442 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



gives the results thus far secured. See also a previous note (E. S. R., 29, p. 

 540). 



Report of the Southern Oregon Experiment Station, F. C. Reimer (pp. 46- 

 50). — A similar but briefer report of the new substation at Talent, Oreg. 



[Report of the] division of horticulture, H. T. Edwards {Philippine Agr. 

 Rev. {English Ed.], 6 {1913), No. 12, pp. 619-629, pis. ^).— This is a brief prog- 

 ress report on work with fruits, vegetables, and other plants at the Singalong 

 and Lamao experiment stations and on work at the Ilagan tobacco station, 

 including also notes on the seed and plant distribution, the banana and tropi- 

 cal fruit collection, apiculture, locust extermination, and miscellaneous entomo- 

 logical work. 



Spraying, W. J. Allen {Dept. Agr. N. S. Wales, Farmers' Bui. 12, 1913, pp. 

 23). — Directions are given for the preparation and use of various spray mix- 

 tures, including a spraying calendar for the treatment of insect pests and 

 plant diseases. 



Florida trucking for beginners, L. L. Bateman {DeLand, Fla., 1913, pp. 205, 

 figs. 5). — A popular treatise in which, in addition to cultural details, informa- 

 tion is given relative to the development and management of a truck farm in 

 Florida. 



The forcing and blanching of dasheen shoots, R. A. Young {U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bur. Plant Indus., Forcing and Blanching of Dasheen Shoots, pp. 6, figs. 

 5). — In continuation of previous investigations (E. S. R., 29, p. 336) the author 

 here describes a method of forcing and blanching dasheen shoots to be used 

 as a fresh vegetable during the winter. The treatment here discussed is based 

 on greenhouse experiments conducted cooperatively by the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry and J. H. Kellogg at Battle Creek, Mich. In addition to cultural 

 details instructions are given for handling and keeping the shoots, together 

 with suggestions relative to their culinary uses. 



Tomato culture, S. F. Andeeson {New Zeal. Dept. Agr., Indus., and Com. 

 Bui. 33, n. ser., 1913, pp. 24, figs. 9). — ^A popular treatise on the forcing house 

 and the field culture of tomatoes. 



The present status of the fruit industry of the Dominion of Canada, 

 W. T. Macoun {Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui, Agr. Intel, and Plant 

 Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 12, pp. 1812-1819). — A popular account, in which the 

 fruit industry of Canada is briefly considered with reference to its history, 

 kinds of fruit grown, fruit districts, export statistics, varieties and breeding, 

 cultivation and marketing, and government aid to fruit growers. 



Progress and results in fruit growing in Germany, A. Loegus {Internat. 

 Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 4, 

 pp. 506-513). — A summarized account of the activities of German pomologists 

 and fruit growers in the improvement and extension of commercial fruit grow- 

 ing in Germany. 



Blooming periods and yields of fruit in relation to minimum tempera- 

 tures, A. B. Ballantyne {Utah Sta. Bui. 128, pp. 245-261, figs. 10). — In this 

 bulletin the author shows in a series of tables and charts the blooming periods 

 and yields of different kinds and varieties of fruits, together with the minimum 

 temperatures at the Southern Utah Experiment Farm for the years 1903 to 1910, 

 inclusive. 



The data appear to show definitely that this area is totally unfitted for the 

 production of nuts or stone fruits, such as peaches, plums, and cherries. Frosts 

 occurring at the blooming time were severe enough to destroy practically all of 

 the crops of the first 3 years after the trees began blooming and to reduce the 

 crops severely in subsequent years. Frosts of from 5 to 9° were less damaging 



