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The seeds should not he planted over 2 in. deep. Plenty should he used and the 

 plants thinned to 2 or 3 of the thriftiest in the hill by pinching or cutting off. Pul- 

 ling may destroy the remaining plants. Hoeing is of great importance, but it 

 should be shallow. Lumps should be removed from around the hill and fine, moist, 

 mellow soil hilled up around the plants. This helps protect them from wind and 

 insects and also holds the moisture well up on the stem of the plant, which affords 

 the best conditions for a long base and early growth of the main root system. Cul- 

 tivation in the middle of the rows may be deep but near the hills should be shallow. 



Irrigation water should be applied in furrows and not allowed to flood the ground. 

 Just enough water should be applied for an even, healthy growth. An excess of 

 irrigation during July is likely to develop vines at the expense of early fruit and also 

 favors the development of rust. 



Successful fruit culture, S. T. Maynard (New York: Orange Judd Co., 1905, pp. 

 XII+274, figs. 133). — This is a practical treatise on the culture of all of the usual 

 orchard and small fruits, including cranberry, blueberry, and subtropical fruits, with 

 chapters on the propagation of fruit trees and plants, culture of fruits under glass, 

 insect pests, and fungus diseases. The work is somewhat similar in plan to that 

 issued by the author in 1885, entitled "The Practical Fruit Grower." 



Fruit culture in Bohemia, H. Fort (Der Obstbau im Tdtigkeitsgebiete der bohm. 

 Sektion des Landeshulturrates fur das Konigreich Bohmen. Prague: Anton Purkrabek, 

 1904, pp. 39, pis. 4)- — An account of the historical development of the fruit industry 

 and of the climatic conditions of different fruit districts of Bohemia. The present 

 status of orchard fruit production in Bohemia with statistics of production and a 

 bibliography of 58 papers on Bohemian fruit culture are given. 



Review of the fruit seasons (Bien. Rpt. Cornr. Hort. California, 1903-4, pp. 

 53-75). — Statistics are given of the shipment of fruits, nuts, and dried fruits produced 

 in California in the years 1903 and 1904. Tables are also given of the number (if 

 fruit trees growing in California in the spring of 1904 in each of the different counties. 



Fruit culture in Scotland, J. M. Hodge (Trans. Highland and Agr. Soc. Scot- 

 land, 5. ser., 17 (1905), pp. 96-102). — Statistics are given on the fruit production of 

 Scotland. 



Biennial Report of Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station (Missouri Fruit 

 Sta. Rpt. 1903-4, pp. 12, pis. 12). — This report is made up essentially of an account, 

 by the manager of the State Fruit Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, of the 

 work which is being carried on at the station in the culture of different fruits with a 

 list of the publications issued during the year and a financial statement. 



In the variety-testing orchards there are at present 468 varieties of apples, 317 of 

 peaches, 94 of plums, 05 of pears, 151 of grapes, and 150 of strawberries. Three trees 

 of each variety of fruit are grown. In addition there is an orchard of 895 seedling 

 apple trees and 175 seedling peach trees. Plates are given showing the development 

 of the orchard at the station for each of the years 1899 to 1904. 



Foreign markets for American fruits ( U. S. Dept. Com. and Labor, Spec. Con-, 

 sular Rpts., 32 (1904), pp. 218). — This is a compilation of the replies received from 

 United States consuls in the different cities of the world relative to American fruits 

 sold in such cities. 



Information is given as to the methods followed in the different cities in purchas- 

 ing American fruits, that is, whether purchases are made direct or through commis- 

 sion houses in New York or at foreign ports, terms of payment, whether deliveries 

 of American fruits are made with satisfactory promptness, and whether there are 

 any objections to present methods of packing, with suggestions on how the trade 

 might be increased. 



In addition, statistics are given on the fruit trade of the United States, the United 

 Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Dominion of Canada as to imports, exports, 

 and reexports. 



