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quinces that are listed. Of 24 varieties of raspberries, Shaffer, Palmer, 

 Gregg, Conrath, Ohio, Hansell, Marlboro, Cuthbert, aud Turner are 

 best liked. Twenty-two varieties of strawberries are named, with 

 Bnbach Xo. 5, Crescent, Cumberland, Haverland, Parker Earle, Sharp- 

 less, Warfield, and Wilson as the favorites. 



Strawberries and raspberries, L. E. Taft and H. P. Gladden 

 {Michigan Sta. Bid. 100, pp. 123-135). — Kotes on varieties and results 

 obtained in 1893. One hundred and eighteen varieties of strawberries 

 were tested, and a table is given showing the sex, vigor, dates of 

 bloom, first and last ripe fruit, productiveness, size, form, color, quality, 

 and firmness. A few of the leading varieties were grown in rows 

 18 rods in length, Bubach producing 60f quarts, Haverland GO^, and 

 Gandy and Lower 45i and 43, respectively. Twenty-seven varieties 

 were grown in narrow matted rows with 25 jilants in a space of 40 

 feet. Parker Earle gave 20 quarts, Greenyille 1G|, Hattie Jones and 

 Woolverton IG each, and Leroy 15^. Notes on the vigor and produc- 

 tiveness are given for 31 varieties, and especial attention called to 

 Clyde, Greenville, Leroy, ISTo. 2 (Feicht), Weston, and Yankee Doodle, 

 among the new kinds. Bubach, Crescent, Cumberland, Haverland, 

 Minor, Sbarx)less, Warfield, and Wilson are recommended as market 

 varieties, and for home use Cumberland, Great Pacific, and Sharpless. 



Bordeaux mixture, 3 lbs. of copper sulphate and 3 lbs. of fresh lime 

 to 32 gals, of water, is advised against leaf blight and rust, with the 

 addition of 2 ozs. of Paris green if leaf-eating insects are present. 



Twenty varieties of black and hybrid raspberries and 12 of red 

 were tested, and tables are given showing the points mentioned for 

 strawberries. Of the black, Conrath, Kansas, Nemaha, and Gregg are 

 recommended, and of the red, Cuthbert and Golden Queen. In case 

 of anthracnose all badly diseased canes should be cut out and Bor- 

 deaux mixture used, spraying just before the growth starts aud repeat- 

 ing every 2 weeks until the fruit is half grown. 



Varieties of cantaloupes, C. L. Newman, {Arlcansas Sta. Bpt. 1S9S, p. 07). — A 

 reprint from Bulletin 22 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 828). 



On the permanency of races in mushrooms, Costantin and Mairuchot 

 (Contpt. Bend., US {1894), No. 20, pp. 1108-1111). 



The tree tomato (Cyphomandra betacea), J. H. Maidp:n {Agl. Gaz. N. S. 

 W., 5 (1894), No. 4, pp. 214-211, pi. 1). — Habitat, culture, uses, and propagation. 



Garden vegetables, B. C.Buffum {Wijoming Sta. Bui. 17, pp. 24-30) .—This, con- 

 sists of lists of the vegetables grown at the various State experiment farms : At 

 Laramie, asparagus, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, peas, beets, radishes, and 

 turnips; at Saratoga, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, jieas, squashes, and 

 tomatoes ; at Sundance, beans, sweet corn, peas, beets, carrots, parsuips, turnips, 

 and salsify; at Wlieatland, beans, sweet corn, beets, carrots, parsnips, and sweet 

 potatoes. 



Vegetables grown for exhibition, S. A. Bkacii {New York State Sta. Bui. 69, n. ser., 

 pp. 249-302, fifjs. 5).— Annotated and tabulated lists of the varieties of bush beans, 

 bush and pole Limas, beets, Swiss chards, carrots, sweet corn, pop corn, cress, cucum- 

 bers, eggplant, gourds, lettuce, muskmelonSj watermelons, okra, onions, parsnips. 



