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Out of more than a thousand hearinj? vinos examined the coh)r of the tendrils 

 and new growth invariahly corresponded to the color of the fruit — green 

 tendrils and new growth giving light fruit and dark or reddish colored tendrils 

 and new growth giving blacli: or reddish blacli fruit. In all crosses blacli is 

 dominant and white or liglit a pure recessive. With tliis linowledge at hand, 

 it is possible in breeding work to select tlie parent vines in such a way as to 

 pi'oduce the desired color in the off spring. In view of the fact that the ovule 

 for each seed is fertilized by a separate pollen grain it is possible to obtain two 

 or more hybrid plants, with different male parents from the same grape. This 

 was demonstrated in the case of seedlings from a cross of ScuppernongXdark 

 male. In studying the quality of the fruit from a number of the crosses it 

 was observed that certain males were much more prepotent than others in 

 stamping good quality on the fruit of their progeny. Out of the crosses made 

 a large majority were eliminated soon after they came into bearing. Six vines 

 have been selected as being worthy of introduction as new varieties and are 

 here described ; they are the Hunt, Irene, November, Qualitas, Spalding, and 

 Stuckey. 



Notes are given on the yields of some of the older Rotundi folia varieties 

 tested at the station ; strains of Scuppernongs, methods of planting, priming, 

 and the uses of the fruit. 



Fruit and frixit products of South Africa, R. A. Davis (So. African Jour. 

 Indus., 2 {1919), Nos. 8, pp. 774-783; 9, pp. 853-866; 10, pp. 1138-1U8; airs, in 

 Cal. Fruit News, 61 {1920), No. 1657, pp. 4, 5, 9). — A compilation of information 

 relative to the fruits, fruit industry, and production in various districts of the 

 Union of South Africa. 



Flowering plants and ferns, J. C. Willis (Cambridffe, Eiif/.: Univ. Press, 

 1919, 4. ed., rev., pp. XII+712+LV, flfis. 50). — ^A dictionary of flowering plants 

 and fenis, the present edition of which has been completely revised and brought 

 up to date as far as possible. 



FORESTRY. 



Tlie forestry of the Prophets, A. Leopold {Jour. Forestry, IS {1920), No. 4, 

 pp. 412--'/ 19). — The author presents notes relating to forestry in ancient times j_ 

 based upon a study of the Books of the Prophets of the Old Testament. M 



Forestry movement of the seventies, in the Interior Department, under ^ 

 Schurz, J. S. Peyton {Jour. Forestry, 8 {1920), No. 4. pp. 391-405). — A histori- 

 cal review of early activities for the protection and systematic administration 

 of the public timberlands of the United States. 



Efficient regulation of grazing in relation to timber production, .1. T. 

 .Takdixe {Jour. Forestry, 18 {1920), No. 4, pp. 367-382). — The auth(jr examines 

 the major data secured from various grazing operations on western National 

 Forests during the past few years, and presents certain conclusions and sug- 

 gestions based thereon relative to the management of gi*azing on timbered 

 lands of the West. 



The relation of insect losses to sustained forest yield, W. J. Pearce {Jour. 

 Forestry, 18 {1920), No. 4- PP- 406-411). — A brief general discussion of forest 

 insect control work on the National Forests in its relation to forest manage- 

 ment. 



Standing timber insurance, W. R. Brown {Jour. Forestry, 18 {1920), No. 4, 

 pp. 338-345). — The Timber Lands Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Concord, 

 N. H., was organized .under the laws of New Hampshire in 1917, primarily to 

 establish the principle of timberland insurance. It was later absorbed by an 

 older fire Insurance company. The author presents several conclusions based 





