820 EXPERIMENT STATION KECORD. 



fruit being liked. The raaiijjfosteeu possesses a thick, brittle, bitter rind, wliich 

 readily cracks off, exposing the white pulp divided into quarters. Only 1 or 2 

 mature seeds are produced by each fruit. 



Olive culture, A. P. Rxysk {California Sta. Bpt. 1S93 and 1S94, pp. 298-323).— C\\\- 

 tural notes for the olive, comprising remarks on pruning, curing, harvesting, and 

 storing of the fruit and the expression of the oil. The greater part of the i)ai)er is 

 a reprint fioin Bulletin 104 of the station (E. S. R., 6, p. 141). 



Twig budding and grafting the olive, E. J. Wickson: {California Sta. Rpt. 1S93 

 and 1S94, pp. -139, S40). — A brief note on the subject, including a letter from an exper- 

 ienced orchardist, detailing methods employed by him in buddiug and grafting, 

 which have proved most successful. 



Olives and olive oil, A. P. Hayne {California Sla. Rpt. 1893 and 1894, pp. 279-297, 

 pi X). — Descriptive notes on the trees aud fruit of 20 varieties of olives, with analy- 

 ses showing the number of olives in 100 gm. aud the percentage of pit, flesh, and 

 oil in the fruit. Fifty-six varieties of olives are now planted at the various sub- 

 statious. 



The peach palm, J. H. Mxni {Hoy. Bot. Card. Trinidad, Misc. Bui., 2 {1893), No. 1, 

 pp. 28,29). — Descriptive notes on Gailielma speciosa, which is found growing well in 

 Trinidad. The palm usually bears two crops in a year, that in October being com- 

 posed of large fruit with abortive seeds, while the other consists of small fruits 

 with hard fertile seeds. The October fruit is boiled and eaten with salt, aud is con- 

 sidered a very nutritious human food. 



Japanese plums, L. H. Bailey {Rev. Hort., 67{1S95), No. 2, pp. 51, 5;?).— Translated 

 from Gardener's Chronicle, giving brief descriptive and comparative notes on 

 the chief varieties of Japanese plums that have been introduced aud grown in 

 America. 



Examination of California prunes, apricots, plums, and nectarines, G. E. 

 Colby {California Sta. Rpt. 1S93 and 1894, pp. 257-.2GS). — A reprint of Bulletin 101 

 of the station (E. S.,R., A, p. 918). 



Analyses of prunes and apricots, G. E. Colijy {California Sta. Rpt. 1893 and 1894, 

 pp. 268-271). — Descriptive notes on 6 varieties of jn-uues and 1 of apricot, with a table 

 giving in detail the results of the proximate analyses. The sugar content in all the 

 instances was below that determined by previous analyses. French prunes pos- 

 sessed the most sugar, 13.95 per cent. 



Catalogue of the fruit trees at the California Experiment Stations {California 

 Sta. R]}t. 1893 and 1894, pp. 474-490).— This comprises long lists of the varieties planted 

 at the central station aud at 4 substations, there being given 274 varieties of apples, 



18 of crab apples, 23 of almonds, 48 of apricots, 40 of cherries, 5 of chestnuts, 2 of 

 citron, 68 of tigs, 6 of lemons, 10 of mulberries, 17 of nectarines, 20 of oranges, 169 of 

 peaches, 166 of i)ears, 120 of plums and prunes, 7 of persimmons, 8 of quinces, and 



19 of walnuts. 



Fruit culture in north Georgia, J. C. Miller ( Proc. Ga. Hort. Soc. 1892, pp. 68-70).— 

 General remarks on fruit growing in northern Georgia, the author bnUeving that 

 fruits can be produced here equal to those grown in California. 



Catalogue of Georgia fruits {Proc. Ga. Hort. Soc. 1892, pp. 71-86; 1893, pp. 69-85).— 

 An annotated list aud tabulated data for various kinds of fruit successfully culti- 

 vated in Georgia, the State being divided into 4 sections, the ui^iier or mountain, 

 the middle, the southern, and lower or coast region. 



Fruits of Bohemia, F. Thomayer {Rev. Hort., 67 {1895), No. 1, pp. 17, i<S).— His- 

 torical notes on several varieties of apples, peaches, and other fruits which have 

 been originated in Bohemia, which has for centuries been noted for its orchards aud 

 its production of valuable varieties of fruits. 



Fruit culture in Gironde, C. Gerand {Rev. Hort., 67 {1895), No. 4, pp. 74-76). — 

 Sliort articles giving the status of fruit growing in this Department, with lists of 

 the preferred varieties. 



