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Among the European varieties, Duchess de Angonleme, Seckel, and 

 Winter Nelis have been conspicuous for resisting the blight. Of the 

 oriental varieties, Iveifter and Le Conte have proved the most valuable. 



Peaches. — A list of • h varieties planted in 1885 is given, with data 

 regarding time of riiuMiing. A previous report on these varieties was 

 made in Bulletin No. 11 of the station (see Experiment Station Eecord, 

 vol. II, p. 8). 



Plums. — To compare the effects of different stocks on the longevity of 

 the Wild Goose variety, there were planted in 18S5 on peach stocks, 

 seedling plum roots, and plum cuttings, 30 trees (12 on each stock) of 

 this kind. November 2.'3, 1891, there were living, in good condition, on 

 the peach roots 8, on seedling plum roots 3, and on ])lum cuttings 1 of 

 the trees planted, '' Several varieties of peaches budded upon cuttings 

 of the Brill plum have proved very satisfactory." 



Alabama College Station, Bulletin No. 31, November, 1891 (pp. 8). 



Irish and sweet potatoes, J. S. New man and J. Clayton. — 

 Tabulated data are given for an experiment in which 9 varieties of Irish 

 potatoes were planted on i)lats where manure was applied in three dif- 

 ferent ways — on and under manure scattered in the furrow, and on 

 manure scattered in the furrow and mixed thoroughly with the plow. 

 The results, on the average, favored planting under the manure. The 

 largest yields were given by Burbank Seedling, Peerless, and White 

 Star varieties. In an experiment in which different methods of culti- 

 vation were used for Peerless potatoes, half or full bed culture gave 

 larger results than level culture or mulching between the rows. Whole 

 potatoes of the same variety gave much larger yields than three, two, 

 or one-eye pieces. 



Large sweet potatoes used for seed yielded 136 bushels per acre, while 

 small potatoes yielded only 99 bushels. 



Alabama College Station, Bulletin No. 32, November, 1891 (pp. 10). 



Corn, wheat, and oats, J. S. Newman and J. Clayton. — Tab- 

 ulated data are given for 18 varieties of corn. "On one half of the 

 space occupied by each variety two stalks were left to each hill and one 

 stalk on the other half." The yield was uniformly larger from the hills 

 containing two stalks. Blount ProUfic, Experiment Station Yellow, and 

 Clayton Bread were the most productive varieties. The last 2 also 

 gave the largest yield in ordinary field cultiu'e where 6 varieties (not 

 including Blount Pioliflc) were compared. 



The tabulated results of experiments in top-dressing Ewing and 

 Mexican Rust-Proof oats with various fertilizers indicate that nitrate 

 of soda (150 pounds per acre) somewhat increased the yield. Kansas 

 and Texas Eust-Proof oats compared on fourth-acre plats gave nearly 

 the same yields per acre. 



