HORTICULTURE. 



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been recently improved from wild fruits, and are believed to be capa- 

 ble of still further improvement. 



J)irections are given for keeping- |)ersimmons by placing them in a 

 cool, dry place, and for canning- the ripe fruit by placing it in siru}) in 

 jars. A recipe is given for persimmon pudding. 



The composition of the persimmon is discussed by 11. A. Huston and 

 J. j\I. Barrett, and tabulated data given sliowing the amount of pulp 

 and seeds in persimmons and the chemical composition of the fruit. 

 The percentages of pulp in 6 varieties of persimmon analyzed were 

 found to range from 82 per cent to 88.5 per cent, and the number of 

 seeds averaged 3 or 4. The following table shows the ash analyses of 

 one of the varieties : 



Ash analyses of jnyslmmons. 



Silica and tr.'ires of iinbnrned carbon. 



P'ernc oxid (FciOa) 



Manganese oxid (Mn-Oj) 



Calcium oxid (CaO) 



Magnesium oxid (MgO) 



Pliospboric acid (P2O5) 



Sulphur trioxid (SO3) 



Potassium oxid (K2O) 



Sodium oxid (XajO) 



Carbon dioxid (COj) 



Chloriu 



Moisture 



Ash from 

 pulp. 



Per cent. 



1.520 



.440 



.060 



4.740 



2. 230 



7. 200 



6.840 



53. 450 



2.360 



15.940 



.300 



4.320 



Ash from 



seeds. 



Less oxygen equivalent to chlorin. 



99. 460 

 .067 



Per cent. 



20. 120 



1.190 



.100 



6.760 



6.960 



13. 360 



10. 530 



37. 620 



.820 



.000 



.110 



2.520 



100.090 

 .024 



Nut culture in the United States, W. P. Corsa ( U. S. I)ept. Agr., 

 Division of Pomology Special Report, pp. 144, pis. 16). — This publication 

 treats of the cultivation of the native and introduced species of nuts 

 grown or capable of being grown wathin the limits of the United 

 States. To a great extent it is based upon replies from growers in all 

 parts of the country to a circular of inquiry. 



The subject of nut culture in general is brietiy treated, the question 

 of propagation receiving most attention. The establishment of nut 

 nurseries is advocated in preference to the procuring of young nut 

 trees from the forests as being both cheaper and more productive of 

 high-grade nuts. The nuts may either be planted where it is intended 

 the trees shall be established in the orchard or may be set in a nursery 

 and later transplanted to their permanent position. Only such nuts as 

 are superior in size, Havor, and thinness of shell should be planted, 

 unless budding or grafting is to be done upon the young trees. Nuts 

 should be planted about 8 in. apart and 1^ to 2 in. deep, and the ger- 

 mination will be hastened by soaking the nuts for a few hours in warm 

 water before spring i)lauting. Fall planting — or better, strati tication 

 of nuts with light soil in a seed bed in the fall— is recommended. The 

 processes of shield and flute budding and top, prong, cleft sap, crown. 



