Summary of the Work 



-OF THE- 



HORTICULTURAL DIVISION FOR 1895. 



S T. Maynard and J. H. Putnaj 



EXPERIMENTS WITH APPLES. 



Number of Varieties tested, 148. 



The season of 1895 was the bearing year for most of the varieties 

 in this section and the bloom was unusually large, but the late frosts, 

 the severe drouth, at several times during the season, the unusual 

 abundance of insects and fungi, and finally the severe hail storm of 

 Sept. 11 rendered the crop, especially of the late varieties, almost a 

 total failure. Up to this time the crop promised to be abundant and 

 where the trees were sprayed of good quality. 



All the trees in the station orchard except those omitted for checks, 

 were sprayed according to the scheme proposed in the Spraying 

 Calendar in Bulletin No. 29 of May, 1895, the results of which are 

 illustrated in an experiment with five R. I. Greenings. The trees 

 were 18 years old, of a vigorous growth and produced a heavy crop 

 of apples. They were sprayed as follows : 

 Nos. 1,2,4 and 5, Apr. 10, Bordeaux mixture 



1, 2, 4 and 5, May 8, " " and Paris green 1 lb. to 100 gals. 



1, 2, 4 and 5, " 22, " " " " " " 



1, 2, 4 and 5, June 8, " " " " " " 



1 and 2, July 2.3, " " 



1 and 2, Aug. 8, Ammoniacal Carb. of Copper. 



3, was left unsprayed. 

 The following table shows the results: 



