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The orange on Citrus trifoliata (Pacific Rural Preiis, 66 {1903), No. 22, p. 337, 

 figs. 3). — The results obtained in different parts of California from the use of Citrus 

 trifoliata stock for oranges are discussed. It appears that in open culture trees on this 

 stock make a very good growth. Satsuma and other varieties of the Mandarin class, 

 varying in age from 5 to 9 years, make a growth in height and spread of from 8 to 

 10 ft. The stock appears to be especially resistant to drought, and varieties of orange 

 and other citrus fruits worked upon it appear to stand 10° more cold than on any 

 other stock. Trees budded on this stock are also reported to come earlier into 

 bearing. 



Production and consumption of oranges and lemons, R. I\I. Bartleman 

 ( U. S. Consular Epts., 73 {1903), No. 279, pp. 620-622). — Some statistics are given on 

 the production and consumption of oranges and lemons in 15 different countries. 



Hybrid mangoes {Agr. News [Barbados'], 2 {1903), No. 42, p. 374). — Attention is 

 called to the difficulty in the improvement of mangoes by hybridization, since the 

 seeds of mangoes are polyembryonic, and it would therefore be practically impossible 

 to tell whether a particular plant was a hybrid or not until it had grown and fruited. 



Bush fruits, second report, H. L. Price ( Virginia Sta. Bui. 147, pp. 51-78, 

 figs. 9). — A report was made by the station in 1892 (E. S. R., 4, p. 728), on tests of a 

 number of varieties of bush fruits. The work has been continued, and in the present 

 bulletin an account is given of methods of cultivating raspberries, blacklierries, cur- 

 rants, and gooseberries. Descriptions are given of the varieties of each fruit which 

 have proved most successful at the station. The Success Juneberry is described as 

 being more j^rolific and bearing larger fruit than the wild sorts. A few bushes are 

 recommended for every garden. Such fruits as the Japanese wineberry. Loganberry, 

 and dewberries have proved more or less hardy at the station, but are not considered 

 worthy of cultivation except as novelties. 



Grapes and small fruits, W. F. Massey {North Carolina Sta. Bui. 187, pp. 51-74, 

 fig. I). — This bulletin contains jiopular directions for the propagation, culture, and 

 management of grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, goose- 

 berries, and currants. 



The author states that since the advent of fungicides it has become possible to suc- 

 cessfully cultivate nearly all varieties of grapes in the South. Remarkably good 

 grapes have been produced on the pine barrens of North Carolina. For the Scup- 

 pernong and other varieties of the Vulpina class of grapes, which are most cultivated 

 in the South, the author advocates an overhead arbor made with stout posts to which 

 wires are stretched overhead high enough to work under with teams. The use of 

 commercial fertilizers rather than sta])le manure is advocated. A mixture, consisting 

 of about 3 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid, and 4 ])er cent potash, applied 

 at the rate of about 500 lbs. per acre, is recommended for most soils. A large number 

 of varieties which are thought most useful for cultivation in the South are briefly 

 described. 



In the notes on the culture of strawberries directions are given for winter forcing 

 of these fruits in North Carolina. The Loganberry has been found very unpro- 

 ductive. The most successful method of propagating it, in the author's experience, 

 has been to pot old plants in the fall and keep them in a cool house until midwinter 

 and then bring them into a growing temperature; as the side shoots grow to a length 

 of an inch or two, they are removed and rooted in the propagating bed with strong 

 bottom heat. While of no value in North Carolina for market purposes at present, 

 because of its unproductiveness, it is thought possil)le that the Loganberry may 

 become the parent to better kinds in the hands of skillful improvers. 



American vines ; their adaptation, culture, grafting, and propagation, 

 P. Viala and L. Ravaz {S<(ii Francisco: ('aHfornia Wine Assoc, 1903, pp. 299, 

 figs. 150). — This is the second editiim of this work. It has been translated by 

 R. T)id)ois and E. H. Twight fmm tlic (iriginal French and issued as a California 

 edition. 



