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small fruits. :mtl nufs. Conshleratiou is also given to fruit preservation and 

 protection and the utilization of fruit wastes. 



Varieties of fruit for growing' in North Carolina, W. X. Hutt and S. B. 

 SiiAW (liul. X. C. D<i)t. Ayr.. 29 (1908), Xo. .9, i}p. 3-32).— This is a popular 

 bulietin containing lists of orchard and small fruits recommended for growing 

 in the mountain, Piedmont, and coast regions of North Carolina. The lists 

 were pre[)ared especiiilly to encourage commercial fruit culture, hence do not 

 contain all of the varieties which will grow in the State. Each variety recom- 

 mended is described relative to its characteristics and habits. 



Fruit culture in Crimea, J. Harsaq (liul. J/r/i.s. Off. lirnscig. A(jr. [Paris], 

 7 (J90S). X't. II. /(/(. t.l'iS-l.idS). — An account of the development and present 

 status of the fruit industry in Crimea. 



Nova Scotia apple industry (Daily Consular and Trade lipts. [U. 8.], 1909, 

 Xo. 3375, pp. J-'i). — According to this consular report the apple industry in 

 Nova Scotia has increased as indicated by the exports from 41,785 bbls. in 

 lSSO-1 to about GOO.UOO bbls. during the present season. Brief notes are given 

 relative to handling the crop, varieties, evaporation process, location of fac- 

 tories, and extent of operations. Apple growing in Nova Scotia is confined to 

 the Annapolis valley, a district about 100 miles long and ranging from 6 to 10 

 miles in width. 



Dessert cherries in pots, J. Hudson {Jour. Roy. Hart. Soc. [London], 34 

 (tOOS), Xo. 2, pp. 1S9-I92). — Brief practical directions are given for growing 

 cherries in pots, together with a list of varieties best suited for forcing pur- 

 poses. 



A study of the biology and phylogeny of the fig (Ficus carica), and the 

 classification of the figs of southern Italy, G. Celi {Atti R. 1st. Incoragg. 

 Xapali, I), srr., .')9 (1907), pp. ')'il-G')',, figs. 10). — The author reviews the woi-k 

 of i)revious investigators relative to the life history, morphology and classifica- 

 tion of the various races of the common fig ( F. carica), and proposes new sys- 

 tems of classification both for domestic figs and capri figs. Sample schemes are 

 given for the classification of the figs grown in southern Italy. An extensive 

 bibliography of the fig is ai)pended. 



Notes on fig cultivation in southern India and peculiarities in viticulture 

 in Penukonda in the Anantapur District, C. K. SrnuA Kao ( Dcpt. Agr. Miidnis 

 liul. ,'j7. pp. I.i')-I'i3). — In addition to tlie notes on fig culture some unusual 

 methods of pruning and treating grai»evines are described. 



On a process of forcing grapes, M. <!. Bonnier (Bui. Soc. Xat. Agr. France, 

 6^' (190H). Xo. S, pp. G5.i-G.')7). — The author gives an account of an experiment 

 conducted by L. Pauchet in forcing grapes by causing vines to absorb a sugar 

 ^Mllntion. The method of procedure is described in detail. The grapes on the 

 treated vines were 12 to IS days earlier than tm the untreated vines. It is be- 

 lieve<l that this method can be apitlied to advantage in forcing greenhouse 

 grapes. 



Commercial fertilizer experiments with grapevines, K. Zaoiiakewicz (Rcr. 

 I//.. ,iO il9i>S), Xo. 7N.7, pp. 7 W'- '«'•'>/). —The author continued for the season of 

 1908 his comparlsctn of nonnltrogenous and nitrogenous fertilizers for grapes, 

 with results which contirm those reported for previous years (E. S. K.. 10, 

 p. 94G). 



Annual report of the wine-making station of Haro for 1907, ^■. C. :M. ni; 

 Zr.NKiA (Fslficifjn Fnolugira dr Haro. Mimoria ('(trrrsp(>iidi( nic al Alio 1907. 

 Haro, 190S, pp. ,s,j. chart /).— This is a progress report on the work of the sta- 

 tion for the yejir. including laboratory Jind field investigations, and is similar in 

 character t(» tlmt noted for the previous year (E. S. U.. 10. p. 048). 



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