50 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



TJnder planting in orchards, C. A. Keffer {Univ. Tennessee Record, 4 {1901), 

 No. 1, pp. 59-61, figs. ^).— The author discusses the value of various crops for planting 

 in the young orchard. Cowpeas planted in the orchard the last of June, plowed 

 under the latter part of September, and followed by a seeding of rye, has been 

 practiced at the university farm with good results. The soil cover of rye is designed 

 to prevent the wanhing of the land during winter. 



Tlie effect of alfalfa and grass on the growth of orchard trees {Ber. K. 

 LeJminst. Obst, Weinu. Gartenbau, Geisenheim, 1899-1900, pp. 16-18) .—Trees in alfalfa 

 and grass were compared with those in cultivation. The results as regards tree devel- 

 opment and fruit production were decidedly in favor of cultivation. 



Apples that originated in Ohio, W. R. Lazenby {Jour. Columbus Ilort. Soc, 

 15 {1900), No. 4, pp. 137-140) .—Description?, of 8 varieties which originated in Ohio, 

 with a list of summer, autumn, and winter varieties for the State. 



The cherry in Kansas, with a chapter on the apricot and nectarine {Topeka: 

 State, 1900, pp. 128, figs. 3, map i).— This is a popular compilation of a number of 

 articles on the culture, insects, and diseases of cherries, apricots, and nectarines, with 

 statistics of Kansas production. The work is compiled and revised by W. H. Barnes 

 for the Kansas State Horticultural Society. 



Pickling green olives, F. T. Bioletti {Pacific Rural Press, 61 {1901), No. 10, p. 

 j^y — The author describes a successful process for pickling olives so that they will 

 maintain their green color. 



Training the young lemon tree, Leffingwell {Pacific Coast Fruit World, 11 

 {1901 ) , No. 2, p. 3, figs. 4) . — The open-topped system of pruning lemon trees is briefly 

 described and its advantages pointed out. 



The artificial coloring of oranges, Pum and K. Micko {Ztschr. Untersuch. Nahr. 

 u. Genussrnll., 3 {1900), No. 11, pp. 729-735, fi-gs. 7i).— Attempts to color oranges in 

 imitation of blood oranges by injection with solutions of fuchsia, or with the color- 

 ing material in grapes or bilberries, resulted in failure. Even where the solutions 

 were injected under consideraljle pressure, the colored portions were always local 

 and of such an appearance as to deceive no one. The reaction secured with the juice 

 from blood oranges and a number of chemical reagents is given in some detail. 



Navelencia, a new citrus creation {Pacific Coast Fruit World, 10 {1901), No. f5, 

 p^ ^j. — A new orange originated by A. C. Thompson by the union of buds of the navel 

 with the Valencia orange. The new variety is said to have all the points of superi- 

 ority of the navel with the shape and late-ripening habits of the Valencia. 



Training the peach, C. A. Keffer ( Univ. Tennessee Record, 4 {1901), No. 1, pp. 

 57-59). — Methods of pruning the peach tree at different stages of growth are ilhis- 

 trated and described. 



Peaches in Massachusetts, J. W. Clark {Amer. Gard., 22 {1901), No. 327, jrp. 

 229, 230) . — A paper discussing the history of peaches and the results secured by the 

 author in growing peaches in Massachusetts. Peaches can be successfully grown in 

 Massachusetts in certain locations on high ground, but the crop is frequently destroyed 

 by winter temperature of — 20° F. 



Grafting {Amer. Gard., 22 {1901), No. 324, p. i7i) .—The writer states that he has 

 successfully grafted two Wagner apple trees with Flemish Beauty pears. The pears 

 grew much larger than on the original Flemish Beauty trees, and had no l)rown 

 specks on them when ripe like those on the mother pear tree. The fruit was also 

 much superior in flavor. The grafts bore every year for 6 years without intermis- 

 sion, while the mother pear tree bore no fruit some years, and the Wagner apple 

 trees on which they were grafted bore apples only every second year. Grafts of 

 Black Tartarian cherries on the American black wild cherry always died the third 

 year. 



An ideal method of pruning fruit trees, E. S. Goff {Amer. Gard., 22 {1901), 

 No. 325, p. 188). 



