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 on lo. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Location. Columbus. Director, Cluirles K. Tliorne. 



BULLETIN Vol. II, No. 4 (SECOND SERIES), JULY, 188!). 

 Exi'EKIMENTS Willi S.^IALL I'lU ITS IN 1881), W. J. GrEEN (pp. 101- 



110). — The conditions on which new varieties are received for testing 

 jire stated. 



Sfr(nr]}('i'r!t's. — Tahular data on eighteen new varieties are given, 

 with additional notes on some of these varieties and on a number of 

 varieties previously reported. " The foHowing varieties have been 

 fully tested and can be reconiinended for general planting: Bubach, 

 Haverland, Ohio, Pearl, Crescent, Warfield." 



Rasphcrries. — Tabular data on eighteen varieties, with additional 

 notes on ten of the same varieties. '* The following of the newer 

 varieties are recommended : Ililborn, Muskingum, Palmer." 



Blackheiries. — Tabular data on thirteen varieties, with additional 

 notes on these and other varieties by an amateur fruit grower living 

 near the Station. The number and weight of perfect and imperfect- 

 berries in one quart at three different pickings are also recorded for 

 five varieties. The hardiest and most worthy of cultivation are Aga- 

 wam, Ancient Briton, Bonanza, Early Harvest, Taylor, Snyder. 



Gooseherries. — Brief notes on four varieties. 



Effect or early and late picking upon the keeping quality of 

 APPLES, AV. J. Green (pp. 111-114). — One hundred perfect apples of 

 each of five varieties were selected at four different pickings, from 

 September 2G to October 20, and stored in crates in an ordinary cellar. 

 A record is given of the number in each one hundred which were 

 sound, 58 daj^s, 17.") days, and 256 days from picking. The per cent 

 of shrinkage by rot and waste 58 days from picking is also given. 

 The conclusions drawn from these experiments are that " early pick- 

 ing of apples improves their keeping qualities, but no difference is 

 manifest for nearly six months after picking. If kept for a longer 

 period than six months, the early-picked apples shoAV a decided gain 

 over those picked late. The greater part of the loss in weight, caused 

 by drying, occurs within six months after picking. The early-picked 

 apples lose slightly more in weight than those that are picked late." 



BULLETIN Vol. II. No. 5 (SECOND SERIES), AUGUST, 1889. 



Experiments in wheat seeding, J. F. Hickman, M. A. S. (pp. 

 115-120). — This article is not confined to the discussion of new work, 

 but is, in the main, a report of progress, adding another to the series 

 of tests begun seven years ago. The topics are: (1) Thick and thin 

 seeding; (2) early and late seeding; (3) seeding at different depths 

 and by different methods. Velvet Chaff (Penquite's) wheat w^as 

 used in all the experiments reported. 



