34 THE APPLE IN COLD STOKAGE. 



State experiment stations in 1902 to the extent of receiving" gratui- 

 tously fruit of the varieties credited to thein in the variety catalogue. 

 It had the cooperation during the season of 1901-2 of the experiment 

 station of the University of Illinois in inspecting and making record 

 of the condition of the fruit stored at Champaign, 111., especially a I 

 times when it could not be conveniently inspected by the representa 

 tives of the Department. 



OUTLINE OF CULTURAL CONDITIONS. 



A statement follows, summarizing the orchard conditions in which 

 the fruit used in the experiments of the Department of Agriculture 

 was grown. In the variety catalogue each sort is credited to the 

 grower from whom it was received: 



Boggs, A. H., Waynesville, Haywood County, N. (I, 1902: 



Clay loaro, stony, with clay subsoil; altitude, 3,000 to 3,500 feet; trees, 12 to 15 

 years old; thoroughly sprayed; sod culture. 

 Bradley, F. L., Barker, Niagara County, N. Y., 1902: 



Sandy loam, with clay subsoil; altitude, about 300 feet; sprayed; tillage; on Lake 

 Ontario. 

 Brown, J. E., Wilson, Niagara County, N. Y., 1901: 



Sandy loam, with sandy loam subsoil; altitude, about 300 feet; trees, 40 years 

 old; sprayed; tillage; on Lake Ontario. 

 Derby, S. H., Woodside, Kent County, Del., 1902: 



Sandy, with clay-loam subsoil; altitude, about 60 feet; trees, 10 to 25 years; thor- 

 ough spraying and tillage; annual use of clover cover crops; trees unusually 

 vigorous. 

 Dodd, G. J., Greenwood, Jackson County, Mo., 1902: 



Black prairie soil, with clay subsoil; altitude, 1,000 feet; trees, 18 years old, except 

 Ben Davis, 11 years; sprayed; sod culture after trees were 7 years old. 

 Duxlap, H. M., Southern Illinois, 1901: 



Fruit from orchards in southern Illinois; data not available. 

 Flourxoy, W. T., Marion ville, Lawrence County, -Mo. , 1902: 



Heavy clay, with rocky limestone clay subsoil; altitude, about 1,250 feet; age 

 of trees, 7 years; spraying and tillage. 

 Gilbert, Z. A., Farmington, Franklin County, Me., 1902: 



Granite drift, with so-called pin-gravel subsoil; altitude, about 365 feet; age of 

 trees, 20 years; no spraying or tillage; land top dressed with wood ashes. 

 Hitchixgs, Grant G., South Onondaga, Onondaga County, N. Y., 1901 and 1902: 

 Clay loam, stony, with heavy red clay or gravel-and-clay subsoil; altitude, about 

 1,200 feet; age of trees, 4 to 100 years; sprayed; sod culture, with grass left in 

 orchard for mulch. 

 Hutchins, Edward, Fenn ville, Allegan County, Mich., 1902: 



Clay loam; altitude, 700 feet; age of trees, about 35 years; sprayed; tillage. 

 Kansas Agricultural Experimext Station, Manhattan, Riley County, Kans., 1901: 

 Clay loam, with clay subsoil; altitude, about 1,000 feet; age of trees, 10 years; 



spraying and tillage. 

 Orchards near the experiment station, 1901: Soil and altitude same as above; no 

 spraying or tillage; fruit received through Kansas Station. 

 Luptox, S. L., Winchester, Frederick County, Va., 1901 and 1902: 



Clay loam, with red clay subsoil; altitude, 750 feet; age of trees, 8 years; sprayed; 

 sod culture, grass cropped. 



