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preceding- spring-, and whicli had consequently not borne fruit" and 

 of which "the ancestors had been grown for many successive genera- 

 tions in the manner described, . . . One row was i)hinted with the 

 same variety, but with i)lants taken from a bed that was known to 

 have borne two crops, and which was originally planted from a bed 

 known to have borne one crop." 



The two rows contained in the spring of 18D3 an average of 19.3 

 plants for each one originally set, and the single row contained an 

 average of but 13.3 i^lants for each set. The difference in fruit produc- 

 tion was not so marked, perhaps, because of overcrowding in the more 

 vigorous rows. 



In the spring of 1893 one row of 25 plants was set from a strain of 

 Wilson strawberry, Avhich had been diminished in vigor by "spot dis- 

 ease," and another row from the healthy strain so long propagated from 

 young plants. In 1891 the latter row had produced almost twice as 

 many plants as the former, and yielded nearly twice as much fruit. 



An unsuccessful attempt was made to control "s^iot disease" {Ramii- 

 laria tulasnei) by use of Bordeaux mixture, four applications being 

 made to half of an affected plat, "but not the slightest difference was 

 discernible between the si)rayed and unsprayed parts." 



Fruit brevities, L, H. Bailey {Few York Cornell Sta. Bui. 117, pp. 

 351-390, figs. IS). — This consists of several short articles on horticul- 

 tural subjects, none of which is considered of sufficient length to justify 

 separate publication, 



Pacl-imj houses for fruit (pp. 351-301). — This discusses the packing 

 of fruit, especially apples and grapes, in the State. Two stjdes of pack- 

 ing houses are commonly employed, one furnished with a basement or 

 cellar for storage of the fruit, and the other being a packing house only, 

 without cellar. The methods of sorting and packing grapes and apples 

 are described and illustrated from ])hotographs. The forms of different 

 grape-packing tables, one of which revolves on a central pivot, are 

 figured. The methods followed by different packers are quoted from 

 their replies to inquiries. 



History of the Ohio raspberry (pp. 301-365), — Tliis discusses the 

 variety Ohio at some length, and shows that in is not the variety Ohio 

 Everbearing of various horticultural books. The present variety 

 Ohio was originated about 30 years ago, probably in the State of that 

 name. 



The ^^ mistletoe disease'''' of the hlachherry {\)\\. 305-307). — Brief notes 

 ii[)on an affection of blackberry canes in which small, dense bunches of 

 foliage occur, accompanied with curling of the shoots. The malforma- 

 tion is caused by a i3sylla known as the blackberry tlea louse {Trioza 

 tripunctata). Cutting out and burning the infested tips as soon as dis- 

 covered is recommended as the best remedy, although spraying with 

 kerosene emulsion will keep the psylla in check. 



