356 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Wollongbar experimental farms. Lists of the varieties grown are cited in many 

 instances, and notes given as to their character and growth. 



The home fruit garden, L. C. CoRBErr ( U. S. Dept. Ayr. Yeurhool- 1901, pip. 

 431-446). — This article was published as a Farmers' Bulletin and has been noted as 

 such (E. S. R., 14, p. 147). 



The farmer's fruit g-arden, E. V. Stubenrauch {Illinois Sta. Circ. 40, pp. 7, dgm. 

 2). — Suggestions regarding kinds of fruit to plant, best methods of planting them, 

 with a diagram showing the arrangement of a fruit garden of 1 acre. 



List of fruits recoinm.end.ed for a farmer's garden of one acre in northern 

 Illinois, W. S. Hotchklss {Illinois Sta. Circ. 4^, PP- 4)- — The list includes the best 

 varieties of apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, blackberries, grapes, and other 

 small fruits, suitable for planting in northern Illinois. 



Little-known fruit varieties considered worthy of wider dissemination, 

 W. A. Taylor ( M *S'. Dept. Agr. Yearhook 1901, ]>p. 381-392, pis. 7).— Among the 

 fruits mentioned and described are Ingram apple, Mcintosh apple, Carman peach, 

 Red June plum, Wickson plum. Downing grape, Mulgoba mango, and Advance 

 loquat. Colored plates are given of these different fruits. 



Commercial apple orcharding, G. B. Brackett ( U. S. DejA. Agr. Yearbook 1901, 

 pp. 593-608, pis. ^).— This is a popular discussion of the whole matter of apple grow- 

 ing, including soils, methods of planting, varieties valuable for commercial purposes, 

 methods of cultivation and pruning, insects and diseases affecting, and the handling 

 and disposition of the crop. 



Grafting resisting apple scions {Pacific Coast Fruit World, 13 {1902), No. 21, 

 p. 18). — An account of the importation from New Zealand of apple stocks resistant 

 to the aphis. About 20 varieties were imported and have been grafted. 



Fruit storage experiments, J. C. Blair {Illinois Sta. Circ. 44, pp- 18, pis. 24)-— 

 The details of construction are given of a fruit storage house erected by the station, 

 and of 2 cellars so made that they would be suitable for fruit storage. A number of 

 plates and figures illustrating different phases of the work are included. The fruit 

 storage house was built to hold 2.500 bbls., and cost, when completed, $3,080.41. 

 The details of construction were made as simple as possible in order to reduce the 

 amount of expert service required to a minimum. Fruit growers in Illinois are 

 allowed to store fruits in the building free of charge, subject to the rules of the sta- 

 tion. The fruit stored during the first season with the results, and the temjjerature 

 observations, are to form a subsequent report. 



The experiments in preparing the cellars for cold storage have shown that where 

 the stone walls of the cellar are made to form the walls of the storage room, or the 

 bottom of the cellar is covered with nothing more than a 6-in. layer of cinders, the 

 temperature can not be kept down when the outside and surrounding ground is 

 above the desired temperature. The details of this work are to be published later. 



Tinting ripe pickled olives, E. W. Hilgard {California Fruit Grower, 27 {1902), 

 No. 731, p. 8; Pacific Iiur<d Press, 63 {1902), No. 22, pp.360, 361).— The author 

 discusses the probable effect on the food value of olives by coloring them with a 

 small amount of co]i]>eras or iron sulphate. The use of coloring matter or preserva- 

 tives of any kind in food products is deprecated. 



The art of canning and preserving as an industry, J. Pacrette {Jersey City: 

 Jules II. Donimerguc, 1901, pp. 194+X, figs. 33). — Recipes are given for preparing 

 and processing candied, glaceed, and brandied fruits, sirups and fruit juices, cordials 

 and marmelades, various spirits, puddings, vegetables of all kinds, fish, milk, meats 

 (including game), sauces, soups, etc. A brief chapter on bacteriology as related to 

 canning ir; included in the work. 



Small fruits for the northern half of the State, and how to grow them, 

 J. W. Lloyd ( Illinois Sta. Circ. 41, pp. 3) . — Brief cultural directions. 



Strawberry culture in Mississippi, A. B. ]SIcKay {Mississippi Sta. Bui. 75, pp. 

 J5,figs. 7). — Popular directions are here jrivcn for the location and i)lanting of the 



