42 EXPERIMENT STATIOlSr RECORD. 



In the station tests of seedless apples none of commercial importance has 

 thus far been observed. A list is given of growers of different varieties of 

 seedless apples reported in the United States during the past 20 years, with the 

 place of origin. 



The best apples for New York State, F. H. Hall {'New York State Sta. Bui. 

 S61, popular ed., pp. 12, fig. 1). — A popular edition of the above. 



[Cultural experiments with apples] {Field Expts. Harper- Adams. Agr. Col., 

 and Staffordshire and Shropshire, Rpt. 1912, pp. 23-25, pis. 2). — This is a prog- 

 ress report on some experiments started by the Harper-Adams Agricultural 

 College in 1902 to determine the effect of pruning and of grass around fruit 

 trees on the growth of the trees (E. S. R., 26, p. 45). The results thus far 

 indicate that both pruning and cultivation were important factors In stimulating 

 tree growth. 



The family apple orchard, W. J. Green {Ohio Sta. Bui. 256, pp. 251-253). — 

 This comprises concise directions for the care and management of the home 

 apple orchard. 



[Cacao manurial plats in Dominica], H. A. Tempany {Imp. Dept. Agr. West 

 Indies, Rpt. Agr. Dei)t. Dominica, 1911-12, pp. 20-29, pi. 1). — A progress report 

 on the long continued fertilizer and mulching experiments with cacao at the 

 botanic station (E. S. R., 24, p. 545). As in previous years mulching has 

 proved superior to any form of fertilizing. A complete fertilizer has given the 

 next best results and all the fertilizer plats have yielded better than the no 

 manure plat. 



Mango culture in India, F. W. Popenoe {Cuba Mag., 4 {1913), No. 8, pp. 

 356-361). — This comprises a brief statement of cultural methods and a partial 

 list of important varieties of mangoes grown in India. 



The grafted papaya as an annual fruit tree, D. Fairchild and E. Simmonds 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Circ. 119, pp. 3-13, figs. //).— This paper 

 reports the successful results secured by the junior author in cleft grafting 

 the papaya {Carica papaya) at the Subtropical Plant Introduction Field Sta- 

 tion, Miami. Fla., and discusses the possibilities of the grafted papaya. 



The best success has been secured by grafting potted seedlings in the green- 

 house or under the shade of a lath house where the stock can be kept in a good 

 growing condition. Sprouts from topped stocks were used for scions. Some- 

 what extensive experiments will be conducted with papayas during the coming 

 season. If plantations of grafted plants can be successfully established, grow- 

 ers will not only be assured of a practical method of rapid asexual propagation 

 but it will also be possible to eliminate the relatively large number of male or 

 sterile trees which usually occur when an orchard is started from seed. The 

 possibility of grafting the papaya on a hardier species of Carica and thereby 

 extending its region of growth is also suggested. 



Garden design in theory and practice, Madeline Agar {Philadelphia and 

 London, 1912, pp. XV+272, pis. 6, figs. 110). — A popular treatise on garden 

 design which discusses the history and description of styles, considerations pre- 

 liminary to designing the garden, preparation of the design, structural opera- 

 tions, the component parts of a garden, arrangeauent of plant material, and 

 final considerations. 



Commercial arsenates of lead and lime-sulphur, R. W. Thatcher {Wash- 

 ington Sta. Popular Bui. 51, pp. 4)- — Analyses of several commercial brands of 

 lead arsenate and lime-sulphur are reported, and the author also calls atten- 

 tion to the possible spray injury from acid arsenates if mixed with lime-sulphur 

 to form a combined spray. 



Spraying calendar for 1913, A. L. Melander and H. B. Humphrey {Wash- 

 ington Sta. Popular Bui. 52, folio). — Brief descriptions are given of the more 



