50 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



number of the correspoudents reported having sprayed their apple 

 trees, and the majority of those who did so found the results beneficial. 

 As regards keeping the orchards iu grass or giving them clean cultiva- 

 tion, Gl correspondents recommended keeping the soil constantly culti- 

 vated and usually growing some crop, while 62 would seed the orchard 

 to grass after the trees are of bearing age. The vast majority of cor- 

 respondents were in favor of planting Wisconsin-grown trees, while 

 but 4 answers reported better success with eastern- grown trees. 



The codling moth was reported the most serious enemy of apples, 

 but borers, bark lice, tent caterpillars, cankerworms, and leaf rollers 

 have been injurious to a small extent. 



A table is given showing the varieties recommended by the ditterent 

 correspondents for an orchard of 100 trees, and another table indicates 

 the varieties planted in 97 young orchards located in various parts of 

 the State. The answers to several other inquiries of less importance 

 and interest are given in condensed form. 



The testimony of the correspondents shows that in the southern and 

 eastern portions of the State apple culture is in a healthful and grow- 

 ing condition, although most of the orchards are small. It is believed 

 that apple culture in Wisconsin will be carried on on a larger scale in 

 the future. 



The planting, pruning, and cultivation of the peach, AV. F. 

 Massey {Xorth Carolina iSta. Bid. 120, pp. 309-315). — The planting of 

 medium-sized budded trees, 1 year from the bud, is advised, and a 

 dry soil inclined to sand, with a northern exposure, is recommended. 

 June-budded trees are to be preferred to those budded in August or 

 September. Directions are given for planting and pruning, it being 

 urged tliat both roots and top be pruned. The formation of low heads 

 should be encouraged. Clean shallow culture during the early i)art of 

 the growing season and covering the ground with some leguminous 

 crop during the fall and winter give the best results. For green 

 manure cowpeas may be sown as soon as cultivation ceases in June, 

 followed by the seeding of crimson clover among the cowpeas in August, 

 both crops being |)lowed under in April. Fertilizers containing an 

 abundance of potash an<l phosphoric acid are regarded as necessary. 

 Brief remarks on the gathering of the crop, canning, and the preferred 

 varieties for planting are appended. The sandy, hilly portions of the 

 State are believed to be the best peach belts. 



Revised opinions of the Japanese plums, L H. Bailey {Keic 

 York Cornell Hta. Ihil, 100, pp. 30, Jigs. Jo).— This bulletin is supple- 

 mentary to Bulletin 62 of the station on Japanese plums in North 

 America (E. S. R., 5, p. 983). It is intended to extend, if possible, the 

 knowledge of these fiuits, which are believed to be adapted to a much 

 wider range in the United States than are varieties of tlie domestic 

 type. The Japanese plums are particularly desirable for earliness, 

 great productiveness, almost complete freedom from black knot and leaf 



