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mixture, six treated with fungiroid, and an equal number which 

 received no treatment. 



The first application of fungicides was made July 13; two other 

 applications were subsequently made at intervals of about two 

 weeks. 



The following' table gives a summary of each of the six rows: 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE VS. FUNGIROID. 



Treatment. 



Total 



weight 



lbs. 



Ratio of 

 yield. 



Weight of 



decayed 



tubers. 



lbs. 



Per cent 



of decayed 



tubers. 



Bordeaux 

 Fungiroid 

 Check.... 



2623 



219 



1982 



1.00 



.83 

 • 75 



1.1 

 18.7 

 20.3 



.4 

 S.5 

 10.2 



Referring to the column, "ratio of yield," it will be observed 

 that the total yield of the untreated rows was only seventy-five per 

 cent, that of the rows sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, or an increase 

 of twenty-five per cent, from the use of the Bordeaux; the total 

 yield from the rows treated with fungiroid was eighty-three per 

 cent, that of the rows sprayed withBordeaux,or an increase of seven- 

 teen per cent, in faror of Bordeaux mixture over fungiroid. 



The last column gives the per cent, of decayed tubers. The rows 

 sprayed with Bordeaux mixture produced only .4 of one per cent, 

 by weight of decayed tubers, while from the unsprayed rows over 

 ten per cent, by weight of the tubers were decayed. The fungiroid 

 seemed to have but little effect in preventing the decay. 



The results do not promise the future for the fungiroid which 

 had been hoped for it, yet we do not wish to draw final conclusions 

 from this one season's trial. 



Conclusion: Fungiroid may slightly increase the yield of potatoes 

 but seems to be of very little value as a preventive of late blight. 



II— NOTES ON SWEET CORN. 

 Every one who is at all familiar with the catalogue of the average 

 seedsman is equally familiar with the high sounding and attractive 

 description of varieties which most catalogues contain. We do not 

 wish to infer that such descriptions are g-iven for the purpose of de- 

 ceiving, yet the fact remains that if one bases his anticipations on 

 the descriptions which he finds, he is likely to be doomed to dis- 

 appointment at the results which he obtains. While this condition 

 of things does not exist in regard to the descriptions of corn to the 

 extent that it does in regard to many other things, yet not a few of 



