HORTICULTURE. 1079 



Marketing- California fruits in Europe (Bien. Rpi. Comr. Hort. California, 

 1903-4, pp. 146-151). — This account is made up of reports of a number of European 

 consuls on the use of California fruit in different sections of Europe. 



An experimental shipment of fruit to Winnipeg, J. B. Reynolds [Ontario 

 Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm Bui. 139, pp. 24, figs. 10). — An account of tins shipment 

 has been abstracted from another source ( E. S. R., b>, p. 876). 



The apple in California. F. Femmons ( Bien. Rpt. ''mm-. Hurt. California, 1903-4, 

 ))}). 136-145). — An account of apple culture in t lie different sections of California, 

 with descriptions of varieties which give the best results in different sections. 



Apple growing in Indiana, J. Troop (Indiana Sta. Bui. 102, pp. 223-254, figs. 

 10). — Popular directions are given for the culture of apples in Indiana, including 

 spraying. 



Experiments at the station in root-pruning trees show that trees root-pruned 

 according to the Stringfellow method and planted in the fall have made a better root 

 system and have produced from one-fourth to one-third more growth of top during 

 the first season than trees planted in the usual way. In studying the reciprocal 

 influence of stock and scion no difference either in size, color, or flavor could be 

 detected as a result of this practice when scions of the Yellow Transparent apple 

 were inserted into the branches of the Wild Crab. This work has been noted pre- 

 viously ( E. S. I:.. 16, p. 772). 



Apple production in "Virginia, W. B. Alwood ( Virginia Sta. Bui. 151, pp. 37-58, 

 maps 3). — Statistics are given of the production of apples in each of the counties of 

 Virginia for each of the years 1899 to 1903, inclusive, and also of the shipment of 

 apples from the principal stations along each of the different lines of railroad within 

 the State in 1901 and 1908, and indications made as to the destination of the ship- 

 ment. 



During the 5 years covered by the statistical data Frederick County has stood 

 first in total production. In the Piedmont section Albemarle County leads. This 

 bulletin has been compiled through cooperation with the station agents along the 

 different lines of railroad, who have reported to the author monthly. An earlier 

 bulletin, containing similar data, has been published by the station (E. S. R., 12, 

 p. 445). 



The Fall Beauty, a new apple originating in Kentucky, H. Carman 

 (Kentucky Sta. Bui. 116, pp. 82-84, pis. ■■-)■ — An historical and descriptive account is 

 given of an apple grown in the orchard of < >. Piper, of Clinton, Hickman County, Ky., 

 and named by him the Fall Beauty. The description is accompanied by plate illus- 

 trations of the fruit. 



The apples submitted for examination weighed nearly one-half pound each and 

 varied from 2.72 in. to 3.44 in. in diameter. The fruit ripens in September and is a 

 good cooking as well as good dessert apple. The color is a deep purplish red, some- 

 times striped with yellow and ocher-yellow dots. The flesh is white at first, becom- 

 ing creamy when thoroughly ripe. The history of the apple shows it to be of rather 

 uncertain origin. 



Value of pollination in the culture of the apple, and some of the reasons 

 why flowers do not set, A. N. Juon (Bien. Rpt. <'<imr. Hort. California, 190-3-4, pp. 

 212-217, figs. 4). — The mixing of varieties in the orchard is urged by the author not 

 only because many sorts are self-sterile, but because the fruit thus produced is larger 

 and better. He suggests that in orchard planting the varieties lie alternated in the 

 rows both ways. By this method the varieties will row on the angle so that the 

 picking of the fruit in separate varieties is not interfered with. 



Pruning the apple orchard, L. B. Judson (Idaho Sta. Bui. 4?, pp. 36, figs. 19). — 

 Popular directions based to a large extent on experiments at the station are given for 

 the pruning of apple trees with numerous explanatory illustrations. A critical dis- 

 cussion is given of various shears, saws, etc., used for pruning purposes. 



