HORTICULTURE. 



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Length and source of vine cuttinfjs (p. 1059). — The followins: table gives 

 the average results for 2 years in using vine cuttings of different lengths 

 and from different parts of the vine. Sets directly from the beds were 

 also grown for comparison. 



Yield produced hij vine cuttings of different lengths and from different imrts of the vine. 



Treatment. 



Yield per acre. 



Merchant- 

 able. 



Culls. 



Total. 



Cuttings 6 in. long 



Cuttings 12 in. long 



Cuttings 18 in. long 



Cuttings '24 in. long 



Whole vines exposed every 15 in. . . 

 Whole vines covered all but leaves 



Terminal end of vine 



Mi<ldle ])ortion of vine 



Butt end of vine 



"Slips" 



Sitshels. 



210. 02 

 201.06 

 277. 45 

 315. :il 

 300. 24 

 190. 00 

 340. 4G 

 320. 97 

 261.03 

 302. 00 



Bushels. 

 24.71 

 33.48 

 23. 22 

 21. 78 

 23.22 

 16.28 

 22. 48 

 15.89 

 21.48 

 33.10 



Bushels. 

 235. 63 

 235. 44 

 300. 67 

 337. 09 

 323. 46 

 2i:6. 37 

 362. 94 

 345. 86 

 280. 11 

 385. 70 



Varieties (pp. 1053-1 ()r>(l), — The yields of the most i)roductive varie- 

 ties were as follows in bushels of marketable roots per acre: Provi- 

 dence, 1,057.8; Shanghai, 711; Ited ISTansemond, 090.0; Teabody, 084; 

 Hayman, 038.8, and Norton, 038, A late crop of each variety was also 

 grown, transplanting occurring August 15. With the late crop the 

 largest yield Avas made by lied Nansemond — 228 bu. per acre, of 

 which 75 per cent was marketable. Following this variety in yield 

 of marketable potatoes Avere Padisha, Providence, Strasburg, and Early 

 Golden. 



The bulletin also contains brief statements, but no detailed results, 

 of fertilizer experiments, and notes on soft rot and black rot. Soft rot 

 was checked by dusting the roots with fostite. 



The vanilla bean in Mexico, 0. Schaefer ( U. S. Consular Ept. 

 1894, N'ov.j 2)p. o9o, 300). — Notes on the culture, curing, and marketing 

 of the fruit of this orchid. Vanilla beans are grown chietly in the 

 canton of Papantla, where they also grow wild on the rich, loamy soil 

 of the low hills. The vines are planted in a plantation of small, low 

 trees, about three slips being set at the base of each tree, up which 

 they climb, and are conducted by poles from tree to tree. The vines 

 bear full crops in the third year, and live about 10 years. The beans 

 are gathered from October to January, and after being subjected to a 

 heat of 120^ F. for 24 hours, in ovens, are placed in blankets and the 

 blankets exposed to the sun until the beans are entirely dry. They 

 are sent to market in bundles of 50, wrapped in tin foil, inclosed in tin 

 cylinders, and bring about |3.50 per pound. 



Impressions of the peach industry in western New York, L. H. 



Bailey {New York Cornell Sta. Bui. 74, pp. 361-386, pi. 1, Jigs. 12).— 



This bulletin is in two sections, the first consisting of general remarks on 



the care of peach orchards, and the second on their enemies and diseases, 



1293^— :jTo. 5 



