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feet ehemieal blend is a common everyday occurrence with those who have carried 

 out field experiments on a broad and comprehensive scale." 



Free distribution of experiment station seeds, P>. D. Halsted (New Jersey 

 Stas. Bui. 179, pp. 18, ph. 4, fig- !)■ — Five vegetables originated by the station have 



become well enough established to be sent out to farmers. These are the Station 

 Bush Lima bean, Kelsey Lush Lima bean, the Station Yellow tomato, the Jersey 

 Belle eggplant, and the Voorhees Bed sweet corn. These are described and illus- 

 trated. In addition the station is sending out :■! other kinds of corn for testing in the 

 State. Notes from farmers who have grown the Voorhees Led sweet corn are 

 included. The origin and characteristics of the different vegetables originated at 

 the station have been noted from its earlier bulletins and reports (E. S. R., 16, p. 

 404). 



Forcing beans, C. A. Vai.le.to | Wisconsin sin. Rpt, W04, j'j>. 261-270, figs. 4). — 

 The results are given of experiments in growing beans under glass. The author con- 

 siders that there is no advantage in starting beans in pots, as is often advised. It is 

 rather a waste of time and labor. Letter results were secured when beans were 

 planted in hills about 1 ft. apart each way, than when planted about .'! in. apart in 

 drills 30 in. apart. Much better results were secured when they were thinned to 

 stand IS in. apart in the row than when they were left unthinned. 



The yield of beans was increased about three times by the use of complete com- 

 mercial fertilizers. Two varieties of beans were grown, Ne Plus Ultra and Golden 

 Eyed Wax, the former of which was much the more productive. Tobacco smoke 

 used for fumigation was found to seriously injure the plants. The white fly (Aleurodes 

 vaporium) was easily controlled by fumigating with hydrocyanic-acid gas, using 10 

 oz. of potassium cyanid for about 6,000 cu. ft. of space. It is believed that nothing 

 is gained by giving the plants too much heat, for while they come to maturity a little 

 earlier the yield ismuch less than where the temperature is lower. About 50 to 60° F. 

 at night and 70° F. in the day time are believed to be about the right temperatures. 



Forcing tomatoes, W. J. Green and C. W. W.\n> ( Ohio Sta. Bui. 153, /■/>. 77, 

 figs. IS). — The station has not found it profitable to grow a crop of tomatoes in mid- 

 winter in Ohio. The prices which can be obtained for them are not high enough, 

 and the quantity that can be disposed of is too limited. The crop has proved prof- 

 itable, however, as a spring and early summer crop. At such seasons tomatoes have 

 proved more profitable than either lettuce or cucumbers during the same period. 



The price received for tomatoes grown in the greenhouse has usually been consid- 

 erably higher than the price paid for southern tomatoes in the market at the same 

 time, the quality being better when allowed to ripen in the greenhouse than when 

 the tomatoes were shipped in a green state from the South. Tomatoes at the station 

 are usually grown on raised benches with about 6 in. of soil, since they have been 

 found to mature earlier there than in solid beds. The average yield up to 1903 has 

 been at the rate of 2 lbs. 4 oz. per square foot, or 9 ll>s. of fruit to a plant. The 

 plants have usually been grown 2 ft. apart each way. The price has varied from 5 

 to 20 cts. per pound, averaging about 12 cts. per pound. In 1904 the first picking 

 was secured June 10, and up to August 1 the value of the fruit had averaged 20 

 cts. per square foot. 



An experiment was made in subirrigation v. surface-watering tomatoes in the 

 greenhouse. In the experiment the yield of fruit per square font in the subirri- 

 gated beds was 2 lbs. 4i oz. The fruit had an average size of 5.9 oz., and the 

 amount of rot per square foot was 1.9 oz. In the surface-watered bed the yield of 

 fruit per square foot was 1 lb. 15 oz., the average size of the fruit 5 oz., and the 

 amount of rot 4.7 oz. per square foot. No mulch was used in either case. Particu- 

 lar attention was given to supplying the amount of water needed for the best devel- 

 opment of the plants in each case. More water and more time was required to 

 surface-water than to subirrigate. The authors state that '•mulching with strawy 



