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1943. Whittle, A. H. The possibilities of citrus culture in India. Agric. Jour. India 15: 

 444-450. 1920.— The author believes that citrus fruits may be advantageously raised. — 

 F. M. Schertz. 



1944. Wilkinson, J. F. Top grafting northern pecan trees. Amer. Nut Jour. 10: 48-49. 

 1919. — Seedling pecan trees, though most of them produce nuts of very little value, are the 

 foundation of very valuable nut trees in the future if topworked to the better varieties. The 

 author advises using slip-bark grafting. All cut surfaces should be covered with a good coat of 

 grafting wax which in turn is covered with cloth. — E. L. Overholser. 



1945. Young, W. J. Muscadine grapes: culture and varieties. South Carolina Agric. 

 Exp. Sta. Bull. 205. 4-8 p. Fig. 1-19. 1920. — 'The climatic and soil requirements of musca- 

 dine grapes, planting and cultivating, pruning and training systems, harvesting and handling 

 methods, production and propagation of improved varieties, diseases and insects, varieties 

 and their characteristics, are discussed. — D. B. Rosenkrans. 



VEGETABLE CULTURE 



1946. Anonymous. Dwarf French beans at Wisley, 1919. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 45: 

 316-333. 1919. — 'Report is made of the trial of 253 stocks of beans. The awards of the fruit 

 and vegetable committee are given, also a classification of varieties with brief descriptions. — 

 J. K. Shaw. 



1947. Anonymous. Irrigation and fertilizer experiments with beets. Rept. Hort. Exp. 

 Sta. Vineland Sta. Ontario. 1918: 31-33. 1919. — 'Nitrate of soda when used with irrigation 

 gave the greatest gains. Nitrate of soda alone gave almost as great gains as when combined 

 with irrigation. Irrigation alone gave a very low average gain over non-irrigation, but 

 varying greatly from year to year with different weather conditions. — -E. F. Palmer. 



1948. Anonymous. Lettuce at Wisley, 1919. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 45: 334-353.— Report 

 is made of the trial of about 280 stocks of lettuce including cutting, cabbage, and cos lettuces. 

 The awards of the fruit and vegetable committee and a classification with brief descriptions 

 are given.— J". K. Shaw. 



1949. Anonymous. Winter lettuce at Wisley, 1917-18. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 45:354- 

 359. 1919. — 'Report is made of the trial of 115 stocks of winter lettuce. The awards of the 

 Judging Committee and a classification with brief descriptions are given.— J. K. Shaw. 



1950. Bennett, E. R. The effect of good seed on the vegetable industry. Monthly Bull. 

 California State Commission Hort. 8: 298-302. 1919. — 'Good seed from the growers' stand- 

 point is seed of a given variety, of good.viability from high yielding healthy plants, true to 

 the type of given variety, and free from the influences of pollination from other varieties or 

 undesirable strains of the same variety. The grower should therefore get his seed from the 

 professional seedsman to produce a highly standardized and improved crop of vegetables. — 

 E. L. Overholser. 



1951. Keil, J. B. Growing garden beans of high quality. Monthly Bull. Ohio Agric- 

 Exp. Sta. 5: 287-293. 1920.— The article comprises a description of certain varieties suitable 

 for culture. Special reference is made to the cooking test of the beans in the snap-pod stage. 

 Those found to be most satisfactory when cooked were as follows, named in the order of their 

 excellence : Round-Pod Kidney Wax (Brittle Wax) ; Burpee's Stringless Green Pod ; Wardwell's 

 Kidney Wax; Bountiful; Challenge Black Wax and German Black Wax (Sure crop). A brief 

 description is given of each variety and points of excellence are mentioned. — R. C. Thomas. 



1952. Mottet, S. Une nouvelle rhubarbe. [A new rhubarb.] Rev. Hort. 92: 147-148. 

 Fig. 53. 1920. — Rheum Alexandrae, introduced in 1909, may prove to be a valuable ornamental 



