402 



"Every plant of Crescent, without i«'<rard to tlie i»olloii variety, liad 

 fruits of wide variation. Plants of .lolinson Late fertilized with 3 

 (lilfcivnt varieties show great resistinjr (jualities, as every fruit is uf 

 the type of the female plant." 



h'tiftpbcrries, blaekberrieSj ciirraiits. mid ffooseherries (jip. 270-28,5). — 

 r.rii'f(l('S<'rii»tiv(' notrs on 4") varieties of raspberries, l."> of Idarkher- 

 ri<'s, and !> oihla<-k currants, and a list <tf 1"> varieties of i:oosel»erries 

 which fruite<l at the station in 1890. 



Ik'ouH, corn, and cehry (jtp, 2S.>-2SS). — iJrief descriptive notes on *.> 

 varieties of bush lieans, .{ of poh' l)eans. 7 of corn, and ") of ci-lery. with 

 tabulated data for 15 varieti«'s of beans. 



('((hh(i(/r.sand cauliflowrrK I2SS-292). — Tabulated data for 10 \ ami nsoi 

 caulitlowers and IH of cabbages grown from seed jtroduccd in Germany, 

 France, and Englan«I, on Long Islaiul, and in the region of Paget Sound. 

 The results obtained in ISOO agree with t]ii>se of the previous year in 

 indicating that the Ameii<an-grown seed is in no way inferior to the 

 imjiortcd s«'ed. 



rcdH (p. 20."?). — IJrief d<'scriptive notes on 11 varieties. 



I'otntocH (pj). 29.i-20.'5). — Unfavorable weather and the prevalence of 

 rot so far interfered with tlie experiments \\ith potat«M's t'nat no n'port 

 on them is given except brief tabulated data tor m fr>t of the srcd fiom 

 healthy and d«'cayed tnbers. 



Sircft pntdtots (pp. 20«!. 207). — "Nine varieties wi-rc grown m Is'.Kt, 

 yii'hling tubers in paying <iuantities. as di<l those grown at the station 

 in ISSO. The product of that year Kept well until aftir the middle of 

 January. In 1S0(> the tnbers apj* >;ed very wet at harvest, and some 

 of them were dried in the kiln of a hophouse f(U" '*'2 hours. A table 

 gives the percentages of water <'vaj>orated from them. 



Titmntoes (]>]). 2t»7— "501;). — I)es<'riptive notes and tabulated data for 

 P.I varieties grown in ditVerent ways. 



In spttiiiji tin- i)laiit8 I'.nrli row w.-w run i-ast .ind wc««t, then a wire trellis w.-vs rnn 

 nortli .and poutli, taking; in the o.istcrn jilimt of oarh variety. Tlio next pl.int in 

 earli row was kept trimmed, jillowin^ tin- sunlii^lit to jn'netrat« to the soil and reaeh 

 every frnit. The three following plants wi-re allowed to mat at will. The sixth 

 ]>lant Wiw trained to a stake, and the extreme western plants were grown on a wire 

 trellis. The trimmed plants in almost every ease >;ave the first rijie frnits, hnt both 

 west trellis .nnd stake ]ilants ripened 10 frnils ns early ns did the trimmed plants. 



A test of tomatoes from seed from ripe rs. green fruit begun in 188.'J 

 was continued in ISOO. The restilts agree with those of previous years. 



Till- jdants from immature si-t-d ripened fruits todays in advanee of those from 

 mat lire seed. The growth of vines in 1SSM1 was nmre vigorous than in previous years 

 and the fruit larger. This was prohaldy diie to the faet that the speeimen fruit 

 seleeted for seed in ISSfl w.%s of large size, and while very green had nearly obt,ained 

 its maximum development. It is evident that the immature siM^d give the earliest 

 fruits, and also that sueh seed laek vitality to give a large per cent of gerniin.itions 

 and a good growth of leafage, but it is yet a question of how much further towards 

 a perfectly ripe fruit it will be bt\st to go to procure seed that will give more vigor 

 of idnnt and still retain the early-ripening qu.ilitiea of immature seed. 



