1132 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



(Ircidi'd inllueuce iu either euliuucint: or detractiug from certain eliaracteri.stics 

 of the scion, which in this instance is indicated by variations in the sugar and 

 acid content of the must. 



New experiments in fertilizing grapes, J. Stoklasa (Wiener Landw. Xtg., 

 5i) [11)09), Nu. J8, p. hS2, fi(j!i. S). — In fertilizer experiments with grapes con- 

 ducted at the Agricultural Physiological Exi)eriment Station, at Prague, Bo- 

 hemia, the plat manured with a combination of superphos])hate and liainit 

 gave larger yields of fruit and a higher sugar content in the must than tlie 

 unfertilized plat. A complete fertilizer, composed (»f superphospliate, kaluit. 

 and ammonium sulphate, gave still better results. 



The history of viticulture with special reference to the Rhenish Palatinate, 

 F. P.ASSEKMANN-JoRDAN {Gcsclticlitc dcs W'einbuii.s untcr bvsondercr Bcriick- 

 sichtigung dcr Bayerischen Rhcinpfalz. Frankfort-oa-the-Main, 1901, vols. 1, 

 pp. SoO, pis. 10, figs. 66.; 2, pp. 351-600, pis. 7. figs. .i,.'j ; S, pp. 6!) 1-962, pis. .',, figs. 

 27). — This extensive work may well be considered an encyclopedia of German 

 viticulture. 



Part 1 contains a general liistorical account of grape growing in Germany 

 from the earliest period to the present time. Part 2 consists of a detailed 

 historical study of grape growing and wine making. I'art 3 discusses the va- 

 rious obstacles which have confronted German viticulture, of which the chief 

 is shown to have been man by means of war, abuse of taxation, cultural restric- 

 tions, wine falsification, etc. Part 4 treats of the history of wine utensils, and 

 of different kinds of wine, and contains a considei'able amount of data relative 

 to the cost of production, wages, yields, and returns in different periods. In 

 part 5 the author has brought together and arranged in chronological order a 

 vast number of more or less brief notes gleaned from documents of various kinds 

 on wine growing, meteorological data, and wine prices covering a period of 

 several centuries. Part G deals with the statistics of the wine trade and wine 

 consumption. Part 7 concludes the work with an extensive bibliography of 

 viticultural literature. 



Date varieties for the Southwest, J. E. Coit (Pacific Rural Press, 77 (1909), 

 No. 11, pp. 201, 210, figs. 2). — Descriptions are given of 3 Arizona-grown seed- 

 ling dates which appear to be sufficiently valuable to warrant further propaga- 

 tion. 



Scheine for the classification of the races of olives grown in southern Italy, 

 M. Marinucci (Schema di Sistemazione delle Razze d'Olivo Coltivate nelV 

 Italia Meridionale. Naples, 1908, pp. 18). — The author presents a system for 

 classifying olives according to the shape of the fruit in which they are grouped 

 under 5 main types: Fusiform, circular oblong, elliptical oblong, elliptical, and 

 obovate. They ai'e again subdivided into regular obtuse and acute, and irregu- 

 lar obtuse and acute. In the final subdivision they are classified as pure-bred 

 and mongrel. 



The coffee tree, E. P. Dieskldorff ( Der Kaffecbaum. Berlin, [1909], pp. 36, 

 flg. 1). — This pamphlet contains practical notes on coffee culture in northern 

 Guatemala. 



The mangoes of Bhagalpur, E. J. Woodhouse (Dept. Agr. Bengal, Quart. 

 Jour., 2 (1909), No. 3, pp. 16S-187). — Horticultural descriptions are given of a 

 large number of varieties of mangoes, including those commonly found in the 

 market at Bhagalpur as well as several received from the Sabour Exi)erimental 

 Farm. The characteristic shaiies of the different varieties described are indi- 

 cated by outline drawings. 



The book of the pansy, viola, and violet, H. H. Cbane (Neic York and 

 London, 1901, pp. VllI+106, pis. 15, figs. 1). — This popular work treats ir 



