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The Elberta is the chief commercial variety grown in the section. Varieties matur- 

 ing earlier than the Elberta are not profitable except for home trade. A number of 

 other varieties, however, do well in southern Missouri. For the home orchard the 

 following varieties mentioned in the order named may be grown: Mountain Rose, 

 Reeves, Reynolds. Early Crawford, Gold Dust, Salway, Heath Cling, and Piquet 

 Late. Good varieties of peaches for commercial purposes must be freestones with 

 yellow meat, red blush, and medium and even in size in- order to make a uniform, 

 neat, and attractive package. 



Among the better sorts for this purpose Mountain Rose, Reynolds, Elberta, Sal- 

 way, and Piquet Late are mentioned. Among the new varieties which are believed 

 to be desirable for southern Missouri conditions Reynolds and one or two seedlings 

 are mentioned. The illustrations show different varieties of peaches, different 

 methods of cultivating orchards, and orchards grown on very stony land. 



The plum in Georgia, II. N. Staenes (Georgia Sta. Bui. 67, pp. 237-285, pis. 4. 

 figs. 63). — An account of the culture of European and native plums in Georgia, 

 with descriptions of the insects and diseases affecting these plums and remedies for 

 their control, descriptions of a large number of varieties that have been grown at 

 the station, and tallies showing the dates of blooming and fruiting, period of 

 ripening, etc. 



Georgia contains about 900,000 plum trees, the larger proportion of w T hich are 

 located in the counties of Telfair, Houston, and Macon. The lack of a market and 

 of suitable varieties has thus far limited the culture of plums within the State. 

 None of the European varieties of plums succeed in Georgia and only a few of the 

 native American varieties. The soil required is similar to that required for the 

 peach, except that it must be of better grade. Marianna and peach stock have been 

 found equally satisfactory as stocks for propagating such varieties as succeed within 

 the State. 



In setting out trees the roots may be pruned back to about 5 in. in length. The 

 distribution of about 3 lbs. of cotton-seed meal broadcast about each tree over a cir- 

 cular area of some ti or 7 ft. in diameter is recommended at the time the tree is set 

 out. The second year in the orchard a cotton-seed formula analyzing 2 to 3 per cent 

 nitrogen, S per cent phosphoric acid, and 2 per cent potash, and applied at the rate 

 of 4 lbs. per tree is considered sufficient. The third year each tree should receive 

 3 lbs. of acid phosphate, 1 lb. of muriate of potash, and 1 lb. of cotton-seed meal. 



Of all the American plums grown at the station the variety Hanson is the only 

 one that has proved satisfactory. With this variety Smith is recommended as a 

 pollinator. The best of the native plums, however, for the State and the only 

 plums, with the exception of the Japanese, which the author considers worthy of 

 commercial culture in Georgia, belong to the Hortulana group. Of these Clifford 

 and Wilder are the most valuable. The Clifford variety, on account of its self- 

 sterility, should be planted in company with Munson, and the Wilder with Milton 

 for pollinating purposes. The Clifford ripens about a month before the Wilder. 



The proportion in which the varieties should be used as pollinators in the orchard 

 has not been determined, but in the author's opinion should not be less than 1 in 10 

 and in localities where few bees are kept the proportion might be increased to 1 in 

 7 or even 1 in 5 trees. The order of maturing of 60 varieties grown at the station 

 is given in tabular form and these varieties are described with numerous illustrations. 



Strawberries at Troupe Station, E. C. Green ( Texas Shi. Bui. 72, pp. 15, fig. 1). — 

 An account of variety and shipping tests of strawberries grown at the Troupe Sub- 

 station in East Texas. 



The author states that while some communities grow and ship strawberries in car- 

 loads, in other communities the fruit is scarcely grown at all. It is believed, how- 

 ever, that the fruit can be grown anywhere in East Texas with less expense and 

 greater profit than can tomatoes. At the substation 51 varieties of strawberries were 



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