54 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Paris green and Bordeaux mixture should be given. Owing to consid- 

 erable differences in susceptibility of different varieties of apples to 

 scab and to injury from spraying mixtures, the strength of the solu- 

 tions emi)loyed will depend on the varieties to be treated. Some 

 varieties are so naturally resistant to the scab that but slight advan- 

 tage has followed the spraying. 



For pears much the same course as for apples is recommended, care 

 being taken not to spray late, as the fruit of some varieties is easily 

 injured by the Bordeaux mixture, which produces a russet appearance, 

 especially on Angoulemes and Bartletts. White Doyenne, Flemish 

 Beauty, Yicar, Angouleme Clairgeau, and Bartlett are mostly bene- 

 fited by spraying. 



Plums should be sprayed with both Bordeaux mixture and Paris 

 green to prevent premature dropping and also to keep tlie curculio in 

 check. About 4 applications of Bordeaux mixture and Paris green 

 should be given, followed by the use of the curculio catcher. Peaches 

 and American plums should be sprayed with a mixture of about half 

 the strength that is used for foreign varieties of plums, as the foliage is 

 more easily injured. 



Directions are given for preparing Bordeaux mixture, ammoniacal 

 copper carbonate, potassium suljihid, white hellebore, and the arsen- 

 ites. A summary gives in condensed form directions for spraying sev- 

 eral sorts of orchard and small fruits. Remarks are made on appli- 

 ances that are thought best for use in spraying. A large apparatus 

 worked by two or more men, and supplied with about 25 ft. of hose 

 with a Vermovel nozzle at the end of a 10-foot length of quarter-inch 

 gas pipe, is recommended. 



Descriptive notes are given for 21 varieties of yellow, red, purple, 

 and black raspberries. 



The final summary recounts the most important points made in the 

 bulletin. 



All asparagus bed, H. ^[ilt.kr (Amer. Gard., 17 (ISnC), Xo. SS, p. 475).— Cultural 

 notes, chiefly nrgiug the abundant use of barnyard manure in the fall, all weeds 

 being kept down. 



Comparative fertilizer tests -with chemical fertilizers, R. Otto {(iartmflora, 45 

 {lS9G),pp. Gn-72; ahs. in Hot. Centhl. Beihefte, G {1S9G), No. 2-3, pp. f5/-5i.5).— Several 

 varieties of cabbages were experimented upon with various pure mineral salts. 



Composition of various melons, W. Rekscii (Landw. Vers. Stat., 4G (1S9G), Xo. 6, 

 pp. 473-470). — Proximate analyses are given of watermelons, muskmelons, and Per- 

 sian melons. 



One of Uncle Sam's truck gardens (Amer. Gard., 17 {1896), Xo. 83, p. 4G8).—A 

 short account of the vegetable garden operated by the Soldiers' Home at Los 

 Angeles, California, with a table giving the yield of each vegetable for each month 

 in the year. 



The propagation of tender plants, W. IT. Taplin (Gard. and Forest, 9 (1896), 

 Xo. 440, p. 307). — Cultural notes on several tropical greenhouse plants. 



Chemistry of the apple, J. .1. Willis (Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 20 (1896), Xo. 499, pp. 

 63, 64).— Recounts investigations carried on by the Ottawa Experimental Farms, and 



