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nor did all give the same increase each season. Smoothness and earliness are additional fac- 

 tors noted as a result of the cross. — Important difference between yield of same strain in differ- 

 ent years is noted, also the importance of regulating plantings to suit weather conditions. 

 Author cites results secured with wilt-resistant varieties originated by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station.— C. E. 

 Myers. 



HORTICULTURE 



J. H. GouRLET, Editor 

 H. E. Knowlton, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 1584, 1595, 1599, 1705, 1712, 1724, 1811, 1824, 1858, 1891, 

 1910, 1922, 2002, 2013, 2101, 2112, 2120, 2122, 2129, 2138, 2181, 2189, 2192, 2223, 2249) 



FRUITS AND GENERAL HORTICULTURE 



1953. Anonymous. Apple— Maidstone Favorite. Jour. Pomology 1: 61-62. PL 1. 

 1919. — A technical description of a promising variety of apple originating as a seedling and 

 raised by Messrs. George Bunyard and Co., Ltd. — L. H. MacDaniels. 



1954. Anonymous. The first year under quarantine. Amer. Nurseryman 33^: 32, 35. 

 1921.— A report is given on the working of Quarantine 37 for the first year of its operation. 

 Data show that there were practically as many fruit stocks imported under the quarantine 

 measure as during the year previous. While such stock is not under quarantine, it however 

 refutes the argument that foreign growers had refused to sell to American importers as a 

 retaliation for Quarantine 37. Data and other facts regarding the law are incorporated in this 

 report. — J. H. Gourley. 



1955. Anonymous. The patenting of new fruits. Jour. Pomology 1: 50-53. 1919.— 

 There is a strong movement in France to pass laws giving the originator of a new variety 

 exclusive rights to its propagation for a period of years as a recompense for his labor. Such 

 a movement is objected to because in the case of fruits it would be impossible in many cases 

 to tell whether the variety is new or merely an old one rediscovered, or a seedling which has 

 come true to type. It is of greater advantage to the originator to have the advertisement 

 that comes from the introduction of his discovery by well established nurseries than to have 

 the temporary financial gain from independent propagation. — L. H. MacDaniels. 



1956. Anonymous. The pomological conference at Metz, Sept. 4th, 1919. Jour. Pomology 

 1: 59-61. 1919. — A short account of the conference, with brief comment. — L. H. MacDaniels. 



1957. Anonymous. A review of "Fruit Culture and Science." By the Duke of Bedford 

 and Spencer Pickering. [Macmillan and Co.: London, 1919. xix + 348 p., 47 fig.] Jour. 

 Pomology 1 : 41-49. 1919. — A summary of the book in question with some adverse criticism 

 of the manner of conducting the experiments and the interpretation of data. The author is 

 further criticized for not giving sufficient weight to the effect of stock on scion and variation 

 in the growth habit in varieties. The criticism is for the most part favorable. The part 

 played by Mr. Pickering in horticulture is likened to that played by Bernard Shaw in politics 

 and ethics. Whatever else he may have done he has aroused us from our lethargy. — L. H. 

 MacDaniels. 



1958. Beckwith, Charles S. A complete cranberry fertilizer for Savanna bottom. Proc. 

 Ann. Meeting Amer. Cranberry Growers' Assoc. 50 : 5-7. 1920. — As a result of tests extending 

 from 1913 to 1918 the following tentative formula for a fertilizer for cranberries on Savanna 

 land is advised: 75 lbs. nitrate of soda, 75 lbs. dried blood, 300 lbs. rock phosphate, and 50 

 lbs. sulphate of potash. In 1919, tests were made with different amounts per acre of this mix- 

 ture with varying amounts of acid phosphate. The heaviest yield followed an application 



