700 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Details of canning peas. 



Peas rich in sugar. Peaa deficient in sugar. 



T-r 1 Experi- 



^sial ,^^'ytal 



process. . pi-ocess. 



Steam pressure in cooking pounds. 



Temperature degrees F . . | 



Time minutes. 



Number cans "processed" cans. 



Itsumber cans " swells" do. ..i 



Per cent of swells per cent.. 



]0 



232 



26 



,175 



306 



5 



15 



242 



28 



11, 859 



8 

 {') 



Usual 

 process. 



11 

 234 

 17 

 4,607 

 135 

 23 



Experi- 

 mental 

 process. 



15 

 242 



30 

 2,520 



14 

 20.5 



' Practically none. 



2About. 



The results of this experiment were highly gratifying, as there was 

 a material dimiuntiou iu the amount of spoiled product. It is confi- 

 dently expected that the frequently disastrous losses could be almost 

 entirely prevented by the application of increased pressure without 

 necessarily lengthening the time of exposure. 



Alcoholic vapor as a preventive of mold and preservative of 

 fruit, E. S. GoFF ( Wisconsin Sta. lipU 1895, 2)1>. 30-i-SU(J). — Plums were 

 wrapped in paper and placed iu boxes under bell glasses. 



Small bottles of water were placed under each glass and a bottle of 

 alcohol under one of them. The glasses M-ere kept from August 31 to 

 September 16 in a refrigerator containing ice. The plums subjected to 

 the alcoholic vapors were then in slightly better condition than the 

 others, being entirely free from mold and somewhat less decaj'ed. In 

 both lots the x>lums seemed to absorb moisture and the skins of many 

 had burst. The state of maturity and flavor of the fruit was the same 

 beneath the two glasses. 



Other plums and an apple were kept under a bell jar with open 

 bottles of alcohol and water from August 28 to November 19. jS^o 

 decay was apparent, but the natural flavor of both plums and apple 

 was destroyed. 



Fumes of alcohol in a Geneva seed tester while preventing mold on 

 the cloth also preventetl germination. 



Castor bean culture, {Coleman's Bural World, 1S97, Fch. 4, }>• !)• 



Cucumber forcing, A. Willard (Mecltan's Monthlji, 7 (1897), No. 3, p. 57, jig. 1). — 

 Brief notes are gi^en on forcing cucumber.s, with mention of varieties liest adapted 

 to this use. 



Onion cultivation, P. E. Bucke (Canadian Hoit., M (1897), Xo. :i,pp. 65-07). 



Experiments on the rhubarb plant, Pagxoul (Ann. Agron., 22 (1896), No. 12, pp. 

 575-578). 



Report of tests of field and garden vegetables, E. J. WicKsox (California 

 Sta. Ept. 1895, pp. 333-337). — Reports are given from voluntary experimenters upon 

 the following plants distributed by the station: New Zealand spinach, Zig-Zag 

 sweet corn, perennial beans, new short white carrot, Logan berry, and the Jamaica 

 tree tomato (Solanum hefaceum). 



Some neglected vegetables, G. Alluard (Bev. Hort., 69 (1897), No. 3, pp. 55-58). — 

 Notes fire given of vegetables which are but little known, and luany of which are 

 seldom grown. 



