786 experimp:nt station record. 



Irrigation experiments have proved unsatislactory, and should not be 

 undertaken except in an experimental way. 



The princi])al insect enemies of the strawberry are the white grub 

 and the crown borer, and the most ettective means for prevention is rota- 

 tion, at leasts years, and 5 years if possible, intervening between crops. 

 The strawberry leaf blight (Sphcerella fragarm) is the most serious 

 fungus pest, and rotation and spraying with Bordeaux mixture are 

 recommended. 



The best succession of varieties for home use or local market is stated 

 to be Hoffman, Lady Thompson, Sharpless, Beder Wood, Gaudy Belle, 

 Greenville, Brandywinc, Marshall, Ilaverland, Princess, Parker Earle, 

 and Bubach No. 5. The best succession for shipping is Hoftman, Lady 

 Thompson, Beder Wood, Haverlaud, Parker Earle, and Bubach No. 5. 



Strawberries, W. Paddock {New York State Sta. Bui. 109, n. ser., 

 pp. 231-250, pi. 1). — Descriptive notes and summary of variety tests are 

 given. Strawberries were fruited in 1 and 2 year-old beds and, " con- 

 trary to the usual experience," some of the largest yields were obtained 

 from beds that bore their second crop of fruit this season. Of the vari- 

 eties fruited for the first time this season the author considers Bissel, 

 Earliest, Enormous, Maple Bank, Omega, Eobinson, See No. 3, No. 4, 

 and No. 5, Staples, Thompson No. 101, Tubbs, and William Belt worthy 

 of further testing. Among the varieties fruited in the 2 year-old beds 

 for the second time only, the following are considered worthy of testing: 

 Bostonian, Marshall, Marston, and Tennessee. Among the most prom- 

 ising early berries may be mentioned Earliest, Michel, Staples, Tubbs, 

 Beder Wood, and Marston; and of the very late varieties, Hunu, 

 Equinox, Wilder No. 7, Feicht No. 3, Princeton, Chief, and Gaudy. 



Varieties of grapes, B. L. Watts {Tennessee Sta. Bui., Vol. IX, No. 

 4, pp. 167-195, figs. 10). — A report is given of varieties of grapes tested 

 during 1896. There were 63 varieties tested at the station and 7 addi- 

 tional ones are reported from Tennessee growers, but which have 

 not been tested at the station. Two new varieties, Campbell Early 

 and Early Ohio, both of which promise to be valuable additions, are 

 reported upon at some length. For home consumption the following 

 varieties will furnish a succession of fruit in the latitude of the station 

 from the middle of July until after frost: Early Ohio, Moore Early, 

 Delaware, Worden, Winchell, Brighton, Brilliant, Catawba, Duchess, 

 Herbemont, Clinton, and Norton Virginia. The most profitable market 

 varieties are Moore Early, Niagara, Concord, Delaware, Diamond, 

 Catawba, Woodruff, and Carman. 



California -walnuts, almonds, and chestnuts, G E. Colby ( Cali- 

 fornia Sta. Bui. 113, pp. 13). — Studies have been made relative to the 

 composition of numerous varieties of walnuts, aluionds, and chestnuts, 

 and the fertilizers required to replace the draft upon the soil. Five 

 samples of walnuts, 10 of almonds, and 2 of chestnuts were examined, 



