988 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Vegetables groicnfor exhibition (pp. 545-598). — A reprint of Bulletin 

 69 of tlie station (E. S. "R.., fi, p. 53). 



Variety tests of apples (pp. 599-616). — Descriptive notes on 13 varie- 

 ties of apples, cLicfly of riiissiuu orig:in, witli a table sliowiug the yield 

 of 83 varieties of apples and 14 of crab apples. In addition are given 

 lists of 126 varieties of pears, 7 of quinces, 143 of plums, 86 of peaches, 

 38 of clierries, 37 of currants, and 212 of gooseberries growing at the 

 station. 



Variety tests of grapes (pp. 617-626). — Comparative notes on 42 vari- 

 eties, the species from which each is believed to have been derived being 

 designated. A list of 210 varieties growing in the station vineyard is 

 appended. 



Variety tests of blacl-berriesj dewberries^ and raspberries (pp. 626- 

 655).— A reprint of Bulletin 63 of the station (E. S. R., 5, p. 786). 



Some experiences in testing straicberries (pp. 656-676). — A reprint from 

 Bulletin 64 of the station (E. S. E., 5, p. 874), with in addition a list of 

 128 varieties fruiting at the station in 1893, and descriptive and 

 comparative notes on 34 of them. 



Strawberry crosses (pp. 677-685). — A reprint from Bulletin 64 of the 

 station (E. S. R., 5, p. 874). 



Garden vegetables, F. A. Waugh {OMahoma Sta. Bui. 15, pp. 

 17-29 J figs. 7). — Comparative notes and tabulated data on 15 varieties 

 of peas, 26 of muskmelons, 25 of watermelons, 34 of cucumbers, 30 of 

 lettuce, 11 of potatoes, 14 of tomatoes, 10 of onions, 4 of okra and sal- 

 sify. The following varieties are recommended: Mnskmelons — Early 

 Nutmeg, Jenny Liud, and Banquet; lettuce — Denver Market, Hanson, 

 and Henderson New York; tomatoes — Dwarf Champion, Dwarf Aristo- 

 crat, Perfection, Matchless, Optimus, and Igiiotum; onions — Prize- 

 taker; oJcra — White Velvet and Dwarf. 



The recent apple failures of -western Ne-w York, L. H. Bailey 

 {New York Cornell Sta. Bui. 84, pp. 34, pis. 4, figs. 6). 



Synopsis. — A discussion of the causes of the small apple crops in late years, with 

 letters from a number of prominent orchardists in regard to experience with 

 spraying trees. For the production of large crops is advised liberal tilling, 

 efficient fertilizing, careful pruning, and judicious spraying. 



It is stated that one of the most important reasons for the failure of 

 the apple crop is the usual custom of allowing the orchards to run to 

 sod or else growing cereals among the trees. In this way the soil is 

 impoverished and the fruit trees can make but a scanty growth. It is 

 urged that orchards be well drained and frequently and lightly culti- 

 vated during the late spring and early summer, followed by the sparing 

 use of nitrogenous fertilizers. The tillage will serve as a conservator 

 of moisture, and in this way prevent great damage by drought. In 

 orchards which have been long in sod the turf should be broken up in 

 the spring while soft by means of a sharp toothed harrow, and after- 

 wards plowed shallow. As fertilizers, potash and phosphoric acid are 



