. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 228 Bulletin 132. The report of George W. Cavanaugh, assistant chemist to the Experiment Station, is as follows : "The four principal fertilizing elements nitrogen (N), phos- phoric acid(P^ O5), potash (K^O) and lime (CaO) were determined in the dry substance of the celery plant, roots excluded. *' In samples XVIII. and XX., nitrates were found in appreciable quantities. Potash seems to be the most variable ingredient ranging from percent to per cent. '' Whenever potash was used in the fertil
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 228 Bulletin 132. The report of George W. Cavanaugh, assistant chemist to the Experiment Station, is as follows : "The four principal fertilizing elements nitrogen (N), phos- phoric acid(P^ O5), potash (K^O) and lime (CaO) were determined in the dry substance of the celery plant, roots excluded. *' In samples XVIII. and XX., nitrates were found in appreciable quantities. Potash seems to be the most variable ingredient ranging from percent to per cent. '' Whenever potash was used in the fertilizers it is found in. 67,—Bunches of six plants of each of three lots: XVIII., nitrate of soda ; XIX., no fertilizer; XX., nitrate of soda, S. Car. rock, sulfate of potash. greater amount in the plant than in those plants not so fertilized, except in case of No. XVI., which for some unknown reason ranks highest. "In sample XVIII. there seems to be evidence of a partial replacement of potash by soda. '' The same result seems to follow from a comparison of samples VIII. and XX. In the former when sulfate of potash was used. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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