dry enough, to permit of working in the nursery. The earliest 

 date was March 23, and the latest April 19, the average for the 11 years being 

 April 11. 



A large number of seedling fruits received for examination during the year 

 are listed and described, together with the several new or little known apples 

 in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and apples originated in the station 

 orchards which fruited in 1908. 



In connection with apple breeding work, seed was saved from Wealthy fruit 

 grown at the station in 1898. Of the seedlings produced, 98 have fruited during 

 the course of ten years, and a table is given showing the percentages of various 

 characteristics found, as based on the descriptions of 93 of these seedlings. 

 Although the W^ealthy apple is said to have originated from " cherry crab seed," 

 only 6 of the 93 seedlings w'ere distinctly crablike. The fruit from 93.5 per cent 

 was large enough to be marketable. None of the fruit was entirely green or 

 yellow, all having more or less red, the Wealthy itself being yellow splashed or 

 washed with crimson. Fifteen per cent bore fruit orange red in color. Sixteen 

 per cent of the apples were sweet and 1 per cent was mildly subacid, 65 per cent 

 being above medium in quality. As to season, 23 per cent of the seedlings w^ere 

 about as the Wealthy and over 18 per cent were later. A large proportion of 

 the apples bore considerable resemblance to the Wealthy. 



Records have been kept since 1898 of the yields from each apple tree in the 

 station orchards, and these are presented in tabular form. Thev show a marked 



