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•riven in tabular form as a lualtcr nf rcconl, Iml a iliscnssion of the experiment is 

 reserve"! until further results have l)een ohtaineil. 



Abnormal fruit branches of the peach tree, their treatment, <t. Bki.laik 

 (Rt'r. Ifort., ?•>' {1901), X(j. 6, pp. loi'>, l.)7,Ji(/s. o) . — I'opular article witli illustrations 

 showing proper nietliod of pruning; away abnormal fruit branches. 



The sterility of fruit trees and shrubs, .1.' JUrKVKXK ii {Bnl. Ar/ior. d Flur., 



moo, pp. 10-..'.', .-,1-n.}) . 



Winter budding, II. M. .Stkin(U-'ei,low {Nut. N'arneri/indn, :> {I'JOl), No. 4, p. 

 17S). — Winter budding is described and its adaptation for fall use pointed out. The 

 author believes that success by this method is more certainly assured if a small 

 piece of waxed cotton cloth is placed over the bud after it is put in place. Chlorosis 

 of peaches and grapes has l)een overcome by the author by the addition of pulver- 

 ized sulphate of iron. He ]>elieves that if several bushels of ashes ai\d al)out 10 lbs. 

 of copperas were top-dressed around a peach tree with the yellows it would probably 

 cure it. 



The chemical analysis of the coflfees of the greater Comoro island, H. 

 Bektr.\nd {Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paru, 132 {1901), pp. Id 1-164; abs. in Chem. 

 Centbl., 1901, I, No. 9, p. 532). — It was found that while grown upon the same island 

 under like conditions of soil and climate Coffea arahiai container! 1..34 jjer cent of 

 caffeiuj while C Jiumhlotiniia contained none. 



CoflFee culture in Queensland — disbudding, H. Xewpokt ( (pifendandA(jr. .lour., 

 8 {1901), N(}. 2, pp. 112-114). — Once in the life of the coffee plant, usually about the 

 third year, it has been found advisable, in Queensland, to disbud. Only the green 

 immature wood of the primaries need disbudding, and this should be done from 1 to 

 3 weeks after the l)lossoms appear. '"Disbudding is required from tlie primaries 

 whenever and only when they attempt to bear on immature or green wood. It is 

 not necessary if the primary has secondaries upon it, and it is not necessary to dis- 

 bud secondaries or any other form of brancli." If, instead of disbudding, the innna- 

 ture wood is allowed to bear, the liranehes are weakened and die. 



Coffee culture in Queensland — picking, H. Newport {Queeiixla^id Ayr.. low., 8 

 {1901), No 3, pp. 317-321, pi. 1). — Directions are given as to when and how to pick 

 coffee. 



American tea-gardens; actual and possible, I^. B. Ellis {Amer. Mo. Rev. o/ 

 Rrricirx, 33 {1001), No. 134, pp. 31.'>-330, fiijx. S). — A popular description of the tea 

 plantation at Pinehurst, S. C, and a discussion of actual and possilile results. 



Bush fruits, including gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, 

 C. H. Potter ( Colorado Sta. Bui. 60, pp. 13) . — Brief cultural notes are given on these 

 crops. Six varieties of gooseberries, 12 of currants, 23 of raspberries, and 12 of 

 blackljerries and dewberries are described, and the results secured at the station 

 with each are given. 



Brief sketch of vine growing in Russia and of measures adopted for com- 

 bating the phylloxera {Aj^enpi, succinct sur les lignobles en /v*rt.s-s(V et s-ur /tvs iiwsun'.s 

 adopliix pour II coDibdUri! Ic plujlloxera. St. Petersburg: Min. A<jr. and Imp. Domains, 

 Dept. Afjr., 1000, 3 ed., pp. 40). 



Bupestris St. George and bench grafting, E. T. BioLErri {Pacific Rural Press, 

 61 {1901), No. 14, p. 313). — The unsatisfactory results obtained in tlie south of 

 France on moist soils with Rujjestris St. (leorge are pointed out, and some data 

 given on the yields oVjtained from benc'h-grafted vines and vines grafted in the vine- 

 yard for a period of 10 years. The average f<jr the whole time was 7,340 lbs. of 

 grapes yearly i>er acre ior tlie l)encli-grafted vines and 4,()(>01bs. for the vines grafted 

 in the vineyard. 



Flute graft applied to the vine, F. P.mlsov [Rrr. 17/., ir, {1901), No. 383, pp. 

 400-411). — The use of this graft in reconstructing vineyards on American stocks is 

 coming int(j larger use, according to the author. Some of the advantages of the 

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