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BULLETIN No. 5, JUNE, 1SS9. 

 TIoHTK lI/llKAi: DEPARTJIENT AM) FIEI.I) K.\ I'EHIMENTS, II. E. Al- 



\()i!i), ('. K. (pj). 53-60). — Iiifrod iiriorji luitcs. — The purpose of the 

 l)iill('(iii is stated to be *' to re])ort upon tlic worlc now pi'ogTessing in 

 the <i-iir(len. orchard, and Hchls. and to l)riefly descrihe. in conjunction 

 with Bidletin No. 4. what is bein<>- oi-own at tlie Station the present 

 season." The grand total of useful phmts grown this year includes 

 1.488 varieties, nearly all adajited to the climate of Maryland. To 

 discover and report upon any synonyms which may have been grown 

 under ditferent names is one of the piu'ijoses of this season's work. 



The plautation of small fruits made last spring was upon much the same 

 plan as the experiment orchard described in Bulletin No. 4. Some well-known 

 \ arieties were selected as standards for comiiarison, and to these were added all 

 the new varieties found in the market. A more comiilete list of new kinds has 

 been attemjited with the snuill fruits tlian in the orclinrd. 



With vegetables — 



This season's work has been, in most cases, conlined to a small number of 

 standard kinds and a full list of the so-called novelties offered for sale this year 

 by iiromineut seedsmen. No attempt has been made to olitain all the varieties 

 that are offered, except in the case of Lima beans. 



On account of the excessive rainfall, the present season has been 

 very unfavorable for field work. 



It is the ])nrj)ose of the Station to make exhibits of products and 

 nuUerial, arranged to illustrate useful points in practical farming. 

 " at the E\])osition of the State Agricultural Society at Pimlico and 

 at the annual fairs of several of the cotmty societies held in Septem- 

 b,'i- and October." 



Mcfcorologind notes. — IJain-fall and mimber of rainy days per 

 month foi- first six months of 1889. 



Sclicdiilc of p'chi c.fjK'i-'tinciifs hi jnux/fcss at the SfafJoii, scdson of 

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( 1 ) I )i (i</r/<-iilfin'al department. 



\. Farm crops, (rcneral variety tests and comparisons, especially 

 (d' corn. oats, wheat, tobacco, and sorghum. *' Corn: An experiment 

 in growing Indian corn with a ninnber of dift'erent fertilizers and 

 combinations of fertilizing materials." Potatoes: A field test based 

 v,w last year's experiments in cutting potatoes for planting (see Bul- 

 letin Xo. 2, Maryland Station). Early and late jiotatoes (one acre 

 of each) haA'e been planted "with the seed tubers in four different 

 forms, viz: i<t) A large Avhole potato: (h) a medium-sized whole 

 potato: (c) a jnece of usual cutting: (d) a ])iece bearing a single 

 eye." Beauty of Hebron. New Queen. Empire State, and Dandy 

 (a lU'W Hebron seedling from Maine) were the varieties used. To- 

 bacco: (a) Test of twenty-nine varieties: (A) fertilizer ex])eriinent 

 with twenty-two \arieties. Peas: Test of \ai'iety of cow-pea. called 

 ■■ Cnknow n." which i)ro\'ed j)i'omising at this Station last year. 

 Sorghtmi: {(() Tests of numerous varieties: (h) fertilizer experi- 

 ment with four varieties. 



