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bore a small crop of fruits, which were about the. size of huckleber- 
ries, of a deep purplish color, and of a peculiar but quite agreeable 
flavor. If the plant should prove productive in cultivation, the unique 
flavor of the fruits would doubtless gain for it many friends. 
HUCKLEBERRY. 
We made the experiments of growing the Huckleberry from seed. 
We preserved the seeds of fruits gathered during the summer of 1882 
in moist sand and planted them November 24, in boxes, in the green- 
house containing soil formed of equal parts muck and sand. The 
first plants appeared January 7, the seeds continuing to vegetate for 
several weeks thereafter. The young plants seemed quite hardy, as 
they endured some vicissitudes of heat and dryness. They made, 
however, very little growth, and during the past summer failed to 
become ‘sufficiently large to transplant. The slow growth may have 
been due to the fact that the muck used in the boxes was fresh, hay- 
ing but just been taken from the swamp. ‘The species were unknown 
as the seeds were obtained from several different sources. 
As an evidence that some have success in growing the huckleberry, 
we publish the following letter recently received from Mr. W. J. Scott, 
of Bridgewater, Oneida county, N. Y.: 
“ About fifteen years ago I planted a quantity of huckleberry bushes 
on my farm, taking them from acold, wet swamp. My soil is dry and 
gravelly, good corn land. The plants were of both the high bush and 
the low kind. ‘l'hey have borne abundantly, and we now have huckle- 
berries by the bushel a good part of the season. The bushes grow 
taller and better than those in the swamp, and the berries are a sreat 
deal larger on both the high and Jow bushes. 
**Tf you want to grow huckleberries, set out young plants, about a 
foot bigh, in the spring. Mulch them ‘for a year or two and plow in 
some coarse horse manure occasionally. They are slow to start, but 
after they are started they grow rapidly, both in bush and berry. The 
bushes may be cultivated with a horse. They should be set at least 
seven feet apart each way, as they spread considerably when full 
grown. It is well to set three or four small bushes in each hill.” 
Plants of the huckleberry set out on the station farm last spring 
made a vigorous growth during the summer and autumn. 
TOBACCO. 
Our chief experiment in tobacco culture the past season Gonsisted 
in the application of seven different chemicals and fertilizers with the 
view of noting the effect upon the yield of the crop and upon the 
burning quality of the leaf. The information gathered last season in 
washing out the roots of tobacco plants made it evident that in order 
to secure reliable results from the application of different fertilizers, 
the latter should be deposited upon an area reaching at least three feet 
on each side of the row from which the sample leaves are to be taken, 
‘and that no attempt should be made‘to apply different fertilizers to 
adjoining rows. As the composition of the leaf in tobacco depends 
somewhat upon the length of time that the plants are allowed to stand 
after topping, it is evident that in experiments with different fertiliz- 
ers, the sample leaves should only be taken from plants that were 
