AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



63 



No collection is complete without a few plants of Golden Queen. 

 Ibis is specially valuable for the pleasing contrast when served 

 with the red or purple fruits. 



As will be seen from the table the average yield varies with dif- 

 ferent sorts from 1.7 pounds to 2.3 pounds, per plant; the mean 

 being about two pounds. 



Ill — Field Notes. 



As in previous years cultural methods rather than variety testing 

 received attention in the field. 



Effect of Checking Groioth before Setting. — The writer has fre- 

 quently suggested the checking of plants likely to become drawn 

 and "leggy" by cutting back before ready for the transfer to the 

 field. Last season being somewhat cold and backward, there was 

 an excellent opportunity for a comparison. On May 21, a dozen 

 plants of each of three varieties were cut back about four inches 

 and an equal number were left undisturbed for comparison. All 

 were placed in the field May 29. 



The results are seen in table VII. 



table VII. 











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Z! ^^■ 



n '■ 





— 











Variety and Treatment. 



o 









C > O 





4J 





S'S'H, 





= ■= 71 





7^ 







^■-^ "Z 



















& 





< = =, 



< C =H 



<zC 



Ithaca. 















Sept. 



Aug. 



<1, 



37 



lO.O 



4.9 





lo, 



45 



14.8 



5.3 



Nicholson. 







Aug. 

 Aug. 



'■\ 



63 

 45 



12.7 



0.8 



S.l 





3.5 



Osceola. 





Clieckecl 



Aug. 

 Aug. 



15, 

 4, 



119 

 72 



lO.O 

 9.8 



2.1 





2.1 







The Ithaca plants which were not cut back were superior to the 

 others, but with the other two varieties the reverse was true. This 

 difference is no doubt due to the fact that Ithaca is relatively a 

 late variety, while the others are earlier. It will be seen that in 



