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Manure and Peat Moss Give Equal Results 



Two plots of tomatoes in the vegetable house were fertilized by 

 spading two or three inches of fairly well rotted manure into the 

 soil, and two others by spading in one bale of peat moss for 500 

 square feet of bed. The yield of fruit in each case was practically 

 identical, according to J. R. Hepler. {Miscellaneous Income) 



Sweet Corn Variety Tests 



In a test of 35 varieties and strains of sweet corn by J. R. Hepler, 

 Golden Gem proved earliest, with ears marketable in 70 days from 

 planting. Spanish Gold required from 80 to 83 days, while most 

 strains of the Golden Bantam required about 85 days. {Micellaneous 

 Income) 



Pritchard Desirable New Tomato 



Eighteen varieties of tomatoes including several recently introduced 

 were grown in the field, and records were made of the total yield, 

 average size of the fruit, and other important characteristics. A se- 

 vere epidemic of late blight occurred during August. The later 

 varieties seemed to be more resistant than the earlier ones and thus 

 yielded more. J. R. Hepler found that Pritchard appeared the most 

 desirable among the new early varieties. {Miscellaneous Income) 



Raspberry Pruning Not Beneficial First Year 



In the raspberiy pruning project a 100-foot row of Chief variety 

 v/hich was not pnmed, yielded at the rate of 3,495 quarts per acre. 

 A similar row that was thinned without heading back the canes, 

 yielded 2,725 quarts. The fruit was of better size than in the first 

 plot. When canes were headed back to a height of three feet without 

 pruning, 3,300 quarts of good sized berries were realized. L. P. Lat- 

 imer points out that if the canes are not thinned out annually, the 

 new canes probably will not be as strong and possibly may not pro- 

 duce as many fruit buds. {Miscellaneous Income) 



Codling Moth Serious in Some Localities 



Records of the number of adult codling moths caught in fermented 

 bait traps in four orchards in different sections of New Hampshire in- 

 dicate that this pest is serious locally, says E. J. Rasmussen. In the 

 University orchard in Durham only 25 moths were caught during the 

 entire season, w^hile other places got as high as 153 in a single night. 

 A number of trees in each orchard were banded with two-inch cor- 

 rugated paper bands soaked wdth beta-naptliol oil mixture. One or- 

 chard in Durham gave an average of one-tenth moth per band. At 

 Hollis an average of 30.3 were found, and at Wilton 113. 



A number of fruit growers were assisted in maintaining railroad 

 worm traps in important localities. These furnish evidence that there 

 is a considerable difference in the date of emergence of these flies. 

 Hence it would be wise for a grower who desires to spray to control 



