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ties were planted. This tended to create a love of and demand for more fruit. The noted 

 early pomologists were mostly amateurs, who loved good fruit. The statement is made 

 that many of our fruit specialists of to-day were probably reared on farms, which had excel- 

 lent home fruit plantations of high quality. The importance of replacing decrepit or old home 

 orchards with fruits of the highest quality as well as the establishment of such new planta- 

 tions on all farms is emphasized. It is suggested that such plantations will train future 

 fruit lovers and specialists among the rising generation, and thereby home fruits will natu- 

 rally continue, as in the past, to be educators of public taste. — E. C. Auchter. 



9S3. Lyne, W. H. Horticultural quarantine in B. C. Agric. Jour. [British Columbia] 

 4: 132-133. 1919. — This is an address given by Mr. Ltne at the Interstate Plant Quarantine 

 Conference, Riverside, California in May, 1919.— J. M. Eastham. 



984. Lyne, W. H. Report of chief inspector of imported fruit and nursery stock. British 

 Columbia 14th Ann. Rept. Dept. Agric. 1919: 45-49. 1920. 



985. Macoun, W. T. Apple breeding in Canada. Proc. Amer. Pomol. Soc. 1917: 11-27. 

 1 pL, 1 fig. 1918. — A great deal of the apple-breeding work in Canada has been done at the 

 Central Exp. Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, although considerable work has been done at the 

 Ontario Agric. Coll. Guelph, Ontario, and at the Hortic. Exp. Sta. at Vineland, Ontario. 

 At the Central Exp. Farm an orchard of about 3000 trees grown from seed imported from 

 Russsia, was planted in 1890. These started to fruit in 1897 and were mostly summer apples. 

 Only a few, such as Claire, Neville, Oscar, Percival, Roslin and Rupert, were considered 

 sufficiently promising to propagate. — In 1898, seeds were saved from a variety orchard; and 

 seedlings, about 2000 in all, were grown. During the past 14 years, 1211 of the seedlings 

 fruited. Three hundred and seventy-eight were considered promising enough to propagate, 

 and 99 of the best were named. It was noted that the seedlings resembled their female parent 

 in many particulars. A brief description of the seedlings originated from different varieties 

 is given by the author. A descriptive table of the various seedlings is included, also a table 

 giving the names of the named seedlings and such information as female parent, date of 

 sowing seed, date of planting tree, date of first fruiting, etc.— A brief record of the early work 

 of Wm. Saunders was given. In 1887 seeds of the "Berried Crab," Pyrus baccata, obtained 

 from Russia were planted. The resulting seedlings proved very hardy. In 1894, many of 

 the hardiest and best sorts of apples grown in Ontario were crossed on Pyrus baccata with 

 the hope of improving the size and quality of fruit. In 1896 similar crosses were made on 

 P. prunifolia, and in 1902 on P. Malus. Many of the best of the crosses have been recrossed, 

 thus introducing a second portion of the characteristics of the larger apple. Many of Dr. 

 Saunders' hybrids have proved hardier than any other varieties of apples or crab apples 

 tested and are much larger than the original crabs. — The author states that it is important 

 to obtain apples suitable for the prairie provinces of Canada as soon as possible. In 1910 

 seed from some of the hardiest Russian apples were sown. Many seedlings have been obtained, 

 and it is hoped to secure valuable hardy sorts. — Some cross breeding has been done yearly since 

 1895, and, as a result, about 1000 trees are now growing. So far, not many apples that have 

 fruited were thought worthy of propagation, but there were a few promising ones in the 

 Mclntosh-Lawver crosses where the object was to obtain varieties which would keep better 

 than Mcintosh. Following are those which have been named: Lawver X Mcintosh, Holz, 

 Vermac; Mcintosh X Lawver, Mavis, Rustler. — E. C. Auchter. 



986. Manaresi, Angelo. Sui danni prodotti ai fiori degli alberi fruttiferi dalle gelate 

 primaverili in genere e da quelle in particolare dei giorni 28, 29 e 30 marzo 1918. [Damage to 

 flowers of fruit trees by spring frosts and in particular the frosts of the 28, 29 and 30 of March 

 1918.] Rev. Patol. Veg. 10: 1-26. 1919.— At the time of these frosts the flowers of almonds 

 and apricots had lost their petals, peaches were in full bloom, cherry blossoms were open- 

 ing, and the floral buds of the plum, pear, and apple were swelling. In the almond and peach 

 it was noted that many stigmas, styles, and ovaries turned brown and dried. The stamens 

 were little injured. The pollen of several varieties of peaches germinated as well after as 



