1)40 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Truit list (Tniiis. loirit Hurl. ,Soc., J,l (I'JOG), pp. 220-225, charts J,).— A list 

 is givou (;f r.pples, crabapples, pliuiis, clierries, grapes, and small fruits sug- 

 gested as standard varieties for Iowa, together with a list of supplementary 

 varieties. Varieties are indicated which appear to be specially adapted to th? 

 northern drift soil and to the southern loess soil. Charts are included showin.: 

 the nature of the soil, elevation, rainfall, and temperature throughout the Stat;\ 

 for the purpose of assisting those interested in the study of varieties. 



Methods and results of hybridizing fruits, T. Williams {American 

 Breeders' Assoc. Proc, 2 (190G), pp. lS-'i-186). — The autlior enumerates some of 

 his results in hybridizing various stone fruits, apples, and a few pears. The 

 origin of the Victor Sand Cherry, Red Glass, and Red Glass Junior plums is 

 given, together with the crosses which were used to jiroduce fruit of desired 

 characteristics. He has been successful in reproducing the Talman and th(> 

 Sickle pear and hardy types of peaches, as well as a hardy apricot, in eastern 

 Nebraska. A new method of grafting was used, which is not clearly described, 

 lint which appears to be a modified adaptation to scion-grafting of the method' 

 employed in budding trees. 



Breeding hardy raspberries for the Northwest, N. E. Hansen {American 

 Breeders' Assoc. Proc, 2 {1906). pp. 128, 129). — The author points out the 

 great need of hardy raspberries for the Northwest prairie region and reports 

 the results secured from his efforts of the past 10 years at the South Dakota 

 experiment station in securing hardy varieties. A large number of native 

 raspberries were gathered from the Dakotas. INIinnesota, Manitoba, and .\ssini- 

 boia. together with varieties from three different continents. 



Out of many thousands of seedlings which have been raised under high 

 cultivation, several of those which have fruited have been selected as worthy of 

 propagation. One variety, named the Sunbeam, has proven especially promising. 

 It is a hybrid of Shaffer Colossal with a wild red raspberry from North Dakota 

 and is said to be vigorous, productive, and capable of enduring severe winter 

 conditions. The author states that the work is to be continued until varieties 

 are secured wliidi arr not only hardy but adapted to a large area. 



The strawberry test plot, F. II. Ballou {Ohio 8ta. Bui. 178, pp. Jtl-68, flf/s. 

 22). — Notes on 1<)'.) varieties of strawberries tested at the station during the 

 season of 1900. The numerous varieties are described in detail and in a 

 majority of cases illustrated. The results for each variety are tabulated, show- 

 ing the sex of the flower, the dates of first blooming and rii)ening, periods of 

 heaviest fruiting, largest single picking, date of last picking, and total yield in 

 (juarts for th(> season. 



Grape breeding, S. A. Beach {Ainerieaii Breeders' Assoc. Proc, 2 {1906), 

 pp. 191-191). — The liistorical development of commercial varieties of grapes 

 and tile grape industry in tlie eastern portion of the United States is outlined. 

 Tlie author states tliat in 1S4.S only two native grapes, viz, Isabella and 

 Catawba, were placed on a selected list of fruits for general cultivation as 

 adopted by the Congress of Fruit Growers assend)led in New York. Since that 

 time a large number of varieties have been developed in the eastern portion of 

 the United States, but their parentage is, for the most part, either vague or 

 (iitirely unknown. Reference is made to the work of several prominent grap;' 

 hyliridizers, and the origin of many \yen-known varieties is given. 



For a better system of grape breeding more attention should be paid to the 

 varieties which are now available for breeding, in order that the characteristics 

 of the resulting crosses may be foretold with some degree of certainty. In his 

 own work at the New York State experiment station, which has been carried on 

 for over 14 years, the author has succeeded in making certain combinations 



