No. 2, September, 1920] HORTICULTURE JJ'.I 



toms of the sacks in order that air may be admitted and excess moisture drained out. The 

 fruit may remain covered until harvested, but the more highly colored varieties should be 

 gradually uncovered by cutting out parts of the sack about September 10. It may be removed 

 entirely several days later, after the skin has hardened somewhat. Bits of paper should be 

 left attached to the peduncles of the fruits, in order to prevent attacks by birds. — E. J. 

 Kraus. 



1735. Enter, V. Selection des jeunes fruits. [The selection of young fruits.] Rev. 

 Hortie. 91 : 333-331. August, 1919. — In spite of the fact that many fruit buds are removed 

 by pruning or are destroyed by cold or unfavorable weather, still, more generally remain than 

 can be matured into good fruits. It is advisable, therefore, to remove all deformed and small 

 fruits as early in the season and as rapidly as possible. When the fruit spurs are close together 

 the fruits from half of them should be removed entirely in order that there may be a crop the 

 following year. Later, selection is to be made of those which are to be sacked. The number 

 of fruits to be preserved on each tree will vary with the vigor of the tree and the final volume 

 of the fruit when mature. If a variety is the more valuable because of its extraordinary size, 

 very few fruits should be allowed to remain even on vigorous trees. — E. J. Kraus. 



173b. Fenzi, E. O. Le culture ortive in Tripolitania. [Vegetable culture in Tripoli tania.] 

 Bull. R. Soc. Toscana Orticult. 44: 105-109. 1919. — A discussion of the crops cultivated in 

 this Italian colony. — W. II. Chandler. 



1737. Ginarte, Benjamin Munoz. Algo mas sobre el cultivo de la pifia. [More about 

 pineapple culture. 1 Revist. Agric. Com. y Trab. 2: 592-593. Fig. 1-2. 1919. — The opinion of 

 Rossi that the pineapple is a native of Brazil is recorded. The qualities of the fruits of dif- 

 ferent varieties of pineapple and closely related plants are described. A classification by 

 Rossi is given. — F. M. Blodgett. 



173S. Gladwin, F. E. A test of methods of pruning the Concord grape in the Chautauqua 

 grape belt. New York Agric. Exp. Sta. [Geneva] Bull. 464: 189-213. 10 pi. 1919.— Experi- 

 ments covering a period of eight years were conducted at Fredonia, N. Y. Seven methods of 

 training were tested and early winter pruning compared with late winter pruning. So far as 

 yield is concerned, the single-stem Kniffin, theMunson, and the Chautauqua methods of train- 

 ing proved about equal; while fruit from the high-renewal and two-stem Kniffin methods was 

 smaller in quantity and poorer in quality. Considering all of the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of the several methods, the single-stem Kniffin outranked all other methods of training. 

 On the whole, late winter pruning made a slightly better showing than early winter pruning; 

 but the difference in yield, wood growth, and maturity of fruit was too slight to warrant the 

 definite conclusion that either method of pruning is to be preferred to the other. — F. C. 

 Stewart. 



1739. Green, W. J. Smudging to prevent frost. Monthly Bull. Ohio Agric. Exp. Sta. 

 5:63. 1920. 



1740. Grueber, Charles. Annual report of the senior fruit inspector. Tasmania Agric. 

 and Stock Dept. Rept. 1918-19: 10-11. 1919. — Administrative report on enforcement of vari- 

 ous regulations at the port of entry and departure. The "apples and pears standaridization 

 act" was not complied with satisfactorily. Many growers preferred to ship ungraded stock 

 and some such shipments sold as well as stock marked "Fancy." — Shipments from Hobart 

 for the year were over one million cases of fresh fruit. — D. Reddick. 



1741. Hatton, Ronald G. Paradise apple stocks; their fruit and blossom described. 

 Jour. Roy. Hortic. Soc. 44: 89-94. Fig. 26-38. 1919.— The author lists nine types of dwarf 

 apple stocks grown at the Wye College Fruit Experiment Station, England. These have been 

 compared with a series of "free" or standard stocks and there appears to be no strict 

 dividing line between the two series. Eight of the dwarf types have fruited and tabular 

 description of the flowers and fruit are given. — J. K. Shair. 



