AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IX NEW HAMPSHIRE 55 



medium-textured soil, such as the Newmarket type, without materially 

 affecting \ield and growth. 



Sand and \\ ater cultures were continued, using cabbage, corn, sweet 

 clover and tomato, the last two to a limited extent. Cabbage gave great- 

 est dr\' weight of tops with solution onl\'. next best with fine sand and 

 least in coarse sand, whether with or without aeration. The differences 

 were more marked in those without aeration, however. This relationship, 

 especiall}' between the coarse and fine sand cultures, holds in general for 

 the other crops in cultures w ithout aeration, but is reversed in those with 

 aeration, especially corn. A species difference may exist here. 



Stuart Dunn 



A Survey of the Soils of New Hampshire 



A soil surve\' has been completed for six of the ten counties, and the 

 seventh, Rockingham County, is about two- thirds completed. This work 

 is temporarily deferred due to lack of available personnel. 



F. S. Prince, G. P. Perci\ al 



VEGETABLE PRODUCTION 



Factors Affecting the Storage of Squash 



Two acres of squash w ere grown and selections made for storage 

 tests which involved 25 specimens divided among five different locations, 

 each containing five squash. 



The department of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, coopera- 

 ting, has taken samples, mostly of the Blue Hubbard variety, for chemical 

 determinations. These samples were taken at various stages of maturity 

 and at varying periods of storage. Samples were preserved in alcohol for 

 later analysis. 



Blue Hubbard squash piled in the field and covered with vines for a 

 period of two weeks were definitel\' inferior in storage quality to those 

 taken directly from the field to a dry storage or to a greenhouse and cured 

 for two weeks. Bruising hastens spoilage materially, but bruised squashes 

 taken directly from the field kept much better than those carefully 

 handled after they were field piled. 



Humidity is an important factor in storage. Warm storage, if dry, is 

 better than humid cold storage, and dry cold storage is better than humid 

 cold storage. 



A. F. Yeager, Al. C. Richards, J. G. Conklin, T. G. Phillips, Wil.ma 

 BRE^^'ER 



Variety Trials 



An experimental vegetable variet\' plot is being maintained at Cole- 

 brook in northern New Hampshire, an area of short growing season. 

 Many new varieties which had previously shown some adaptation to this 

 area were widely distributed among home gardeners for further trial. 



