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varieties of strawberries, 20 of raspberries, 10 of blackberries, 9 of cur- 

 rants, and 6 of gooseberries. Greenville and Shuster Gem gave the 

 heaviest yield of strawberries, and the total yield from mats was 10 

 per cent better than that from hills. Of raspberries Caroline, Brinkle 

 Orange, Marlboro, Outhbert, Kaucocas, Shaffer Colossal, Sonhegan, 

 Mammoth Cluster, and Ohio are recommended as the best of the dif- 

 ferent colors they represent. Early Harvest, Eldorado, Jewett, and 

 Snyder proved the best blackberries; and the Cherry, Red Dutch, and 

 White Grape were the most productive currants. The Smith goose- 

 berry yielded the most fruit, followed closely by the Houghton. 



Manuring of fruit trees, Librke {Mitt. dent, landw. Ges., 1893-'94y 

 ]^o. 13^ pp. 1(17-171; (lbs. in Centbl. agr. Chem., 33 {1894), Wo. 10, pp. 703, 

 703). — ISTotes on fertilizer experiments begun in 1891 under the direc- 

 tion of the Dresden Agricultural Experiment Station, in orchards on 

 the manor of Rottwerndorf. Twenty-three plats were employed, being 

 treated witli various animal manures and different combinations and 

 quantities of chemical fertilizers. At this time the nitrogen and pot- 

 ash fertilizers seem to be producing too vigorous a growth of foliage and 

 shoots, to the detriment of the fruit, but the results are not yet estab- 

 lished or conchisive, nnd the experiments are to be further pursued. 



On the manuring of fruit and garden crops and the relation of 

 live stock to fertility, J. W. Fields [Fennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1893, 

 pp. 61-65). — A general, popular j^aper on intelligent horticultural fertil- 

 izing. Tables are given showing the fertilizing content of the more 

 common orchard and small fruits and garden vegetables. In growing 

 these crops the return of nitrogen to the soil is urged to be as essential 

 as the return of potash and phosphoric acid, an amount approximating 

 that removed, depending on the nature of the soil audits natural fertil- 

 ity, being returned. A formula is given for a general fertilizer. The 

 value of manure from farm animals in returning to the soil the fertil- 

 izing constituents taken from it by the crops is briefly mentioned, and 

 a table is given showing the number of pounds of fertilizing ingredi- 

 ents in a ton of various farm products, and some commercial feeding 

 stuffs with their fertilizing value per ton. 



Tests of vegetables in 1893, G. C. Butts and G. Baldwin {Fennsylvania 

 Sta. Itpt. 1S93, pp. 12G-142). Descriptive notes and tabulated data on 6 varieties of 

 bnsh Lima beans, 6 of bush beans, 6 of pole beans, 6 of beets, 1 of celery, 7 of early 

 cabbage, 4 of late cabbage, 11 of corn, 9 of encumbers, 11 of lettuce, 7 of onions, 16 of 

 peas, 10 of squash, and 25 of tomatoes. A list of donations to the horticultural divi- 

 sion of the station during 1893 is ai^pendcd. 



Glasshouses, their construction and heating, II. W. GinnoNS {Amer. Florist, 10 

 (1S95), No. 350, pp. .?77, 575).— Detailed architectural directions for building plant 

 houses. 



Horse-radish, G. M. Stjiatton {Amer. Gard., 16 (1S05), No. 32, p. 54).— Detailed 

 cultural notes. 



The cxiltivation of the melon, W. Pai.mkk {Jour. Hort., 1S95, No. 8419, pp. US, 119, 

 fig.l). — A popular article on growing melons iu hothouses in England, giving full 

 directions for producing prize fruit. The illustration is from a photograph of a 

 plant of the Triumph variety, loaded down with fruit, and supported on wires. 



