Show crop tests made all over nation progress noted in breeding carrots onions study potato yields vegetable growers will be interested in some of tile the research work now going on in many parts of the country more than fifty new tests with vegetable crop plants were reported at a recent meeting of specialists in boston work done in california on vine crops such as squash shows the truth of the old belief the earlier the fruit Is harvested the greater the number dumber of flowers and fruit received from the plant california workers also reported progress in breeding watermelons water melons carrots and onions now they want a watermelon that resists wilt and other diseases but which at the same time keeps its quality they are also breeding for highly colored smooth tender carrots potato yields suffer sometimes from lack of enough magnesium in the soil the leaves usually turn light green or yellow as a result one ona virg virginia dill scientist believes chemical analysis of the lower leaves of the plant will show whether nitrogen or magnesium causes poor yields and change in color of the leaves tie ile adds that experiments show that placement of fertilizer in the soil may injure rather than aid the seed when cut surfaces of seed pieces come in contact with fertilizer healing Is prevented and injury or killing of the seed results whole seed does not suffer this type of injury |