238 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Jig. 1). — The climatic conditions of the above region are described, together with 

 the varieties of apples, cherries, and plums grown there and the local methods 

 of culture. 



Community fruit growing in OfEenburg, Baden, E. Feitzsche (Deut. 

 Obstbau Ztg., 1910, No. 10, pp. 171-174)- — ^A descriptive account of community 

 orcharding in Offenburg. including statistics of yields and revenues, is given. 



[Besistance of peach buds and blossoms to frost], F. Garcia (New Mexico 

 Sta. Rpt. 1910, pp. 17-18). — The investigations reported indicate that peach buds 

 and blossoms seem to stand a lower temperature in New Mexico than in many 

 other parts of the Fnited States. The greatest damage is done about the time 

 the young peach sheds its calyx when the fruit is the size of a pea. The buds 

 and blossoms withstood a temperature March 27 of 26° F. fairly well. A heavy 

 frost on the morning of April 17, lasting for 2 hours and during which the tem- 

 perature dropped to 24f °, resulted in serious injury to the crop. 



The management of a bearing orchard, J. G. Moore (Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 

 207, pp. 3-3.'/, figs. l.'i). — This bulletin treats of those practices of orchard man- 

 agement which seem best suited to Wisconsin conditions. Consideration is 

 given to the soil management of bearing orchards and young orchards, fertili- 

 zation, pruning, and spraying. 



An appendix contains general spraying directions, 



A practical treatise on banana culture, J. Garcia Saxas {La Planta del 

 Banano o Platano. Mexico: Govt., 1910, pp. 80, pis. 13). — Directions are given 

 for gi'owing bananas, including suggestions for improving methods of culture 

 commonly employed in banana-producing countries. The banana is discussed 

 relative to its botany, uses, species, and varieties, climate, and soils, diseases, 

 and other enemies, propagation, planting operations, cultivation, fertilizers, 

 pruning, renewing, drainage, irrigation, harvesting, yields, regions of cultiva- 

 tion, import countries, and associated crops. 



Lemon growing in Sicily, H. de Soto (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 

 IJf (1911), No. 118, pp. 794-795). — The substance is here given of a report pre- 

 pared by N. Marasa, an expert Italian pomologist, relative to the actual cost 

 of growing lemons in Italy and the average cost of preparing and packing 

 lemons for export to the United States. According to the statistics given the net 

 profit from an acre of lemons in Sicily is about $48.50. The total cost of land- 

 ing a box of lemons of first quality at New York City was determined as $2.05. 



Conservation of fruits by cold, L. de Loisy (Rev. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 

 6 (1908), No. 3, pp. 79, 80; ahs. in Ztschr. Untersuch. Nahr. u. Genussmtl., 21 

 (1911), No. 3, p. 206). — Refrigeration does not inhibit the ripening process 

 going on in the interior of the fruit. Investigations by the author in regard to 

 the most favorable time and temperature indicated these to be for peaches two 

 months at 0° to 1.1° C, for oranges three months at 1.1°, for lemons four mouths 

 at 3.3°. for grapes three months at —0.05° to +2.2°, and for ripe tomatoes from 

 one to two months at 5.5°. 



Shade trees in towns and cities, W. Solotaroff (New York and London, 

 1911, jyp, XVIII-\-287, pis. 9, figs. 250).— A treatise on shade trees dealing 

 with their selection, planting, and care as applied to the art of street decora- 

 tion ; their diseases and remedies; and their municipal control and supervision. 



The subject matter is the result of a study of shade trees in a great many 

 towns and cities, together with experience gained in the administration of the 

 work of the East Orange Shade Tree Commission. 



Rock and alpine gardening, H. Hemsley (London [1910], 2, ed., pp. 92, 

 pi. 1, figs. 25). — A treatise on the development of rock, alpine, and water 

 gardens, including lists of suitable plants with hints on their cultivation. 



