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souietimes oalle'l, in a nniulHT of details. The fruit is very attrat'tive in appearance, 

 and while rather insipid is considered by the author very agreeable when made into 

 jam or preserves. It grows readily in most any soil in the Northern States, and is 

 not easily eradicated. The article contains a botanical description of the fruit. 



Cranberries in West Virginia, L. C. Corbett { TVV.s/ Vinjinia St<i. Bid. 86, 2)p 

 115-126, ph. 4)- — This bulletin contains directions for the propagation and culture 

 of cranberries, with an account of successful experiments inaugurated by the author 

 in cranberry growing in some of the mountain glade lands of West Virginia. 



The experiments were begun in 1894. At the present time a number of plats have 

 been thoroughly established. The berries produced are of large size and superior 

 color. The yields obtained varied from 84 to 160 ])U. per acre. Six varieties are 

 described, including the native sorts. The experiments thus far have taught the 

 necessity of stripping all sod and vegetation from the area to be planted and putting 

 on a coating of at least 4 to 6 in. of sand free from clay or' the seeds of persistent 

 weeds. Flooding does not appear to be necessary on the plats under observation. 



Report of tlie experimental vineyard at the Ploti Experiment Station 

 (Rap. .1h. >SV<(. E.rpl. Agron. Ploii/, 8 (190:3), pjp. 126-133). — An account is given of 

 the yield, sugar, and acid content of grapes when fertilized with a number of differ- 

 ent fertilizers. Phenological notes are included on a number of varieties of European 

 grapes. 



Fertilizing grapes with nitrate of soda [Ber. K. Lelirau^t. Wc'nt, Ohst v. Gar- 

 tnihau, Geisenheim, 1902, pp. 15, 16). — In an experiment in which about 160 lbs.- of 

 nitrate of soda was used per acre in 3 separate apj^lications, it was observed that the 

 wood growth was much heavier than where the nitrate of soda was omitted, and the 

 development and yield of grapes was most satisfactory. The nitrate of soda was 

 most effective with the v-iriety Sibling, followed by Sylvaner. It was least effective 

 with the Reisling variety, the effect on this variety being only about one-third as 

 great as with the Elbling. 



Influence of the method of storing grape cuttings in -winter on the rooting 

 of the same, Goethe and Zeissk; (Bit. K. LiJu-diisf. HV/;;, OIikI h. (riirtciilKin, Gciften- 

 Jieitn, 1902, pp. 56-58, fig. 1). — In this experiment 4 l)undles of grape cuttings were 

 used. One bundle was placed, immediately after being made, in dust, another in 

 sand, a third half in sand, and a fourth was left standing free. All were kept in a 

 cellar. The following spring they were planted out in a nursery. The strongest 

 growth was made by the cuttings preserved in the dust, followed by those wholly in 

 sand, and then by those half in sand. Those left standing in the open in the cellar 

 gave the poorest results of all, only about a fifth as much growth being obtained as 

 where the cuttings W'ere preserved in dust. 



Investigations on the process of ripening of one-year-old grape wood, 

 Zeissk; (i?er. K. Lehransf. Wein, OJid v. Garfeiihau, Geisenheim; 1902, pp. 59-64, fig. 

 1) . — The changes in the physical structure which occur in the ripening of one-year- 

 old grape wood were investigated. The wood was examined at intervals between 

 August 16 and November 3. It was observed that with the increase in maturity of 

 the wood there was an increase in the size of the starch grains and in the total quan- 

 tity of starch stored up, particularly in the bast. The fibrovascular tissue was 

 further developed, the secondary bast fiber and sieve tubes developed in the bast 

 portion, and finally the whole external bark shrank and became separated from the 

 inner tissues ])y the formation of a periderm. 



An examination of a number of shoots, the upi^er portion of which were more or 

 less unripe, showed that there was a considerable increase in the pith from the ripe 

 portion of the shoots ujiward, and a corresponding decrease in the wood and bast 

 tissue in which the reserve material is stored up. This fact is believed to account for 

 the greater suitability of ripe shoots for cuttings over immature shoots. 



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