476 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



thoy (lie. The averaj^e nuiiil)er of V)asket.s of ])oac"hes secured from eaeh tree on the 

 differently fertili/.eil i>latH for the vearH lSi»<) to 1!»02 is shown in the subjoined table: 



Yidd of jyt'dches on plain differi'iithj fertilized. 



Plats. 



Fertilizers applied. 



Average. 



65 lbs. muriate of potash, 160 lbs. acid 



phosphate 



65 lbs. muriate of potash, 160 lbs. acid 



pliosphatc. and 170 lbs. cotton-seed meal 

 65 ll)s. muriate of potash, 160 lbs. acid 



pliiisphate 



130 lbs. muriate of potash, 160 lbs. acid 



phosphate 



260 lbs. muriate of poUish, 160 lbs. acid 



phosphate 



260 lbs. high-grade sulphate of potash, 160 



lbs. acid phosphate 



Baskets. 

 3.4 

 4.3 

 3.4 

 3.9 

 4.6 

 4.4 



Peach-bud dropping, G. Abbey, Jr. {Gard. Chron., 3. ser., 34 {1903), No. 879, 

 pp. 307, 308) .—The author calls attention to the statement in The Book of the Peach 

 (E. S. R., 15, p. 363) that peach-bud dropping is due primarily to looseness of soil, 

 absence of lime, and want of water at the roots, and gives the results of some personal 

 experiments in which peach-bud dropping was found to be due to "the premature 

 development of the buds, caused by the necessary closing of the ventilators on 

 account of plants being put in when the peach house should have been kept cool and 

 open." 



Reports of experimental shipments of pears and peaches {Cariad. Hart., 2G 

 (IDOo), Xo. 11, pp. 453-455). — An account is given of a shipment of a carload of Bart- 

 lett pears from Grimsby, Canada, to Glasgow, Scotland. The pears were picked 

 perfectly green and packed without wrapping in half cases with excelsior padding. 

 They were carried across the ocean at a temperature of 44 to 46° F., as a result of 

 which 71 cases arrived over-ripe and had to Ije thrown out. The remaining pears 

 sold for from 30 cts. for 20 lbs. to $3.47 for a 40-lb. box, and averaged for the whole 

 lot about $1 net per box. Fifteen half l)oxes of peaches shipped at the same time 

 under like conditions Avero wholly decayed upon arrival. With suita))le ocean stor- 

 age it is believed this trade could be made very profitable. 



Plum culture and district lists of plums suitable for Ontario and Quebec, 

 with descriptions of varieties, W. T. Macoun ( Canada Cent. Expt. Farm Bid. 43, 

 jip. 54, pis. 2, Jigs. 4)- — This is a popular bulletin on plum culture, dealing with 

 methods of propagation, preparation of the soil, and particulars as to planting and 

 subsequent care of the trees. Lists are given of varieties most suitable for the differ- 

 ent fruit districts in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and descriptions given of 

 38 American, 34 European, and 4 Jajianese sorts. 



A popular paper on Fertilizers for the Plum Orchard, by F. T. Shutt, is included 

 in the bulletin, and another of like nature on Plum Insects, by J. Fletcher. Notes 

 are also given on canning and preSLrving American plums, and a number of the 

 formulas that have been found useful in station experience are given. With 

 American varieties of plums it has been found desirable in nearly every case to 

 peel the fruit before preserving. The Bixby variety was the best of those tested 

 cooked with the skin on. The usual diseases affecting plums are described and 

 remedies suggested. 



The truth about the strawberry-raspberry {Ruhus illecehrosus), A. Rehder 

 {Amer. Gard., 24 {1903), No. 457, p. 603, fig. l). — According to the author this plant 

 was introduced into America from Japan about 1895, and probably takes its name 

 from the shape of the fruit. It is not a cross between the strawberry and raspberry. 

 It differs from the Indian raspberry {Rubus roseef alius), by which name it has been 



