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$5 per thousand, were also used successfully, but in applying them the work must 

 be done before freezing weather coin.- or many of them will crack and be useless. 

 A still cheaper form of protection is a coat of paint, providing pure materials are 

 used. 



An obscure physiological disease of apple trees, apparently due to the excessive use 

 of nitrogenous fertilizers and the lack of available potash, is briefly described. 



The apples of New York, II, S. A. Beach, V 0. B n. and 0. M. Taylob 



(New York Stat Sta. Rpt. 1908, pt. 2, pp. TV 860, ph. 84 . This volume is similar 

 in make-up to the preceding (E. S. R., 17. p. 559 . and is devoted to summer and 

 fall apples which have originated or are grown in New York. It contains an index 

 <»f the varieties mentioned in the volume, and also a combined index to volumes I 

 and 2. 



Apple districts of New York with varieties for each, I'. I'. Hedrk k. N. 0. 

 Booth, and < >. M. Taylor (New York Stale Sla. Bui. 275, pp. 61, map I). An alpha- 

 betical catalogue is given of the apples thai have grown or have originated in New 



York, in which the characteristics and season of each variety are noted, ii- suitabil- 

 ity for different sections of t he state pointed out, and general remark- given on its 

 usefulness. 



In addition a discussion is given of the distribution of varieties of apples and the 

 adaptation of groups of apples. Under the latter headings large number of varie- 

 ties of apples have heen classified into groups, such as Aport Group, Baldwin Group, 

 Early Harvest Group, Fameuse < I roup, etc. New York state is divided into 9 pomo- 

 logical districts, and lists of varieties which may be successfully cultivated for differ- 

 ent purposes given for each. A list of varieties of apples which are unworthy a place 

 among the apples of New York is included in the bulletin, as well as a list of those 



which have not heen sufficiently tested to justify comment on them. 



Peach and plum culture, A. B. McKay ( Mississippi Sta. Bul.98, pp. 16, figs. 

 An account of the laying out, planting, and yields of a '.'-acre peach orchard. 6 acres 

 of which was planted for commercial purposes with 900 Elbertaand 50 Triumph peach 

 trees, and the remaining 3 to numerous varieties of peaches and plums. 



The orchard was planted during the first days of January, 1898. In L899 the tree- 

 were severely frozen, so that the hark from the ground to the crotches of the lower 

 branches Could be easily pulled away from the tree. They were severely headed 

 hack and entirely recovered. 



Three crops of peaches have heen secured from the commercial orchard. The 

 yield in 1901 was 550 bu.; L902, 520 bu.; and in L904, L,575bu. The total net returns 

 from the shipment of these fruits to St. Louis, Chicago, and St. Paul were $2,1 



The first year the orchard was set oul sweet potato.- were gro^ n between the rows, 

 and yielded at the rate of 100 bu. to the acre. The next season peas were planted 

 between the rows, and yielded at the rate of 20 bu. -per acre. The total receipts from 

 these crops amounted to s:;i id. The cost of the trees and the expense of preparing 

 the land and planting was $66.75. The care of the orchard is placed at $270, making 



a total expense of $336.75. 



There was, therefore, a profit 011 the crops grown in the orchard of S">."..L'">. which 



may be regarded as a good rental value on the land for .". years, at the end of which 

 time the orchard was ready for fruit-beai ing, free from encumbrances. For the next 

 4 years the average returns from tin' orchard and fruit were $625, or $104.16 per acre. 

 The annual expense of caring for the orchard during this period is placed at $30, leav- 

 ing a clear gain of $7 \. pi for each acre during the ] 



Brief descriptions are given of 20 varieties of peaches, and of ~ varieties of plums 

 grown m the experimental orchard. Relative to the fruit produced on different kinds 

 of soil, the author state- that trees on the stiff, heavy clay over a light-colored, sticky 

 and poorly drained subsoil made a rather unhealthy growth, a large percentage of 



the trees died, and tile fruit lacked el,. rand flavor. "On the deep, strong clay loam 



