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Currants. — Seventeen varieties are compared as regards tlieir vigor, 

 productiveness, and size and quality of fruit. 



Blackberries and raspberries. — Tabular statements are given of the 

 time of ripening, quality and size of fruit, vigor of plants, and percentage 

 of winter-killed canes of 21 varieties of black raspberries, 13 varieties 

 of red raspberries, and 17 varieties of blackberries. Descriptive notes 

 are given on a few varieties of each. 



Strawberries. — A table is given showing the sex, vigor, and produc- 

 tiveness of plants, dates of blooming and ripening, size, form, quality, 

 firmness, and color of fruit of 158 varieties of strawberries. Descrip- 

 tive notes are given on 26 of the more recent varieties. 



New small fruits. — Notes are given on the Golden May berry, Logan- 

 berry, Salmonberry, Strawberry-raspberry, Japanese wiueberry, Dwarf 

 Juneberry, and Dwarf Rocky Mountain cherry. 



Testing fruits, S. A. Beach [New York Sta. Rpt. 1895, pp. 249-330, 

 pis. 11). — The importance of variety tests is briefly discussed, and a 

 table is given showing the number of varieties of fruits grown and the 

 number fruiting at the station in 1895. 



Apples and crab apple* (pp. 251-266). — A table is given showing the 

 yield in 1895, the age of trees or grafts, and the season of ripening of 

 210 varieties of apples and 23 varieties of crab apples. Descriptive 

 notes are given of 15 of these varieties. 



Pears and quinces (pp. 267, 268). — A list of 110 varieties of pears and 

 10 varieties of quinces growing in the station orchards in 1895 is given. 



Apricots (pp. 268-274, pis. 5). — A table is given comparing the aver- 

 age length of life of common apricots, Russian apricots, and common 

 plums, all grown under similar conditions. In another table a compari- 

 son is made of the productiveness of common and Russian apricots 

 in 1895. At the station the plums have been longer lived and much 

 more fruitful than apricots. Russian apricots have been longer lived 

 and more productive than common ones, but not as good in either 

 appearance or quality. Descriptive notes are given on 9 varieties of 

 apricots fruited at the station in 1895. Five of these are illustrated. 

 A list of 20 varieties .mown at the station in 1895 is given. 



drapes (pp. 274-280). — A continuation of the work reported in the 

 Annual Report of the Station tor 1894, pp. 601-607 (E. S. R., S, p. 601). 

 Descriptive notes are given of 26 varieties of grapes fruited at the 

 station in 1895. 



Currants (pp. 280-302, pis. 6). — A reprint of Bulletin 95 of the station 

 (E. S.R.,8,pp.52,53). 



Blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, and strawberries (pp. 302-320). — 

 A reprint of Bulletin 91 of the station (E. S. R.. 7. pp. 502, 503). 



The home vegetable garden, W. F. Massey (North Carolina Sta. Bui. 1,1?, pp. 

 279-385, figs. .'). — Popular directions are given Cor the local ion ami choice of soil for 

 gardens, laying out, ami inclosing gardens, rotation of crops, and the construction and 

 uses of cold frames ami hot beds. A discussion is given of the selection and use of 

 manures and fertilizers and preparation of soil, and directions for saving seed and 



