54 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



peas, peppers, radishes, salsify, squashes, tomatoes, and turnips sent by the station 

 to the New York horticultural exhibit at the World's Fair, with remarks on the rel- 

 ative value of the different varieties, and special methods of cultivation and ship- 

 ment employed. 



The farmer's apple orchard, D. W. Bkadle (Ontario Agh College Bid. 92, pp. 

 13-1S).— A popnlar article on the cnlture of apples in Ontario, with remarks on 

 soils, pruning, varieties, and spraying for diseases and insects, with receipts for the 

 remedies to be used. 



" [For home nsej the following varieties are named about in the order of ripening: 

 Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachau, Oldenburg, Chenango, Gravenstein, Ribston Pip- 

 pin, Blenheim Pippin, Snow [Fameuse], Tompkins King, Mcintosh, Tolman Sweet, 

 Sutton Beauty, Baldwin, Pewaukee, Northern Spy, Grimes Golden, Golden Russet, 

 Roxbury Rnsset; and in planting for hiarket, selection can be made with advantage 

 from Oldenbnrg, Gravenstein, St. Lawrence, Ribston Pippin, \Vealthy, Blenheim 

 Pippin, Tompkins King, Baldwin, Northern Spy, Golden Russet, Ontario, Roxbury 

 Rnsset, Rhode Island Greening and Westfield Seek-no-further." 



Variety tests of apples, S. A. Beach {New York Stale Sta. Bpt. 1892, pp. 586-596).— 

 Descriptive notes for 10 varieties new to the station farm, and tables showing the 

 yield and age before bearing fruit, for 93 varieties. Where the young trees were 

 planted they produced fruit in about 8 years, while the averagetime for 79 varieties 

 that had been top-worked was 5.72 years. 



Peach and plum culture in Michigan, L. R. Taft {Michigan Sta. Bui. 103, pp. 

 3-62, figs. 9). — A popular article on peach and plum orchards, with directions as to 

 soil, location, planting, cultivation, pruning, fertilizing, harvesting the fruit, and 

 preventing the attacks of insects and diseases. The following varieties are recom- 

 mended: Peaches — Hale, Lewis, St. John, Richmond, Barnard (or Snow Orange), 

 Jacques, Gold Drop, Late Barnard, Hill Chili, Smock; plums in the order of ripen- 

 ing — Duaue Purple, Washington, Bradshaw, Green Gage, Lombard, Jefl'erson, Prince 

 Englebert, Genii, Imperial Gage, Pond, Quackenboss, German Prune, Damson, 

 Shropshire Damson, Coe Golden Drop, Fellemburg, and Bavay. 



Notes on early and late blooming peaches {U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statis- 

 tics, Bpt. 115, Mag, 1894). — In reply to a circular sent out by the Division of Pomol- 

 ogy, 560 replies were received. 



"In reply to the inquiry regarding the varieties of the peach which have been 

 observed to Idoom later than others, 78 varieties are named by one or more corre- 

 spondents. 



"Owing to the great diversity in the varieties of this fruit grown in the diiferent 

 regions from which reports were received, and the lack of reports on any very widely 

 distributed variety which can be taken as a standard for comparison, it has not been 

 possible to determine what one or more varieties bloom later than all the others in 

 different latitudes. It is evident, however, that the early ripening varieties, such as 

 Alexander (including Amsden), Rivers, and Hale, have been found to be the latest 

 bloomers by the largest number of observers. These varieties, all of which are white 

 fleshed, and most of which are semiclingstones having large blossoms, seem to con- 

 stitute the most widely distributed late-blooming group of the Persian race. They 

 are planted in small numbers, however, in most of the market-peach regions, because 

 of the inferior quality of their fruit and its susceptibility to rot. 



" The reports indicate that inlatenessof bloomingthelatestripeningvarieties stand 

 next to the very early ones. This group, of which Smock, Salway, Fox Seedling, 

 Picquet Late, Heath Cling, and Bilyeu are leading representatives, includes varieties 

 having both large and small blossoms, white and yellow flesh, and both clingstones 

 and freestones. The larger number of the well-known and widely distributed varie- 

 ties in this group are yellow-fleshed freestones, having small or medium sized blos- 

 soms." 



