648 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



data are g:iveu with restird to the various experiments under way and th? 

 aeueral results are summarized as follows: 



l^uininarif af dccuij in all incthodH of shipment, Fvhruari/ to June. 



Approximate delay in sliipping or in cooling- 



Brushed, apparently sound fruit 

 Washed, apparently sound fruit. 



Commercially packed fruit 



Mechanically injured fruit 



Average 



1 day. 



Per cent. 

 0.7 



1.4 

 3.0 



7.2 



3.1 



3 days. 



Per cent. 



3.7 



•.1.S 



6.0 



18.0' 



7.7 



5 days. 



Per cent. 

 6.1 

 6.2 



9.8 

 23.0 



11.3 



Average. 



Per cent. 

 3.5 

 3.6 

 6.3 

 16.1 



Fruits for Georgia, H. X. Starnes and J. F. Monroe {Georf/in t^ta. Circ. G'l, 

 pp. S, niiip 1). — The Georgia State Horticultural Society has divided tbat State 

 into four distinct regions according to soil and climatic conditions prevailing 

 therein, as follows: The mountain region, middle region, southern region, and 

 coast region. In this circular a map is given outlining tlie various regions, 

 together with a variety list of fruits and nuts which have proved to be generally 

 adapted for eacli, including api)les, pears, peaclies, plums, clierries, tigs, quinces, 

 Japan persimmons, pecans, chestnuts, pomegranates, grai>es, strawberries, rasp- 

 berries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and Juneberries. 



Commercial fruit growing, ,T. Troop and ('. (i. Woodbury {Indituui Kt(t. 

 Circ. !), pp. 11, flg.s. U). — A popular circular discussing some of the possibilities 

 of financial success in commercial horticulture in Indiana, and also dealing 

 with such problems as varieties, methods of planting, and control of i)ests. 

 Directions are given for the use of Bordeaux mixture and the lime-sulphur wash, 

 together with lists of market varieties of apples recommended for planting in 

 northern, central, and southern Indiana. 



Annual report of the w^ine-making station of Haro for 1906, V. C. M. de 

 ZtiNiGA (Eatacion EnoJonivn dc Ihtro. M( inoria Con-csiiondirnte al Ai'io 1906. 

 Haro, 1907, pp. 113, charts 3). — The work of the wine-making station for the 

 year, including laboratory and field investigations, is described. 



Considerable tabulated data are given with regard to the comparative study 

 of wines made from direct-bearers, grafted American stocks, and native varie- 

 ties, planting operations, variety tests, the study of various insecticides, com- 

 parative data on different methods of cultivation, chemical analyses and mete- 

 orological observations. The viticultural courses offered by the station are 

 outlined and a full report is also given of a lecture delivered by the author on 

 the subject of American vines, in which lists are given showing the adaptability 

 of American vines and American and Euroi)ean-American hybrids to various 

 kinds of soils, together with instructions for the renewal of the Spanish vine- 

 yards with American vines. 



The Heeleaka Experimental Station. Investigations during the seasons 

 of 1905 and 1906, H. H. Mann and CM. Hutchinson (Indian Tea Assoc. 

 [PanipJdct] 2, 1907, pp. 35, pJs. /j). — The object and plans of this station, includ- 

 ing an outline of the manuring, pruning, i)lucking. and cultivation experiments, 

 have been previously noted (E. S. II., 17, p. 867). 



This pamphlet contains a detailed account of the fertilizer experiments and 

 results secured during the seasons of 190.^» and 1900, in which tests were made 

 of cattle manure, oil cake, various combinations of chemical fertilizers, and 

 green manures with respect to their effect on the yield of leaf and quality of 

 tea, and on the bush itself as a permanent leaf-producing plant, as well as 

 tests of the increased cost of production together with the increase in yield at 



