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thus keeping the fruits from the ground, may have checked the 

 rots and at the same time increased the cracking, which was quite 

 troublesome where the pruning was overdone, and the sun burned 

 the fruits. The squashes were not up to normal size, due to 

 drought and not from any serious inroads of fungous enemies. 



Early in the season there was much complaint of a browning 

 of shade and orchard trees, the maple and apple leading in this — 

 a result of unfavorable weather. The chestnut disease was watched 

 in various parts of the State, and it does not seem ta have spread 

 to the extent that was predicted. There was a considerable dod- 

 der in the State upon clover and allied plants. 



Eu\:pekiments with Beans. 



EAELE J. OWE]Sr. 



Plots 1, 2 and 3 of Series VI. were occupied by the "Jackson 

 Wonder" crosses, while a portion of Plot 4 was given over to 

 "Pole" beans. Plots 2 and 3 of Series VII. consisted entirely of 

 plants from selected white seed of the "Jackson Wonder"-"Dreer" 

 set, while the Limas of Plot 4, Series VIL represented strains of 

 "Station Bush" ("Plump" and "Flat") and "Kelsey Bush." 

 Those grown on Strip III. consisted of old varieties, a few novel- 

 ties, new crosses made in 1908 and the "Scarlet RunneT Hybrids." 



EXPERIMENTS WITH LIMA BEANS. 



The "Jackson Wonder" crosses, which have been under observa- 

 tion during four successive seasons, were made and studied, pri- 

 marily, with the idea of adding the good qualities of this mottled 

 variety to certain white seeded sorts. 



"Jackson Wonder" is a spreading bush lima ^vith a plant and 

 pod which bear a close resemblance to the "Henderson." In other 

 words, it belongs to the so-called "Sieva" type, as distinguished 

 from the form represented by the "Burpee," "Dreer," &c., and, 

 while early and prolific, is not popular, mainly on account of the 

 colored seeds, which, when cooked, do not make an attractive dish. 



