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the total yield was larger on the nnirrigated plats. In previous years the results 

 have been considerably in favor of irrigation. The addition of an extra amount of 

 nitrate of soda was without benefit. 



Raj^pberries (pp. 225-227). — Turner gave the largest yield, 4,327 qt. per acre, but 

 "it crumbles badly and is very undesirable." Cuthbert, which stood first in IS!)!), 

 yielded but 3,31(i qt. in 1900. Tlie coni])ined yields in 1!)00 of all the unirrigatcd 

 plats were slightly greater than from the irrigated as regards early and total yield. 

 The effect of differiMit fertilizers has been irregular. Plats receiving extra amounts 

 of nitrate of soda have, on the whole, given decreased yields. 



Currants and gooseberries (pp. 227-230). — A quart of currants has been found to 

 weigh about 20 oz. Victoria was the most productive sort in 1900, yielding 7,507.2 

 qt. per acre, followed by Red Dutch, 6,764.4 qt. The increased yield due to irriga- 

 tion was 15.6 per cent. Plats fertilized with l)arnyard manure have given the best 

 yields, followed by complete commercial fertilizers, while the poorest results have 

 been obtained when additional amounts of nitrate of soda have been added. 



With gooseberries, Houghton, with a yield of 14,391.8 qt. per acre, was the most 

 productive sort, with Downing second, 13,860.8 qt. Irrigation increa.sed the yields 

 in 1900 about 10 per cent. In previous years the heaviest yields have been obtained 

 on the unirrigated plats. Barnyard manure has given better yields than any other 

 fertilizer, followed by complete commercial fertilizers containing an extra amount of 

 nitrate of soda. 



Strarvberries (pp. 230-240). — Nitrate of soda added to complete fertilizers resulted 

 in increased yields. In early yield better results were secured with subirrigation 

 than with surface irrigation, but in total yield the surface irrigated plats exceeded 

 the subirrigated by 13 per cent and the unirrigated by 28 per cent. The surface 

 irrigated plats also gave the largest late yield. Subirrigated plats gave 12 per cent 

 greater yields than no irrigation. 



In the study of the relative merits of matted row and hill culture, the hills were 

 set in main rows 4 ft. apart with 3 rows a foot apart, and the plants 1 ft. distant in 

 the rows. Thus set, it required 32,670 plants to set an acre. The matted rows were 

 4 ft. apart with plants 18 in. distant in the row. Only one-third as many plants were 

 required to set an acre by this method, and the cost of labor was approximately 

 only one-third as much as by the hill syi^tem. The following 11 out of 35 varieties 

 grown have given larger yields by the hill system than by the matted row, showing 

 that some varieties are much better adapted to hill culture than others: Gaudy, 

 (iladstone, Ilunn, Johnson Early, Lady Thompson, Margaret, Parker Earle, Kidge- 

 way, Starr, Warfield, and Wm. Belt. 



"On the other hand, there are those in which the yields from the matted rows far 

 exceed that from the hills, and thus the matted rows of Bismark and Buback have 

 given more than double, while that of Glen Mary, Man well. Ocean City, and Sample 

 have given nearly double the yield obtained from the hills." 



The most |)roductive variety grown by the hill system was Warfield, with Wm. Belt 

 and Big Berry (Corsican) close seconds. In the matted row Sample led, yielding 

 30,154 qt. per acre, followed by Bederwood (19,010 (|t.), Cobden (iueen (18,070 qt.), 

 and Man well and Bismark, each yielding over 17,000 f]t. per acre. 



The varieties most i)roiific in tlie formation of runners were Cobden (iueen, John- 

 son Early, Sample, Tennessee, and Warlield. Brief notes are given on the 35 varie- 

 ties grown, as well as tabulated data regarding early and tutal yields, freedom from 

 producing runners, etc. 



Tree fruits (pp. 240-255). — Experiments largely with fertilizers and irrigation are 

 reported with apples, standard pears, peaches, dwarf pears, plums, and cherries. The 

 crop .secured with plums, cherries, and peaches in 1900 was the first one, and much 

 of the data recoriled are given as matter of record. On the wiioie, the irrigated 

 l>luui plats gave increased yields of about 30 per cent as comjjared with the unirrigated. 



