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c'ro.S8-pollination, the habits of the bees are to l)e chiefly considered, and not the 

 prevaiUng winds. Not more than 3 rows of any one variety shonld be planted 

 together — better only one or two — with which some other variety or varieties should 

 alternate." 



Growing prize peach.es {A(/r. Gaz. Xetr , South llVfZc.s-, 1:^ (HfOl), Xo. 4, ]'P- 537- 

 5-.P9).— The method followed l)v ]\Ir. Charles Wright, of Delaware, in growing peaches 

 is ontlined. Peaches sent by ^Ir. Wright to the Paris Exposition secured second 

 prize in competition with pAiropean house-grown peaches. Mr. AVright selects buds 

 from trees with fruit on them, using the healthiest specimens. The land is prepared 

 as for wheat. The trees are set in the fall 22 ft. apart each way. In the spring they 

 are pruned to a whip about 20 in. high, with 4 or 5 limbs left for a top. Clean 

 cultivation is practiced until August 15, some hoed crop, like tomatoes, potatoes, or 

 corn, being grown between the rows. The orchard is planted on well-<lrained, rather 

 stiff land. 



The peaches shipjied ti > Paris lirst were picked green, wrapped in tissue paper, then 

 in heavier paper, and packed in a ()-basket carrier. In the next shipment the peaches 

 were first wrapped in tissue paper, then in cotton, and finally in blotting paper. 

 They were packed and shipped in 6-basket carriers, as before, and arrived in Paris 

 in considerably better condition tlian the first shipment. The first shipment occurred 

 on August 8, and consisted of Bishop Early, Gen. Taylor, Powell ]Mammoth, Lady 

 Ingold, Foster, and Carman varieties. The second shipment occurred September 

 12, and was made up of Reeve Smock, Garey Hold On, White Heath, Dr. Corsa 

 Heath, Prize, Townsend, Jowell Late, Newington Free, Walker Variegated, Cowper 

 Late, and McCollister. None of the peaches shipped were considered really first- 

 cla.ss varieties. 



Peach-tree culture, C. M. Harrison {Proe. New Jerstn/ Statr Hori. Sac, 26 (1901), 

 pp. 167-177, pi. 1) . — A popular article on this subject, including notes on the history 

 of peach culture in New Jersey and on renovating old trees. 



Pliiin culture, Skili.man (Proc. New Jersey State Hort. Soc, 26 {1901), pp. 

 150-157). — The selection of varieties and the culture of plums are discussed. The 

 author tested the Stringfellow method of root pruning j)lums, and out of 1,000 trees 

 thus root pruned and planted, 800 died and the remainder are making so poor a 

 growth that they will have to be dug up. Barnyard manure has been found a very 

 satisfactory fertilizer for plums in the author's experience. Jai)anese plums should 

 be picked as soon as they begin to color. 



Propagation of plums — preliminary report, F. A. Watgh {]Vr>iwnt Stn. Rpt. 

 1900, pp. 333-354, figs. 13). — A brief summary is given of our present knowledge of 

 plum stocks and their combinations with different kinds of scions. In all, 15 kinds 

 of stocks have been used. On these the numerous varieties of 15 distinct groups of 

 plums have been propagated. 



In the author's experiments 5 varieties of plums, viz, Stod<lard of the Americana 

 group. Green Gage of the Domestica group, Chabot of the Japanese group, Milton of 

 the "Wiidgoose group, an<l Newman of the Chicasaw group, were propagated on each 

 of the following stocks: Americana, Wayland type, Marianna, and Peach. Each 

 variety was propagated on each of the different stocks, thus making 20 lots in the 

 experiment; and each lot was made up of 30 grafts. The whip-grafting method was 

 employed. Scions were made about 5 in. long an<l the piece root-stocks 4 to 5 in. 

 long. The grafts were ma<le in winter, i)acked in sawdust, and set out, at Denton, 

 Md., in nursery rows in the spring. The growth made by each variety on the 

 different stocks is illustrated and discussed in detail. 



"Stoddard gave the largest average number of trees in each lot; C"hal)ot gave the 

 greatest average height, considering either extremes f)r averages; while Newman 

 gave the largest average nund^cr and [)ercentage of iiierchantable trees, (rreen Gage 

 gave the lowest average in every column. These figures indicate that Green Gage is 



