646 RXPETiTMRNT STATION REOORD. 



wash, cement, copper suliiliate. c-opper sulplijite followed by cement, and copper 

 sulphate followed by whitewash. The benches were treated in tlie fall of IDOH 

 and the dirt was removed in the summer of r.»06. The untreated benches were 

 found to have decayed from one-fourth to one-half of the way through the 

 wood. The beds treated with cement, lime, tar, and creosote were showing con- 

 siderable decay. Tlie results with copi)er sulphate alone were somewhat better, 

 but the beds treated with copper sulphate followed by either whitewash or 

 cement and the one treated with carbolineum showed no decay, with the excej)- 

 tioii of a single board in one of the copper suli)hate beds. The relative value 

 of the two latter methods will be determined later. 



Tables are given showing the scheme of fertilizers for the entire orchard and 

 the yields of the various fruits for 1J»0G. 



Beport of the botanist, B. D. Halsted and K. J. Owen (Xcir Jersey Stas. 

 Rpt. J!)06, PI). 369-510, pis. 25). — Plant breeding and selection among truck crops 

 was continued at the station during the year. Further studies were made of 

 a large number of crosses of sweet comi, popcoi'u, tomatoes, eggplants, summer 

 and winter squashes, beans, and salsify, which have previously been reported 

 (E. S. li., 18, p. 38), together with many more recent crosses. Other vege- 

 tables studied during the year included niartynias, okra, onions, ])eas, peppers, 

 udo, the i)rairie huckleberry, and several strains of Chinese cabbage. The 

 various features of the work are discussed in detail, including descrl])tions of 

 the experiments and the crosses tested, and general notes on the progress made 

 with the different vegetables. Some attempts were made in the breeding of 

 ornamental i)lants. A list, with notes, is given of the plants included in this 

 work. 



Some of the offsj^rlng among the hybrids of the bush bean and " scarlet run- 

 ner " bean show a decided productiveness with the dwarf nature, and it is 

 believed that they may develop into a strain of beans of much value. S<mie 

 of the more important novelties secured among sweet corn, tomatoes, eggplant*', 

 and squash, together with the test of Chinese vegetables, are also described in 

 a recent publication of the station (E. S. K., 18, p. 830), where a list is given 

 of the seeds for free distribution. 



Cuttings were taken frcmi several varieties of tomatoes grown in the green- 

 house and placed in the garden. A list of the cuttings made, together with the 

 results secured, is given. This experiment is said to strengthen the belief that 

 great uniformity in the fruit may be secured by propagation from cuttings. 



The value of spraying with standard Bordeaux for the puri)ose of checking 

 the pod spot and rust upon late growing beans was tested. Although the foliage 

 held up on some of the si)rayed plants longer than those which were untreated, 

 no practical benefit was secured from the use of the Bordeaux mixture owing 

 to the general absence of the diseases that were to be treated. Where rust 

 appeared in limited amount, the late green podded sorts seemed to be more 

 susceptible. 



Pollination of forced tomatoes, S. W. Fletcher and O. I. Gregg {Michigan 

 Sta. Spec. Bui. 39, pp. JO, figs. 7). — Investigations were conducted during the 

 winter seasons of 1906 and 1!>07. in order to determine the extent to which 

 the irregularity and small size of some greenhouse tomatoes are influenced by 

 imperfect pollination, as well as to ascei'tain the relative merits of cross- 

 pollinated varieties and self-pollination. The experiments are described and 

 the results secured are given in detail. 



Lorillard, Frogmore, and Best-of-All were the varieties tested in 1906, and 

 Ignotum, Sterling Castle, and Earliana in 1907. Blossoms on 4 plants of each 

 variety were self-polliuated and blossoms of 8 plants of each variety were 



