152 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



English orchards {Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 5 {1898), No. 1, pp. 1-10).— Notes on 

 the present status of English orchards, with suggestions for their improvement. 



Fruit list recommended for general planting in various fruit districts of 

 Colorado | Colorado Bd. Hort. ISO?, pp. 147-152). 



Experiments with orchard cover crops, J. Craig | Michigan Hort. Soo. Iipt. 1896, 

 pp. 275-280). — The author discusses the relative value of several cover crops as a 

 winter protection to orchards and as green manures. The discussion is based on 

 the results of experiments made at the Central Experimental Farm of Canada, and 

 published in pari previously \Y.. S. R., 9, p. 841). 



Future of peach growing in the United States, J. H. Hale {Michigan Hort. 

 Soc. Rpt. 1896, pp. 287-806). 



Pruning the peach, R. Morill {Michigan Hort. Soc. Rpt. 1896, pp. 310-325, fitjs. 12). 



Relative hardiness of fruit buds of peaches and plums, J. Craig {Mich i 'gun 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 1896, pp. 861-366). — This article is also printed in Canada Expt. 

 Farms Rpt. L896 (E. S. R., 9, p. 841). 



About thinning peaches, A. E. Micklb {Canad. Hort., 21 {1898), No. 6, pp. 225, 



Thinning Fruit {California Fruit Grower, 22 {1898), No. 22, pp. 6, 7).— A reprint 

 liom U. S. Dept. Ayr., Fanners' Bulletin 73. (See p. 197.) 



Fruits at the agricultural college, L. R. Taft and H. P. Gladden {Michigan Sta. 

 Rpt. 1896, pp. -::S-S40).—X reprint of Bulletin 130 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 134). 



Fruits at South Haven, T. T. Lyon {Michigan Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 286-827).— A 

 reprint of P.ulletin 129 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 131 ). 



Raising and marketing of fruit, W. F. Taber {Massachusetts State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 

 1897, pp. 119-140). 



Evaporation from fruit trees {Gard. Chron., 3. ser., 23 {1898), No. 597, pp. 337, 

 338). — The author reviews the work of J. B. Lawes, L. H. Bailey, and A. L. Kniseley 

 on the evaporation of water from the twigs of trees in winter, and reports observa- 

 tions of his own on the evaporation from twigs of different sizes. The data are tab- 

 ulated. The loss of water from the large twigs was greater than from the small 

 ones, but the percentage of water lost was practically the same in all cases. 



Studies in pollination, J. C. WHITTEN {Missouri Hort. Soc. Rpt. 1897, pp. 101- 

 103). — Lists of apples, peaches, plums, cherries, and grapes are given, showing the 

 varieties which fruited and those which failed to fruit when their flowers were 

 covered with sacks. 



Fruits of the tropics ( Wiener Illus. Gart. Ztg., 22 {1898), No. 6, pp. 209-213). 



A practical handbook of fruit-tree culture, .J BcVitner {Fraktisches Lehrbuoh des 

 Obstbaus. Frankfurt, 1898, pp. 574, figs. ~>57). 



Small fruits in the home garden, S. T. Maynard {Massachusetts State Bd. Agr. 

 Rpt. 1S97, pp. 225-287, figs. 3). — Suggestions regarding culture of small fruits. 



Strawberries, L. C. Corjjett ( West Virginia Sta. Bui. 52, pp. 88-110, pis. 3). — Direc- 

 tions for the culture of strawberries are given and the results of variety tests in the 

 years 1896 and L8! '7 are reported. The data obtained are given in tables. The rank 

 of the different varieties as to size of fruit and productiveness for both years is 

 shown by tables and by a chart. Descriptive notes are given on the varieties tested 

 and a typical fruit of each is illustrated. 



Irrigation of grapes, B. Chauzit {Prog. Agr. et lit., 29 {1898), No. 23, pp.698-705). 



Self-sterility among cultivated grapes, S. A. Beach {Michigan Hort. Soc. Rpt. 

 1890, pp. 64-68). — The data on which this paper is based were published in the 

 Annual Report of the New York State Station for 1895 (E. S. R., 9, p. 52). 



Obervations during 1892-1897 at the viticultural station of Neauphle-le- 

 Chateau, V. MOUILLEFERT {Ann. Agron., 24 {1S98), No. 5, pp. 215-253). 



Viticulture and vinification in the province of Salta {La viticultura y la vinifi- 

 cacion en la Provineia Salta. Buenos Ayres, 1897, pp. 69, pis. 7). 



Azaleas for forcing, R. M. Grey {Florists Exchange, 10 {189S), No. 19, pp. 480, 

 481). — Notes on culture and varieties of azaleas. 



