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at the Becond boiling the pulp muel not be allowed to get too thick, otherwise it will 

 acquire a bitter flavor." 



The use of lye in fruit canning- | Cal. Fruit Grower, 88 i 1905), No. 906, p. •/).— 

 The method of the California Fruit Canners' Association al San Jose" of using lye for 

 eating off peach skins as a substitute for paring was investigated by a member of the 

 California State Board of Health. 



By this process the Eruil is immersed in the hot lye and quickly passed into pure 

 cold water, which is constantly changing and quickly washes away the alkali. The 

 process is believed to be entirely cleanly and the fruit healthful, tin- peaches not 

 being handled as they must be when peeled by hand. Two cans of peaches thus 

 prepared were analyzed with reference to acid content. In both practically the 

 normal amount of acid was found. It is Btated thai the same process is used with 

 prunes. 



Pimento growing- in Jamaica, A. Roxburgh {Agr. News [Barbados'], 4 I ''■ 

 No. 90, /-. 295). Directions are given for growing pimento I Pimenta officinalis 

 allspice, in Jamaica. The average annual production of pimento in Jamaica is placed 

 at 50,000 to 60,000 bags of about L50 lbs. weight each. 



Cultivation of tea in Jamaica {Agr. News [ Barbados'], ', ( 1905 \, No. 91, p. 809).— 

 An account of a tea plantation of 80 to 90 acres located at Ramble in St. Ann. Jamaica, 

 The plantation was set out in L896, and is at an elevation of 1,600 ft. above sea level. 

 The trees are in good condition and the quality of the tea produced said to he first 

 cla<s. This Is stated to he the only tea plantation in the West Indies. 



The technology of tea, II. Neuville {La technology 'I" //"'. Paris: ChaUamel, 

 1905, pp. 270, figs. 30). 



Manurial experiments with cacao at Dominica, V. Watts I West Indian 

 Bui., '> (1!>05), No. 8, ///>. 258-262). — The value of various fertilizer- and mulches for 

 cacao was studied in plat experiments for each of the years 1 '.»<>:• to H»05. The larg- 

 est yield of wet cacao for the whole period was obtained on a plat mulched with 

 grass and leaves. Next to this stood the plat fertilized with dried hi 1. Phos- 

 phates and potash, while increasing the yields by 25 to 30 per cent over no manure, 

 were not .as effective as either dried blood or simple mulching. It is believed that 

 the method of manuring by means of a mulch of grass and brush is the proper course 

 t<> adopt in I >ominica for cacao. 



Grafting cacao, J. Jones {Agr. News [Barbados], } {1905), No. :>■',, p. J.-,r>).— In 

 grafting experiments it was found that the tiger cacao I Tkeobroma bicolor) was not 

 suitable as a stock for the alligator cacao (T. pentagona). A L r <>od growth was secured 

 when T. pentagona was grafted on '/'. cacao. 



[Notes on varieties of chestnuts] {Rural New Yorker, 65 | 1905 I, No. 2920, p. :' t . 

 fig. 1). — Notes are given on the yield and characteristics of 9 varieties of chestnuts 

 under culture, and an account of the fruiting of several crossbred seedlings between 

 Paragon and Japanese varieties now 6 years old. 



These Beedling trees are stated to be fairly intermediate between the parents, hut 



the nut- and hnrs resemble the Japanese varieties. The nuts though lame are of 

 indifferent quality. The fruiting of seedling hybrids of Paragon and our native wild 

 chestnuts is also noted. Crosses are also being made between chinquapin and Para- 

 gon, Ridgely, and many of the best Japanese varieties of chestnuts. It is hoped to 

 blend the large size of the chestnut with the quality, prolificness, and early bearing 

 habit of the chinquapin. 



Systematic amelioration of grapes by the graft, A. Jubie I Jardin, 19 

 No. $49, />!>. 882, 888, figs. 2). A contribution to the Bubject with illustrations show- 

 ing the amelioration in fruit production secured as a result of grafting and analyses 

 showing changes in the composition of the wine produced. 



Fertilizer experiments with grapes, II. Schellenberg I Landw. Jahrb. Schweiz, 

 19 {1905), No. 5, /'/>. 296-800). — The results are given of fertilizer experiment- with 

 grapes carried on since 1891 at the horticultural experiment station in Wadensweil. 



