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Soil, stocks and buds.— The soil upon which the nursery was planted i is con- an , 
sidered by practical nurserymen as well suited to the growing of plums and vat 
cherries, but as lacking somewhat in the qualities which go to make up the — 
best soil for pears and apples, being of insufficient depth and a trifle too light. 
Immediately previous to the experiment the soil had been planted to corn, but ule 
what fertilizers had been used, if amy, and what crops were grown anterior to — ' 
that season, I have not been able to ascertain. No fertilizer was applied before f : 
putting in the stocks, and the only treatment the soil received was a dressing — 
in November and December of 1891, of thirty-three wagon loads of well-rotted _ 
barnyard manure from the Station manure. platform, evenly distributed a 
between the rows. : Re. ts ae i 
The stocks were furnished by various nursery firms, as stated in a previous — 
article,* and the different lots were of apparently equal vigor —first grade, — F a 
with the exception of American pear stocks, which, owing to the lateness of & % 
the season, were third grade. In the planting, which was done between the | 
dates of April 27 and May 3, care was taken that each stock was firmly ‘ 
pressed into the soil. Stocks of the same kind, from different nursery firms, — as 
were thoroughly mixed together. In all respects the normal nursery "methods — * a 
were followed out as nearly as possible. The budding was done on the dates 
above recorded by two experienced budders employed by the Station. The ts an 
scions for cherry, pear and apple buds were cut from trees growing in the . py 
nursery rowst of Selover and Atwood. Plum scions were furnished by Max- Se 
well & Bros., from their bearing orchard. a 
Treatment with fungicides.— Only the two well-known fungicides, ammoni- re 
acal solution of copper carbonate and Bordeaux mixture were used. The 
formule used in 1891 were those in common use throughout America. The ay i 
Bordeaux mixture was diluted in the treatments for 1892, and prepared after er Na 
the manner first proposed by Dr. G. Patrigeon.t - eS aS ee 
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Ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate, formula used in 1891. aay is 
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Five ounces of cupric basic carbonate (copper carbonate) dissolved ine 
ammonia (three to four pints of 26° B.) and added to fifty gallons pict 
water. Care was taken that all the carbonate was dissolved in the ammonia, 
enough being added for the solution. eae 
Ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate, formula used in 1892. 
Bordeaux mixture, formula used in 1891. 
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Six pounds of cupric sulphate (copper sulphate or bluestone) disse yeu ‘in yaa 
twelve gallons of water. Four pounds of stone lime slaked in a small quantity fk 

* Bull. No. 3, Div. Veg. Path., p. 57. 2 
+ A practice much in vogue among nurserymen, but ies et not founded upon a inowisdeele ie 
of the laws governing bud variation. The,selection of buds from individual bearing trees es TE 
known vigor and productiveness is insisted upon by the best cultivators. ye: 
+ Patrigeon,G. Revue Viticole, Journ. d’ Agric. Pratique, 1890, t. I, 54e année, p. TOL. a 
