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manure for several years, and were in good bearing - condition. The 

 orchard was plowed in the fall of 1894 and spring of 1895 and given 

 clean tillage afterward. At the later date sulphate of potash was 

 applied at the rate of 750 lbs. per acre, and in the spring of 1890 the 

 orchard was given a heavy dressing of muriate of potash. In 1895 the 

 apples on the treated trees were larger and from 7 to 10 days later than 

 those on untreated trees. In 1896 the fertilized trees had an unusually 

 dark-colored and vigorous foliage and produced about twice as much 

 fruit as the other trees, the apples being larger, later, and lighter 

 colored. The greater yield was not due to more profuse blossoming, 

 but to less loss from the dropping of fruit. To determine whether the 

 results were due to the cultivation or to the fertilizers, another plat in 

 the orchard was tilled from 1890 to 1898 without fertilizers, and another 

 plat was left in sod, but top-dressed in June, 1896, with 750 lbs. of 

 muriate of potash per acre, and in August, 1897, with 750 lbs. sulphate 

 of potash per acre. The plat which had been cultivated and ferti- 

 lized since 1894 was continued in cultivation and given sulphate of 

 potash in August, 1897, at the rate of 750 lbs. per acre. The plat 

 receiving cultivation alone and the one receiving fertilizers alone 

 showed no effect of the treatment either in 1897 or 1898. The plat 

 which received both cultivation and fertilizers continued to show 

 better foliage and to produce more, larger, and later fruit than the 

 remainder of the orchard, though the differences were less marked in 

 1897 than in 1896 and very small in 1898. 



The bulletin also discusses the advantages of sod and of clean culti- 

 vation, the value of spraying, etc. 



Report of the Russian Apple Nomenclature Commission, 

 August 30-31, 1898, N". E. Hansen (Minneapolis, 1898, pp. JO).— This 

 is the report of the first meeting of a commission appointed by the State 

 Horticultural Societies of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and South 

 Dakota to revise and simplify the nomenclature of the imported Rus- 

 sian apples. It is well known that among a great number of these are 

 found many well-defined groups or "families." An attempt is made to 

 distinguish these. "The varieties here grouped as members of the 

 same families, while in a few cases differing somewhat in characteristics 

 of tree, are so nearly identical in fruit that for exhibition and commer- 

 cial purposes they are practically the same and should be so consid- 

 ered." Each group is designated by the name of its most promising 

 variety, which is carefully described. The varieties belonging to the 

 respective groups are enumerated, and incorrect nomenclatures are 

 indicated. The following groups are established : Hibernal, Duchess, 

 Longfield, Charlamoff, Romna, Cross, Christmas, Antonovka, Anisiin, 

 Golden White, Repka Malenka, Yellow Sweet, Transparent, and Anis. 



In addition to the above, descriptions of the following varieties, which 

 have attracted special attention in the Northwest, were adopted and 

 are published : Long Arcade, Bode, Lubsk Queen, Lowland Raspberry, 



