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a limltecl market is at the rate of 3h cts. j)er pound. Precautious must be used 

 apainst cutworms and some means of artificially drying the fruit must be pro- 

 vide<l. I'nder present conditions tlio fruit can be seeded most economically as 

 it is i)icked. It has been found i>ossiltle to continue some of the plants for a 

 second season's crop. 



Fertilizer experiments conducted witii a thousand rubber trees, in which 

 nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash were used both alone and in combination, 

 are reported. The best results, both in yield of latex and growth of trees, 

 were obtained by using sujierphospliate and potassium sulphate without any 

 nitrogen. At the same time the results are not sufficiently pronounced to indi- 

 cate that fertilizers can be used with profit on rubber trees in Nahiku, the 

 district where the tests were made. 



The home garden in the South, II. C. Thompson ([/. <Sr. IJcpt. Apr., Farmcra'' 

 Bui. 6-J7 {lf)l')), pp. 28, figs. 8). — This i)uhlication, which has been j)repared 

 with special reference for use in the South, gives suggestions as to the location, 

 lilan, and arrangement of the garden, the soil and its preparation, manures and 

 fertilizers, the seeds and plants to use, together with brief descriptions of the 

 methods of handling the more important vegetables. Suggestions are also 

 given relative to varieties suitable for securing a continuous supply of vege- 

 tables throughout the year. 



Alaska's pomolog'ical resources and outlook, C. C. Geobgeson {Proc. Amer. 

 Poiiiol. /S'oc. J913. pp. 79-8.2). — A short account relative to the adaptability of 

 various orchard and small fruits to Alaskan conditions. 



The present status of Canadian pomology, W. T. Macoun (Proc Amer. 

 Pomol. Soc, 191S, pp. 6Jt-19, pi. 1). — An account of the orchard industry in 

 Canada in which consideration is given to the kinds of fruit grown in the 

 different districts, fruit breeding, methods of culture and marketing, and gov- 

 ernment aid to fruit growers. Data are given showing the number of bearing 

 and nonbearing fruit trees for each Province in 1910, exports of various fruits 

 fi'om Canada in 1912-13, and lists of the principal varieties of fruits grown, 

 including a list of fruits of Canadian origin. 



Fruit in the North, D. W. Buchanan (Proc. Amer. Pomol. Soc., 1913, pp. 

 55-58). — A short account of the adaptability of various deciduous fruits to 

 conditions in Manitoba, 



[Report of the] division of horticulture (Washington Sta. Bui. 118 (1914), 

 pp. 2.'/-26). — The orchard pollination study, which is being conducted at Pull- 

 man and in several private orchards, indicates that with one or two exceptions 

 the varieties of apples blossom so nearly at the same date that interpollination 

 can take place between any of the common commercial apples. The indications 

 are that while several of the apple varieties may under certain circumstances 

 be partially or entirely self-sterile, these same varieties may be considered 

 fairly successful when grown in solid blocks in the thickly planted orch.-ird 

 sections. 



A study of the keeping quality of fruit, especially apples, indicates thus far 

 that fruit developed on trees that received an excess of water have their 

 keeping qualities greatly imptiired. The tissue is soft, easily broken, and goes 

 down quickly in storage. Fruit developed on trees receiving approximately 

 the correct supply of water for development of medium-sized firm fruit for the 

 variety have the maximum keeping quality. Fruit developed on trees receiving 

 less water than that necessary for the development of medium-sized fruit is 

 inferior in quality and appearance and tends to shrivel before decaying. 



"Winter work in orchards, M. P. Somes (Missouri Fruit Sta. Circ. 7 (1914). 

 pp. 8). — This circular calls attention to work, such as i)runing. spraying for 



