Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-15
REVIEW OF YEAR
Annual Report of Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Facts and Figures from the Abstract
Which Is soon 10 Re Sent Out
Plant Discusses in Vermont
Last Year.

Bulletin No. 11o from tho Vermont Agri-
cultural Experiment station in this city
will soon be received from the hands Of
the printer for distribution. The bulletin
is an abstract of the 18th annual report.
The matter touching potato disease Is
condensed from the reports OF tho bptHu-
lists. Professors Jones and Morse: that
which concerns lettuce growing, soil Stcril-
ization. fruit trees ana insects is taken
from Nh" matter furnished by tn" horti-
lculturist, Professor stuart; that concern
ing maple sugar products is but a frac
ment Of a technical article having 10 du
with adultcratIon and its detection fur
lnishcd by the station chemist. e. II.
Jones; while that having to do with
dairy matters is the product of Professor
| Hills.
OCCURRENCE or PLANT DISEASES.
The chief diseases of the applc and pear
in this section last year were Scab and
blight although neither has done serious
harm since the drought Of 1903. which cvi-
IDENTIFY almost extcrminated these para
sites from Vermont orchards. Except for
this fact there could hardly have failed
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! As it was. there was only a moderate
development of this fungus and small
loss despite the fact that less than the
usual amount OF spraying was done. Tn"
renewal of spraying operations is urged
Less than the usual amount Of light
has been observed since the drought.
but enough was seen last summer to start
the epidemic next year if climatic condl-
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Of 1!ca-oi were in evidence last summer.
many of the trees which recovered slowly
showing weak growth.
The cherry and plum crops were heavier
than common during 1905. The brown rot
mad" its appearance unusually early. at
lacking Tia" fruit spurs Of the sweet
cherry in some cases before the flowers
fully faded. 1t continued to develop per
sistently on the sweet cherries later ON
the more susceptible varieties of pums,
destroying not only the young fruits
but killing the fruitins twies back To the
main branches The average loss amounts
to between 10 and - per cent. OF the
crop. Extra precautions should b. taken
this winter to clean out such orchards.
GARDEN CROPS.
No maladies Of peculiar interest were
observed on garden crops other than
the potato. Some cases AZ bacterial soft
rot of vegetables came to notice. In
one. turnips We're growing alongside rut-
abaGas. The former rottod badly while
Tn" latter showed none of the trouble,
indicating clearly 4 relatively greater
Liability of turnips TO The disease. \ SINH
lar bacterial rot was observed in the
tap-root 0f parsley. where it was grow
ing ia soil rottcd badly the year previous
giving evidence that these diseases are
perpetuated from crop to crop in gar
den soils Club-root Of cabbage and al
lied crops are increasing and being more
widely scattered from year to year
Where ono values his soil for the pro-
dUctlon of these cruciferous crops h"
should De cautious about setting pur-
chased cabbage plants unless he knows
them to be from soil free from the dis
case. II is believed that much new i'll
lection has occurred in this way during
recent years.
POTATO DISEASES.
The climatic conditions of the summer
Of 1909 were IN general favorable tol. The
potato crop until September. Tp-buru
ana ohiN Inod"rat" amount OF damage,
loss tHah 1t ordinarily does, Thor" was
less early blight >than usual, except ON
ilGht soils. On thes" 1t ucNclop"d de-
StrutuNoly throughout August ANA early /
september and materially shortened tn" !
lii" of the plants. The amount of rot
which occurred in 1901 made III" recur |
renee of the late blight in 1905 "A certainty, !
provided climatic conditions favored. IN |
til IN. latter part of August Such con |
diii"ns were not generally present. This !
blight was first observed on potato leaves /
August ~. THEREAFTER 1t spread but slow |
~ for some time.
linen follows an exhaustive account Of
the results from SPRAYING experiments, a /
discussion on III" relation of date of dig |
ging to Development Of rot, "tr. There !
ar" chapters ON lettuce cultivation, soil /
suriliZdtion winter INJURY of apple trees |
influence o. stock on scion, insects of tn |
year.
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y technical article dealing with the /
detection OF the aduitcratiou Of maple
goods contains a few matters which |
ar" of general interest.
The general characteristics OF maple
syrups from different sections of the sugar