726 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



cauliflowers. An increased percentage of marketable heads, amount- 

 ing in some varieties to 20 per cent, was the result of handling the 

 young i^lants in i^ots. In the experiment of trimming plants the per 

 cent of heads formed was greater for plants not trimmed, though there 

 was no difference in earliness or size of the heads. Early varieties 

 lu'oduced more marketable heads than did the late, and where the heads 

 produced were very large the percentage of plants heading was corre- 

 spondingly small. 



Tomatoes (pp. 112-118). — Chiefly a reprint of Bulletin 9 of the station 

 (E. S. R., 6, p. 51), with the addition of tabulated data on the effect of 

 early setting, value of pot culture, individual variation, and a compari- 

 son of first and second generations of crosses. Early setting is recom- 

 mended, though the advantage gained in earliness and productiveness 

 of fruit was but slight. Plants handled 3 times in pots showed a 

 marked increase in productiveness over those transplanted a like num- 

 ber of times in boxes. The individual variation within varieties was 

 found to be often so much as to obscure the effects of different methods 

 of culture. A cross between the Ignotum and Peach varieties showed 

 a marked falling off in the second generation over the advantage indi- 

 cated by the first, although this may have been due to greater care 

 given the first generation. 



Eggplants (pp. 118-121). — Notes and tabulated data on early vs. late 

 setting, deep vs. shallow cultivation, frequent cultivation, and the effects 

 of root pruning. Early setting, when the i)lauts escaped injury by 

 frost, gave a large advance in the percentage of plants bearing market- 

 able fruits, in the case of the Black Pekin variety amounting to 35 per 

 cent. Deep cultivation with a horse hoe gave much better results 

 than shallow hand work. Experiments with frequent cultivation were 

 obscured by the failure of the varieties employed. Root pruning gave 

 contradictory results. 



Potatoes (pp. 121-124). — A reprint of Bulletin 12 of the station 

 (E. S. R., 6, p. 632). 



Spraying experiments (pp. 124-128). — A reprint of Bulletin 8 of the 

 station (E. S. R., 5, p. 1077). In addition is given a table showing the 

 details of an experiment in si)raying to prevent apple scab, merely the 

 results of which are given in the bulletin. 



Catalogue of Maine fruits (pp. 129-144). — Tabulated data for 110 

 varieties of apples, 9 of crab apples, 14 of blackberries, 2 of dewberries, 

 20 of cherries, 10 of currants, 5 of gooseberries, 14 of grapes, 3 of 

 quinces, 35 of pears, 29 of plums, 17 of raspberries, and 25 of straw- 

 berries. In addition, lists are given of the varieties believed to be 

 profitable for the northern and southern counties of the State, and 

 apples for home use and for market, with several varieties found 

 unsatisfactory in the northern counties. 



Small fruits in 1893, G. C. Butz {Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1S93, pp. 

 118-126). — Cultural and descriptive notes and tabulated data for 34 



