648 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



the climate. To get new vitality, plants may be brought from the foot- 

 hills of Alabama or Georgia. Plants brought from States north of the 

 Potomac and Ohio rivers do not succeed in Florida. 



Notes are given on the diseases and insect enemies of the strawberry. 

 A brief paper by C. H. Ward is added to the bulletin. 



Catalogue of fruits recommended for cultivation in the various 

 sections of the United States by the American Pomological 

 Society {U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Pomology Bid. G, pp. 39). — The 

 catalogue includes such fruits and nuts as are recommended for cul- 

 ture in the United States and adjoining parts of British America. The 

 entire region is divided into 15 fruit districts, the limits of districts 

 being determined largely by latitude, elevation, prevailing winds, 

 oceanic and lacustrine exposures, and very little by political boundaries. 

 For convenience in reference the fruits are arranged alphabetically 

 in 3 divisions. The first division deals with fruits adapted to the mid- 

 dle and northern United States and adjacent parts of British America, 

 and includes 277 varieties of apples, 12 apricots, 20 blackberries and 

 dewberries, 41 cherries, 20 currants, 14 gooseberries, 88 grapes, 4 mul- 

 berries, 94 nectarines and peaches, 95 pears, 90 plums, 8 quinces, 48 

 raspberries, 35 strawberries, and 69 nuts. The second division has to 

 do with fruits adapted to southern United States and includes 104 

 varieties of citrus fruits, 11 figs, 7 guavas, 11 Japanese persimmons, 28 

 olives, 18 pineapples, and 5 pomegranates. In both these divisions 

 descriptions of each fruit recommended and the adaptability of each to 

 the various fruit districts are given in tabular form. 



The third division treats of such species of native and introduced 

 fruits and nuts as have not varied so far from their specific types that 

 the varieties have been designated and propagated under recognized 

 varietal names. The botanical and common names, origin, and adapta- 

 bility of 145 species of fruits, and 30 species of nuts are given in 

 tabular form. . 



The bulletin also contains the rules of the American Pomological 

 Society for naming and exhibiting fruits. 



Experience in fertilizing potted plants with Wagner's solution, 

 W. E. Britton ( Gard. and Forest, 10 {1897), JSfo. 508, p. 456).— The effect 

 of a liquid fertilizer on various potted plants was tested at Connecticut 

 State Station. The fertilizer consisted of a solution of 30 gm. ammonium 

 phosphate, 25 gin. sodium nitrate, 25 gm. potassium nitrate, and 20 gm. 

 ammonium sulphate in 100 liters of water. One lot of plants, 2 each of 

 begonias and pelargoniums and 4 of heliotrope, was potted in rich soil, 

 3 parts turf and 1 part manure, and watered with clear water. Another 

 similar lot was potted in the same soil and watered with the liquid fer- 

 tilizer noted above. A third lot of plants was potted in anthracite coal 

 ashes, to which was added 5 per cent of moss peat, and watered with 

 the fertilizer solution. In a few months the plants were repotted. 

 Their growth was greatest in the rich soil watered with the fertilizer 



