570 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"•rowtli. New Zealand spinat'li has l)een Huccessfully transplanted from the green- 

 Ivnise und also <rro\vn from seed. The plant thrived through the hottest weather, 

 producing an ahundance of leaves. This is considered an excellent salad plant and 

 worthy of more attention. 



Culture of veg'etables, E. YfNciE {Ber. K. Lclir<ni>il. Wt'ln, Oh.^f u. Gartnibau, 

 Gewenheiin, 1901, pp. 86-91, fig. 1). — Results secured in the culture of a large number 

 of vegetay>les are briefly reported, together with notes on the wintering of vegetables. 



Experiments on tlie use of commercial fertilizers for market g-ardening in 

 1901, J. Aeby and E. Hegh [Rev. Gen. A(jro7i. [Louvain'], 11 {190'2), No. 7-S, pj). 

 S42-S64). — The experiments here reported have been under way for 2 years. The 

 results obtained in 1900 have been previously noted (E. S. R., 13, p. 849). The 

 results of 1901 are in entire accord with those of the preceding year, and indicate 

 that for market garden crops the niost valuable results are obtained when com- 

 mercial fertilizers are employed to supplement barnyard manures. 



Experiments in onion growing- at Dominica (Agr. Xews [Barbados], 1 {1902), 

 No. 14, ]). 213) . — At the agricultural school at Dominica, in the West Indies, seedling 

 onions gave a larger and more even crop than sets. The latter, however, were found 

 easier to grow. Teneriffe seed was used. The first sowings of the seed came up 

 well, but later seedings germinated badly, and in some instances scarcely any grew. 



Newway to transplant [Pacific Coast Fruit World, 14 {1902), No. 11, p. 15).— 

 Desci-iption of a new method of moving trees. It consists essentially of a steel basket 

 made up of 14 shovels of jij-in. plow steel. These are hinged to a steel platform 

 surrounding the tree. The shovels are driven into the ground around the tree and 

 the whole tree lifted by screw power. 



The Russian apple and its outcome; behavior in the North-west, A. T. 

 Erwin {Pairal Nnv Yorker, 61 {1902), No. 2752, p. 717). — Notes on the culture of 

 hardy apples in the Northwest. Patten Greening is stated to be one of the most 

 satisfactory varieties thus far originated for the Northwest. 



Cold storage of apples, F. W. Rane, H. H. Lamson, and F. W. Morse {Neiv 

 Ildiiipsliire Sta. Bid. 9.3, ]>p. 65-ii"S, figs. 2). — The authors have investigated the keep- 

 ing qualities, prices, value of wrapping, and chemical changes of apples in cold stor- 

 age, and the keeping qualities of apples when taken out of cold storage. 



In 1899 apples were sent to Boston November 20 to l)e put in cold storage. At 

 monthly intervals thereafter until July 11, 2 barrels of the fruit were examined and 

 the number of firsts, seconds, and thirds counted. No extra precautions had been 

 taken in preparing the apples and they -v\'ere believed to fairly represent the ordi- 

 nary condition of fall-purchased apples. The figures given indicate that apples of 

 this sort can not safely be allowed to remain in cold storage after April, since they 

 rapidly decay after that date. Even with more carefully picked and assorted apples 

 the experiments of the following season showed that the apples were at their best 

 only up to about April 15. The prices obtained for this fruit when sold on commis- 

 sion varied from $2.57 to $3.10 per barrel net. The fall market prices for apples 

 ranged from $1.25 to $2.00 per barrel. Under the conditions of the experiment it 

 paid well for putting them in cold storage. 



A table is given showing the range of prices for apples for each of the months from 

 November 1 to May 1 for the years 1896 to 1900. These indicate satisfactory profits 

 from cold-storage apples. 



Six barrels of apples were sent to each of 2 cold-storage systems in Boston to test 

 the relative merits of cold air and brine in apple storage. The apples in each case 

 were examined at different periods from February 5 to July 11. Up to April the 

 figures given do not show much difference in the keeping quality of the apples under 

 the 2 different systems of storage, but after that date there was a slightly greater loss 

 under the brine system. 



