180 VEGETABLE NOVELTIES 



EXPERIMENTS WITH NITRO-CULTURE IN GROW- 

 ING GARDEN PEAS AND BEANS. 



Nitro-Culture was tried during the past season in grow- 

 ing* peas and beans, being used in different ways according 

 to directions; also upon different soils and in large plots. 



Observations Avere made at different times upon growth 

 of plants, season of maturing crop, yield, root growth, etc., 

 but we were unable to detect the slightest difference be- 

 tween the treated and untreated plants. 



REMARKS. 



I. The results reported in this bulletin may not neces- 

 sarily hold true in other sections of the country, but should 

 represent their value in New Hampshire. 



II. Anyone interested in novelties of each season will 

 find a visit to the Experiment Station during the growing 

 season of much interest and value. 



III. During the past season the Pomona and subordinate 

 Granges held field meetings at Durham in order to famil- 

 iarize themselves with our work; also more growers than 

 ever before made use of the trial grounds as a source of 

 information regarding the new and highly advertised 

 novelties. 



IV. On September 12 about one hundred seedsmen, 

 market gardeners and commission men of Boston and vicin- 

 ity visited us and inspected our work. This gave us an 

 exceptionally good opportunity to get the practical and 

 commercial man's viewpoint of value on many new 

 novelties. 



V. Mr. W. W. Tracy, superintendent of the testing 

 gardens of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, visited us during the season in coopera- 

 tion with some work we were carrvine: on for the United 

 States government and reported "Your work and recoi'ds 

 are exceptionally good, and results much more reliable than 

 those usually obtained in such trials." 



VI. The experiments with nitro-culture on garden peas 

 and beans was not a success. 



