862 Summary of Agricultural Experiments, [jan., 



of days that elapsed between the flowering of Red Astrachan (the 

 earliest) and Early Peach was 4f days ; Duchess of Oldenburgh, 

 5§ days; Keswick Codlin, 5! days; Stirling Castle, days; Early 

 Rivers, 7J days; Lord Suffield and Ribston Pippin, 8 days; Cox's 

 Orange Pippin and Lord Grosvenor, iof days ; Duke of Devonshire, 

 Early Victoria, and Beauty of Bath, iof days; Worcester Pearmain 

 and Lord Derby, uf days; Ecklinville Seedling, 1 if days; Lane's Prince 

 Albert, 13^ days; Potts's Seedling, 14! days; Bramley's Seedling, 

 14I days; Cox's Pomona, 14I days; Mr. Gladstone, 15 days; Thomas 

 Rivers, 155 days; Surprise, i6| days; Sandringham, 17! days; and 

 Royal Jubilee, i8| days. 



The results at Wisley are compared with results obtained at Saw- 

 bridgeworth, Woburn, Wye, Herefordshire, Victoria (Australia), and 

 at stations in the United States, and it is evident that apples retain 

 their characteristic earlier or later flowering propensities regardless of 

 differences of locality. 



Miscellaneous Experiments. 



Electrical Treatment of Crops (Leaflet, Miss E. C. Dudgeon, Lin- 

 cluden House, Dumfries). — The following is a brief account of some 

 experiments carried out by Miss E. C. Dudgeon in 191 1 on the growth 

 of potatoes with electric treatment, by means of the Lodge-Newman 

 high-tension electric discharge apparatus. The field used was one on 

 the farm of Lincluden Mains, near Dumfries, tenanted by Mr. 

 Cameron, and the portion reserved for experimental purposes was 

 about 8 acres, which, from the date of ploughing till the planting of 

 the seed tubers, was treated all over in precisely the same manner. 

 The land was practically level, having only one or two slight undula- 

 tions ; the soil varied slightly, some portions being loamy, while others 

 were gravelly, but as these inequalities were distributed over the whole 

 field, care was taken in dividing the plots to include equal portions 

 of each variety in both experimental and control areas. 



The field was ploughed in February, after which it was given a 

 dressing of 6 cwt. to the acre of a special potato manure, and at the 

 time of putting in the seed tubers, about 25 cart loads of farmyard 

 manure per acre were spread between the drills. 



Owing to a spell of wet weather it was not possible to commence 

 planting till the third week in April, and for the first week after 

 planting had been completed rain fell for several days. From May 4th 

 to June 15th the weather was bright and dry; after that date rain fell 

 for several days, when dry weather again set in and continued up to 

 the date of lifting the crops. 



The electric discharge was applied daily from May 1st till August 

 1 8th, averaging during that time four hours per day. The hours for 

 putting on the discharge were regulated by weather conditions — on 

 dull days it was applied both morning and afternoon ; when it was 

 warm, with bright sunshine, for two, three, or four hours in the 

 evening. The discharge was applied for a total of 413 hours. 



The varieties of potatoes planted were Ringleader, Windsor Castle, 

 Golden Wonder, and Great Scot. 



Owing to applying too late for seed tubers of the Ringleader, which 



