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It will 1)0 remembered that the troos in this cxpcriincnt arc Wealthy and that 

 they are set 10 ft. apart each way. 



Some results of experimental shipments of apples to Glasgow in 1905 show 

 that W(>althy apples hrouf;;lit the same price whether packing material was 

 nscd or not. A tahle is given showing the yields of individual trees of Wealthy, 

 McMahan. INIcIntosh, and I'atten Greening ai)ples for each of the years 1898 

 to 19(),"). Scions are being selected for propagation from the most productive 

 trees. Twelve varieties of new black currants, originated from seedlings, .-ire 

 described, and a table given showing the results of a test of 50 varieties of 

 strawberries. 



Two new formulas are given for making kerosene emulsion. In one freshly 

 slaked lime is used, and in the other flour. It is found that a perfect emulsion 

 can be made by slaking one-half pound of good quicklime and emulsifying with 

 1 qt. of kerosene to 2 gal. of water from 3 to 5 mhiutes. It does not appear 

 to be a matter of much moment whether the lime be dry and powdery when 

 mixed with the kerosene or not, as kerosene emulsions have been made from 

 both air slaked and freshly slaked lime, the lime being made into a thin cream 

 with water before adding the kerosene. When flour was used it was found 

 that 8 oz. was suflicient to hold in suspension 1 qt. of kerosene, and even 2 oz. 

 would make a temporary emulsion for immediate use. If the flour was scalded 

 before adding the kerosene, 2 oz. of flour was sufficient to make an emulsion 

 that would stay up for more than a week. The flour emulsion is considered the 

 more useful where it is not desired to discolor the trees on which it is used. 



Some data are given of experiments in pruning tomatoes in the field, which 

 indicate that earliness is considerably increased by pruning, and that the total 

 yield is slightly greater from plants pruned once than from plants pruned twice. 

 In fact, the total yield from plants pruned twice was not quite so gi'eat as from 

 unpruned plants. 



W. S. Blair, at tlie Nova Scotia station, found that in garden practice it is a 

 decided advantage to stake even half tall varieties of peas and to plant two rows 

 (j in. apart, allowing 2 ft. space to the next row. This is much preferable to a 

 single row 2.5 ft. apart, since about double the crop is secured. There is more 

 difficulty in hoeing the double rows, and in field plantings it could not be prac- 

 ticed. Pods from the staked peas were much superior to the unstaked peas. 



Tomato plants pinched back slightly did not give so large a yield as when not 

 pinched back. 



At the Manitoba station S. A. Bedford reports the fruiting of 2 varieties of 

 standard apples. Hibernal and Duchess of Oldenburg. The Hibernal tree was 

 root-grafted on Siberian crab in 1901, while the Duchess of Oldenburg was top- 

 grafted on Siberian crab. Native Manitoba plums have been found much 

 earliei'-thau any of the other plums grown at the station, many of them rip(Mi- 

 Ing their fruit August 15. 



In experiments in planting maple seed, a row 27() ft. long planted in the 

 spring produced 2,000 trees, while rows of the same length, when i)lant(>d in Ihe 

 fall, produced only 900 trees. 



Report of the horticultural division of Mustiala Institute, 1894-1904. 

 K. Stkning {Luiidthr. Sti/r. MnUlcL, .',1(1<)0'> ).l)p. 7.i. plx. 22). — The report gives 

 a brief account of the history of the division, with a description of the hoi'ti- 

 cultural grounds of the institute, kinds of crops grown and value of different 

 varieties, methods of culture, insect and fungus enennes. etc. A number of 

 (^xcellent half-tone reproductions of fruit trees and views of the grounds are 

 included in the report. — f. w. woll. 

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