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about 5 cords of stable manure, and then thoroughly harrowing in 

 1,000 lbs. of fertilizer composed of 667 lbs. fine dry fish and 333 

 lbs. sulfate of potash before the plants were set. Planting was 

 done the last of April, and thorough cultivation was kept up until 

 the freezing of the ground, in order to keep down the growth of the 

 weed known as the mouse-ear chickweed, with which the land had 

 become infested. The plants were trained in the wide distance 

 matted row system, i. e. rows 3^ feet apart and plants from four to 

 six inches apart covering beds about 2 feet wide. The six varieties 

 that yielded the most fruit are as follows : 



Sample at the rate of 4625 quarts per acre. 



Glen Mary " " 3562 



Brandy wine " " 3504 



Haverland " " 3187 



Clyde " " 3087 



Ruby " " 2593 



One hundred varieties were fruited in small plots, consisting of 

 26 varieties fruiting for the first time, and the balance of those that 

 have fruited one or more years previously. The six new varieties 

 that gave the best results on ligM land* were Stone's Early, Stand- 

 ard, Howard's No. 4, Howard's No. 36, Fountain and Dr. Arp. 

 On heavy soil, Howard's No. 4, Lehman's No. 2, Howard's No. 36, 

 AVatson, Dr. Arp and Stone's Early. The most noticeable varieties 

 were Stone's Early which was very early, of medium size, good 

 quality and the most productive, and Howard's No. 4 which was 

 remarkable for size, beauty, quality and productiveness. 



SPRAYING CROPS. 



In growing all fruit and vegetable crops, insecticides and fungi- 

 cides were used according to the calendar appended to this bulletin. 

 Check trees or plants were left in all cases. 



Insecticides. The main dependence for the destruction of leaf 

 and fruit-eating insects has been upon Paris Green, with arsenate of 

 lead and Arsenic Lime upon the peach, cherry and Japanese plum. 

 Kerosene and soap solutions applied in a fine spray or mist or in 

 water were used for aphides, scale and other insects that feed by 

 sucking the juices of plants. 



*The Sample in these plots was injured by standing water during the winter. 



