446 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Home vegetable gardening-, F. F. Rockwell (Ncio York, 1911, pp. 262, pis. 

 63, figs. J/). — This is presented as a complete and practical guide to the plant- 

 ing and care of all vegetables, fruits, and berries worth growing for home use. 



Is the hull-content of peas a variety characteristic? H. Tedin (Sverigcs 

 Utsddesfor. Tidskr., 21 {1911), No. 2, pp. 72-77).— The conclusion of Fruwirth" 

 that small peas haA^e higher percentages of hull-contents than large ones was 

 corroborated by the author. This refers only to comparisons of plants of the 

 same variety, however, and not to comparisons of different varieties with one 

 another. An account is given of the author's investigations of the above ques- 

 tion, including a summary in German. 



Newer varieties of strawberries and cultural directions, O. M. Taylor 

 {New York Slate Sta. Bui. 336, pp. 45-77, pi. 1, figs. 3).— In continuation of 

 previous variety tests of strawberries (E. S. R., 20, p. 940) this bulletin con- 

 tains a report on 50 varieties, many of them recent introductions, which fruited 

 on the station grounds in the years 1909 and 1910. Suggestions are also given 

 relative to the cultural treatment of strawberries. The data in the variety 

 descriptions include the source of the plants tested, brief historical notes, char- 

 acteristics of plant and fruit, and the apparent value as shown under the con- 

 ditions at the station. 



Owing to the late spring frosts it is impossible to grow early blooming 

 varieties in some parts of the State. Three of the earliest blooming varieties 

 described, however. Mascot, Parcell Early, and Superior, are considered of 

 sufBcient merit in other characters to be worthy of a test, even in the colder 

 sections of the State. Of the 50 varieties tested, 38 were discarded. Among 

 the 12 remaining varieties are Early Ozark and Battenburg, which were un- 

 usually productive, and Deacon, a brief flowering midseason variety of high 

 quality, as well as Mascot and Parcell Early above mentioned. 



jGrowing and testing strawberries, F. H. Hall {New York State Sta. Bill. 

 336, popular cd., pp. 3-15, figs. 2). — ^A popular edition of the above. 



Statistical summary of the California raisin industry, 1873-1910, G. 

 Robertson {[1911], pp. 4)-— This is a statistical review of the raisin industry 

 in California, which is supplementary to a paper read at the California State 

 Fruit Growers' Convention, December, 1910. 



Orchard heating in Indiana, W. M. Walton, Jr. {Mo. Weather Rev:, 39 

 {1911), No. 1, p. 29). — The author briefly describes his results in the use of 

 oil heaters during the spring of 1910. The results as a whole indicate that 

 whereas orchard heaters may prove beneficial under normal conditions, they 

 are of little value in the presence of continued high, northwest winds combined 

 with freezing temperature. 



Protecting trees from rabbits, J. C. Cunningham {Kansas Sta. Circ. 17, 

 pp. Jf, figs. 4). — The author here briefly discusses the protection of trees by 

 trapping, poisoning, and the use of repellents. Directions are given for the 

 construction and use of a barrel trap and for a box trap that is said to have 

 been used with remarkable success. A spray made of buttermilk and common 

 stove soot in the proportion of 1 gal. of the former to I lb. of the latter, boiled 

 for a period' of 20 minutes, is said to have proved quite satisfactory as a 

 repellent. 



Manufacture and storage of homemade solutions, J. E. Harris {Michigan 

 Sta. Tech. Bui. 6, pp. 9-15). — For the purpose of gaining information relative 

 to the manufacture and storage of homemade lime-sulphur solutions, studies 

 were made of the effect of lime and of magnesia on the composition of the solu- 

 tion, together with the effect of storing the solution in contact with the sedi- 



« Fiihling's Landw. Ztg., 47 (1898), No. 12, pp. 443-448. 



