26 U. OF X. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 227 



During the past year the Anjoii (Bcurre d'Anjoii) has not at this 

 Station lived up to its reputation in other fruit growing sections of the 

 United States. The trees in sod were hicking in vigor. Under cultiva- 

 tion the trees had done fairly well hut were not as large as those of 

 the other varieties previously described, and no fruit was produced. 

 The fruit on the trees in sod dropped badly. Whether or not this was 

 due to a lack of proper pollination has not been determined. 



In the cultivated plots Lawrence, Sheldon, Seckle and Angouleme 

 ha\'e made a fair growth but producetl no crop. Keifer has grown 

 rapidly and has procUiced more or less fruit for the past two or three 

 seasons. However, it matures so late that the fruit is of poor size 

 when harvested the last of October. In addition to Anjou previously 

 mentioned, the Tyson and Bosc have made relatively slow growth. 

 The Bosc pear is notoriously a poor grower, and it is the practice in 

 commercial plantations to plant other varieties and then top work to 

 Bosc. 



Plums 



In addition to the Jajianese sorts most commonly grown in New 

 Hampshire, a crop of plums was obtained in 1926 on some European 

 varieties. Observations on the relative quality and adaptability to 

 New Hampshire conditions were made by L. P. Latimer. Lombard 

 bore a heavy crop of good size, clean, highly polished fruit. The tree in 

 spite of the heavy crop was in fine condition. It was more robust and 

 healthy than any other variety in the test orchard. Its form is very 

 satisfactory, being u]iright and symmetrical. The leaves were large, 

 glossy green, and health}-. The ciuality was fairly good — good for 

 cooking or canning. The crop matured in mid to late season. 



The fruit of the Washington was green to yellowish and of good 

 ciuality. It tends to become soft and mushy when rij^e but is good for 

 cooking. Tlie croj) was light and the trees less vigorous than other 

 varieties. It matured in mid to late season. 



Imperial Gage is similar in tree characters to Washington, but the 

 fruit was better in quality. The yield was not heavy and the size of 

 the fruits about mediiun. 



Bradshaw i)roduced a good croj) of large dark puri)le or dark blue 

 plums. It matured its fruit earlier than any of the other European 

 sorts described. Its ciuality, however, is not such as to recommend it 

 for extensive planting. 



The Shropshire Damson is very prolific and healthy and lu'oduced 

 handsome fruit, astringent at first but more palatable when thoroughly 

 ripe. It is excellent foi' culinary piu'poses. In season it is slightly 

 earlier than Lombard. 



The Climax, a variety of Japanese plum. ])r()duccd fruit I'ather low 

 in quality and has little to commend it for planting. 



Effect of Fertilizer on Strawberries — {Hatch Fund) 



In the spring of 1925 Howard 17 strawberry plants were set on a 

 field of sandy loam at the Horticultural Farm which jjreviously had 

 been used as a nursery and had received approximately ten tons of 

 stable manure per acre annually for several years. The land was di- 



