420 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



plants tiaiisplaiited 4 in. apart in other rows. Both seedlings and 

 transplanted plants were given i)l()w cultivation. A table is given 

 showing the yields ])er acre of each variety, by which it is seen that in 

 nearly every case the transi)lanted plants yielded about 15 per cent 

 more marketable onions than those not transplanted. Early Ked 

 Globe produced the largest crop. 



Hints on the planting of orchards, L. II. Bailey {New York 

 Cornell Sta. Bui. 69, irp. 2i2-25i). — (xeueral directions for the estab- 

 lishing and care of (n'chards, treating of the i)reparation of the land, 

 selection of the trees, time and method of i>lanting, distance of trees 

 ai)art, trimming and pruning, and after cultivation. 



It is advised that the land be evenly drained and in good tilth, free 

 from hard places and weeds. Planting in August or September is pre- 

 ferred to spring ])lanting, even for peaches. A table is given showing 

 the proper distances apart that various orchard and small fruits should 

 be ])lanted. The method of setting out the trees is detailed, urging 

 the spreading out of the roots in large holes with loose earth in the 

 bottom, and cautioning against fall mulches as harboring mice. It is 

 suggested that peach trees be trimmed close, with spurs of 1 bud only 

 left on the stem, but that other fruits be left 4 or 5 of the best branches 

 with a few buds each. Thorough cultivation is recommended for at 

 least 2 years, and careful watching against insect attacks. 



The various points are stated concisely and clearly, with the inten- 

 tion of furnishing definite information on the subject to those beginning 

 fruit raising. 



Apricot growing in western New^ York, L. II. Bailey [Ncn- York 

 Cornell Sta. Bui. 71, pp. 271-293, fi<js. iij.^This bulletin treats of the 

 cultivation of the apricot and of the different varieties of the 3 species 

 of true apricots in cultivation in western New York. It is stated that 

 the apricot is ds hardy as the peach and worthy of much more extended 

 cultivation than it now receives. A deep, dry soil, loamy or gravelly, 

 on elevated land near a large body of water, is recommended for the 

 best results, and if i)Ossible a somewhat backward exposure to retard 

 early blooming. The apricot requires clean culture, which should, 

 however, be stopped late in summer to allow the wood to mature 

 thoroughly. Truning should be done nnich the same as for plums. 

 Apricots are usually grafted upon peach, plum, or ax)ricot stocks, but 

 do not seem to unite well with the two former stocks, and so where 

 seedling apricots will grow well tliej' are to be preferred as stocks. 

 In stiff clay lands plum stocks may thrive better, and in light dry 

 soils, peach stocks. The apricot is considered practically as productive 

 as the peach, and is attacked by the same insect and fungus enemies. 

 In addition to cultivating apricots in orchards they may be trained 

 against walls and buildings, and thus protected develoi) fruit m other- 

 wise unfavorable localities. 



