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The problem of growing in this country the large-fruited English 

 gooseberry has proved difficult to solve because of the gooseberrv 

 mildew to which all English gooseberry varieties seem subject. 

 Those interested in this fruit will be glad to test Dr. W. Van Fleet's 

 three new hybrids between Ribes missouriense, R. cynosbati, and 

 E, rotU7idifoliu7)t crossed by R. reclinatum. These represent twelve 

 years of careful work in selection from hundreds of seedlings from 

 various crosses, and preliminary tests have shown them remarkably 

 resistant to the gooseberry mildew. (Nos. 26138 to 26140.) 



h\ ijoa sellowiana (Nos. 26120 and 26121) is a new fruit from Uru- 

 guay which is attracting some attention in California and Florida, 

 since it is said to wit list and more cold than the guava and to have 

 a unique flavor of its own which is especially relished by many. An 

 acid-fruited species of Psidium laurifolium- (No. 26413), from Trini- 

 dad, will interest those who believe in the future of the guava and its 

 jelly-making qualities, since it is said to jelly much quicker than the 

 common West Indian varieties and, quite distinct from them, to have 

 an agreeable acidity. 



To the Florida and California fruit growers who are watching the 

 possibilities of the anonas, the introduction of eight large-fruited, 

 smooth-skinned varieties from Chile wall be of interest. (Nos. 26148 

 to 26155.) 



The loganberry is already well known in the United States and those 

 who realize its value will doubtless wish to test the lowberry (No. 

 26197) and Low's Phenomenal raspberry-loganberry hybrid (No. 

 26198), w r hich are said to be new r vols of the loganbeny. 



Those who are experimenting with forage plants will be interested 

 in a new importation of shaftal, Trifolium suaveolens, from Tashkend 

 (No. 26135), a clover which is being given a thorough trial in the irri- 

 gated regions of the Southwest. Although normally an annual, this 

 species behaves as a perennial if regularly cut for hay. The Wallaby 

 grass, Danthonia semiannularis, from New Zealand (No. 26119), is 

 recommended especially for heavy clay soils or gumbo lands subject 

 to drought; and ray-grass, Lolium strictum (No. 26200), coming from 

 the dry regions along the Mediterranean, is recommended by the vet- 

 eran experimenter, Doctor Trabut, of Mustapha, Algiers, as being an 

 excellent forage grass, an annual worthy of cultivation in the South- 

 west; while the New Zealand rice-grass, Microlaena stipoides (No. 

 26118), may find a use in America for pasture or lawn purposes. 



Potato breeders have already shown an interest in the introduction 

 of a few tubers of a species of Solanum thought to be a wild hybrid of 

 Solarium tuberosum (No. 26122), which has been used by Mr. Paton, 

 of Scotland, to originate what he believes are varieties practically 

 immune to the potato blight, Phytophthora infestans. Interesting 



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