1144 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



for the fruit and fiber, together with tl)e production of pineapple conserves, 

 drinks, and fiber, with descriptions of the machinery used in the manufacture 

 of the various products. An account is also given of the commercial im- 

 portance of the industry, with special reference to the French colonies. 



The future of the coffee tree in Madagascar and Reunion, J. Buis (L'Hemi- 

 Icia et UAvcnir iJu Cafeier a Madagascur ct ii la Reunion. Paris, 1907, pp. 25- 

 JfJf, fig. 1). — ^A study of the coffee industry in Madagascar and Reunion, includ- 

 ing data relative to climatic and soil conditions, destructive insects and dis- 

 eases, and the adaptability of the different varieties of coffee to the various 

 agricultui'al regions. Suggestions are also given for the establisliment and care 

 of coffee i)lantations. 



Strawberries, C. P. Close, W. R. Ballard, and T. H. White {Maryland Sta. 

 Bui. 12 'i, pp. I()1-195). — The results are given of strawberry investigations con- 

 ducted at the station for the jiast few years. 



In a mulching experiment one plat. was covered with straw in early winter, 

 another mulched with strawy horse manure 10 tons per acre at the same time, 

 a third plat given commercial fertilizer but no mulch, and a fourth reserved 

 as a check. The results of the experiment for tlie 5 seasons, 1902 to 1!)06, show 

 a gain in yield of the straw mulch over the check of 2,52S qt., and a gain over 

 the check of 1,88!) qt. for the strawy manure nuilch. The commercial fertilizer 

 was applied for 4 seasons and resulted in a total loss in yield of 2,408 qt. as 

 compared with a check. From these results, straw mulch applied in early 

 winter is strongly reconunended. 



The results of the mulching work in 1!»07 are also given, and indicate that it 

 is most profitable to follow the practice of late cultivation and mulching. The 

 plat cultivated and tilled late in the fall and mulched with strawy fresh horse 

 manure in early winter yielded at the rate of 0,204 qt. per acre, as compared 

 with 3,289 qt. per acre yielded by the cheek which received late cultivation but 

 no mulch. The poorest yield per acre, 2,581 qt., was secured where cultivation 

 ceased early and the crab grass was allowed to grow. 



Tabular data are reported showing the yield in quarts per acre of varieties 

 of strawberries tested at the station during 1905, 190G, and 1907. Full horti- 

 cultural descriptions of the varieties grown in the testing plats are also given, 

 together with practical suggestions on strawberry culture. 



Monograph of the vineyards at Ampiiis (Rhone), C. Rous {Ann. Soc. Agr. 

 8ci. et Indus. Lyon, 1906, pp. SJfl-Ji'iii)- — I" this work the author traces the 

 evolution of the wine industry in the district of Cote-Rotie near Ampuls. Suc- 

 cessive chapters deal with the history of Ampuls and its vineyards, topography, 

 geology, ampelography, and wine making. In a series of appendixes a l)ibliog- 

 raphy is given of sixty of the principal reports and works consulted, notes on 

 the ancient terms of measurements used by the I^yonnaise wine growers, com- 

 parative data on the principal vineyards in the Valley of the Rhone, and a 

 resume of the viticultural and wine making statistics of the department of 

 Rhone. 



Report of the nursery of American vines started by the royal school of 

 viticulture and wine-making in Conegliano, M. Giunti and F. A. Sannino 

 (Rivisla, ff. scr., i.J {190S), No. 1, pp. 2-16, figs. 8). — ^A general description of 

 the stock and propagating nurseries started in 1900 by the royal school of 

 viticulture and wine-making at Conegliano, including an account of planting 

 operations, and a description of the methods employed at the school in propa- 

 gating root-grafts. 



Data are also given showing the percentage of attachment of grafts made 

 between the principal European vines and various American stocks during 1903 

 to 1906, inclusive. 



