HORTICULTURE. 



458 



Effict iif iii(jli/ slirlhr nil nyiidh/c /irndiictioii. 



Cnbbnfje 



Lettuce ( Blonde ) 

 Lettuee (Grise) .. 

 Gilliflowcr 



Period plants were 

 sheltered. 



Mar. 2-June 21 

 Mar. '21-Jnne 2 

 Mar. 22-Mav 31 

 Oct. 30-Mav23. 



Sheltereti. 



Kc/. 



1,103 



613 



%9 



349 



Yield. 



Unshel- 

 tered. 



A-^. 



900 

 547 

 093 



Inerease in 

 favor of 

 shelter. 



Ay. 



203 

 96 



276 

 92 



Strawberries sheltered from 0(;to1)er 15 grew more vigorously, developed more 

 rapidly the following spring time, were in the neighb(jrhoo<l ot 8 days earlier, and 

 the crop was sensibly heavier than where not sheltered. It is believed that these 

 experiments show that the shelter has a certain value in vegetable production besides 

 that of protection from frost. 



Report of the experiment station at Charles City, C. G. Paitex (Rpt. Iowa 

 Hurt. Six:, .)'.> iH'OO), pp. I'lC-I.')'.)'] . — This rejxirt is on apjiles, apple seedlings, plums, 

 and pears. Four seedling apple trees obtained from crossing Pound Sweet and Briar 

 Sweet fruited during the season. The author states that only one tree of the four is 

 at all like the Briar Sweet in form, though all are quite markedly stamped with the 

 size, color, texture of the leaves, and color of the bark of the Briar Sweet. Three of 

 the seedlings have the color and bloom of the Briar Sweet, while the fourth is in its 

 first fruiting very similar in color to the Pound Sweet. It is a pure sweet apple, 

 more tender in flesh than the Pound Sweet, and it has the appearance of becoming a 

 good-sized apple. The apples of the smallest seedling are nearly two sizes larger 

 than the Briar Sweet. All are of good quality and all are fall apples, the largest one 

 being the latest. A number of other apple seedlings of {)r()niise are noted. Some 

 very satisfactory results are being secured in the growing of ])lums and i^ears. 



A study on fruit bloom, W. (treene (A';j/. Iowa Hart. /Soc, 35 {IDOO), pp. 222- 

 221, dijms. ,?). — Diagrams are given showing the temperature and date of blooming 

 of apples, j)ears, and cherries in the different sections of Iowa during the two seasons 

 of 1899 and 1900, as reported by observers in the different parts of the State. 



Peach culture, S. B. Voorhees {Proc. New Jersey State Ilort. Soc, 25 {1900), jrp. 

 14S-159). — The author summarizes his 15 years experience in peach culture. In an 

 orchard of 25 acres containing about 3,000 t)earing trees, the number of baskets 

 marketed has averaged 5,160; gross receipts for same, Si2,800; average gross jier l)asket, 

 54 cts. ; average receipts met per basket, over 29i cts. The average cost of baskets, 

 picking, carting, and marketing was 25 cts. 



Plums and plum culture, F. A. Waugu {New York: Orange Jiidd (_'o., 1901, 

 pp. 371, figs. 115). — This gives a very complete discussion of the botany and horti- 

 culture of plums. It is intended primarily for use east of the Rocky Mountains. 

 California plum culture is not discussed. The booli is divided into 2 main parts. 

 Part I classifies, descriljes, and gives the names of practically all the cultivated native 

 plums, and all the more important European, Japan, and hyl)rid sorts grown in this 

 country. Under Part II the cultm-e and management of plums are considered. This 

 part includes chapters on j)ropagation, varieties for planting, orchard and garden 

 management, pollination, geogra])hy and climatology, diseases of plums, insects 

 affecting them, cooking plums, and the use of plum trees as ornamental plants. The 

 book is well illustrated and is especially opportune in view of the rapidly increasing 

 attention given to plum growing by horticulturists m this country. 



Fruit culture in Russia. II, Fruit culture in the government of Kazan, 

 V. V. Pashkevich (.Sy. I'eterslntnj: Min. Agr. and Imp. Domains, Dept. A<jr., 1899, 

 pp. XVI + 376, figs. 56, map 1; rev. in Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesov., 199 {1900), Oct., p>p. 245- 

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