HORTICULTURE. 735 



progress and prospects of fruit growing in tlie Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, in 

 Niagara Toninsula, Ontario, and in different parts of Kritish Columbia. 



On the yields, market conditions, and prices of German fruit crops for 

 the year 1909, the import of foreign fruits and their influence upon the 

 price and sale of native fruits, and the results of fruit exchanges and 

 markets, E. Lesskr (Dcut. Ohstban Zty., 1910, No. 7-S, pp. 89-96).— X report 

 to the (iernian l'ouK)k)gical Society on the fruit crops and market conditions 

 in mOl). 



Second report on the fruit experiments at Pusa, A. Howard {Agr. Research 

 Inst. Pusa [India] Bid. 16, 1910, pp. 26, pis. 5, figs. 3). — In a previous report 

 (E. S. R., 10, p. 338), an outline was given of cultural experiments with orchard 

 fruits begun by the Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa. The present 

 report deals with the results thus far obtained, including an account of the 

 general experience gained in fruit growing on tlie plains of India. 



Apple g'rowing' in New Eng'land, C. I). .Tarvis (Connecticut Storrs Sta. Bui. 

 61, pp. .j5-S9, pis. 10). — Part 1 of this bulletin discusses the apple industry in 

 New England relative to its rise and fall, present conditions, and outlook for 

 its future development. Part .2 contains suggestions relative to the renovation 

 of old orchards, concluding with an example of successful renovation. The 

 recommendations suggested are based upon the observations and investigations 

 of various workers and ui)on the results of field study, embodying the experi- 

 ences of successful fruit growers. 



Apple culture under irrig'ation, F. Garcia {Neiv Mexico 8 fa. Bui. 77, /</*. 

 3--}.'/, figs. l-'i). — This bulletin deals with apple culture under irrigation, the sug- 

 gestions being based largely on observations and experiments in the Rio Grande 

 Valley. 



The important pliases discussed include selection of site, soil, preparation of 

 the land, selection of varieties, source and care of the trees, planting operations, 

 cultivation, pruning, intercropping, mixed orchards, winter injury, varieties, 

 insects, insecticides, and protecting tri-es from rabbits during winter. Lists ai"e 

 given of varieties reconnnended for different apple growing districts of New 

 Mexico, together with tabulated data from a number of apple growers relative 

 to various orchard operations. The 4 commercial varieties of New Mexico are 

 given as Ben Davis, Missouri Pii)pin, Arkansas Black, and Mammoth Black 

 Twig or Arkansas. 



Olive culture and oil manufacture in the arid Southwest, J. E. Coit 

 (Arizona .S7«. Bui. 62, pp. o25-oo^. figs. ,?). — The first part of this bulletin 

 contains detailed suggestions for growing olives in Arizona, including a discus- 

 sion of climate, soil, irrigation. proi)agation, planting, pruning, budding, cultiva- 

 tion, insects and diseases, yields, and the outlook for olive products. 



There follows a detailed account of experiments in oil making conducted 

 with a Buchner press at the station farm, one of the purposes of which was to 

 determine the quality of oil made under the best conditions from Arizona grown 

 olives. The olives were secured from orchards growing on rather heavy well 

 irrigated land, on light gravelly soil of the foot hills, and on very thin dry 

 mesa soil. The samples of olives were pressed 3 times and in a few cases 4 

 times, a pressure from 300 to 400 lbs. per square inch being used for the first 

 pressing and a maximum of 640 lbs. per square inch for subsequent pressings. 



In commercial oil making great difficulty has been experienced in separating 

 the oil from the finely divided vegetable matter, which squeezes. through the 

 press cloth after the first pressing. In these experiments, this oily pulp was 

 used to soften the mass of dry, recrushed pomace before it was pressed a 

 second time. It was found that the solft pulp does not come through the cloths 



