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Four otlier varieties of Lima beans catalogued by dealers, but not 

 grown at the station, are mentioned, and in addition descriptive notes 

 are given of the Horticultural Lima and Chickasaw Lima or Jack bean. 

 The Horticultural Lima is not a Lima bean at all, but merely a large 

 fruited variety of the common garden pole bean {Phaseolus vulgaris). 

 The Chickasaw Lima {Canavalia ensi/ormis) is a tropical si)ecies, which 

 has been introduced in the Southern States, but it is believed will not 

 mature in the latitude of New York. It produces long, hard iiods 

 bearing large white beans with prominent brown seed scars. The 

 beans have been used for feeding to cattle, but are of little value for 

 this purpose. 



In the culture of Lima beans light, "quick" soils, especially those 

 which are sandy and loose, but well manured, are best. Use should be 

 made of concentrated fertilizers rich in potash and phosphoric acid and 

 containing but little nitrogen. As the young plants are checked by 

 inclement weather, the seeds should not be planted until the weather 

 is thoroughly settled. Planting 7 or 8 beans to a hill 3 ft. apart in 

 4-foot rows is advised. After the plants are well up all but 3 or 4 

 are pulled out from each hill and the hills set with jjoles 6 ft. high. A 

 yield of about 150 bu. of pods per acre is considered a good one. The 

 most desirable varieties as regards productiveness and quality are the 

 Jersey, Extra Early, Kaighn, May Champion, Dreer Improved, and 

 Speckled Lima. Varieties of the potato Lima type are considered the 

 richest. 



Notes on the practice of growing Lima beans for seed in California 

 are quoted from an article in the American Florist (E. S. E., 7, p. 504). 



Notes on apricots at Phoenix Station, W. S. Devol {Arizona Sta. 

 Bui. 16, pp. 79-92). — This consists chiefly of descriptive notes on 23 vari- 

 eties of apricots belonging to the species Prunns armeniaca. The soil 

 requirements of the apricot are discussed, it being stated that potash 

 and phosphoric acid are the chief ingredients taken from the soil. In 

 9 varieties grown the pit averaged 0.2 per cent of the total weight 

 of the fruit. The smallest pit was from the Kaisha, averaging 5.2 per 

 cent of the weight, and the largest from Breda, composing 8.1 per cent 

 of the total weight. The mean weight of fruits of all varieties was 

 1 oz., Breda being the smallest found, 22 to the pound, while the larg- 

 est, 12 to the pound, were borne by Kaisha and Moorpark. Several of 

 the varieties are grown upon both apricot and myrobolan stocks. In 

 some of them no difference has been noticed, while in others the apri- 

 cot stock gives larger, earlier, and better fruit than the myrobolan. 

 Pringie was the earliest, St. Ambroise the finest appearing, and lioyal 

 the most ijroliflc variety. 



Present condition and treatment of orange groves, M. S. More- 

 men {Florida Sta. Bui. 33, pp. 205-236). — This bulletin discusses the 

 condition in January, 1890, of the orange groves in the frost- stricken 

 region of Florida. The trees were almost without exception killed to 



