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failure, and describes the 2 methods that have so far been most suc- 

 cessful. The coffee tree is difficult to graft. It wilts easily, and if all 

 the conditions are not favorable a good union is not formed. Although 

 some of the scions usually live, the percentage by the old method has 

 been too small to make such grafting an economic success. 



The system of grafting by approach of 2 seedlings in the cotjdedon- 

 ary method has given good results. By this method one cotyledon 

 with a portion of the epidermis of the hypocotyl is cut away from the 

 Liberia seedling and a portion of the epidermis between the 2 coty- 

 ledons is removed from the Java seedling. The two are then brought 

 together at the cut surfaces, carefully tied up, and replanted. After 

 a few weeks the remaining cotyledon and the plumule are cut away 

 from the Liberia seedling, and later the hypocot}^ of the Java seedling 

 is severed. 



The other method recommended is similar to that often used in 

 grafting conifers. The scion of the Java or other desirable variety is 

 inserted into the terminal bud on a branch of the Liberia. The wound 

 is carefully covered and the young shoot protected so as to prevent 

 transpiration as far as possible during the time that the union between 

 scion and stock is taking place. 



In the course of his work the author had occasion to examine the 

 roots of a number of grafted Liberias of different ages, and in almost 

 all cases found them free from nematodes. The few cases in which 

 nematodes were found were on diseased trees, and it seemed probable 

 that the parasite had effected a lodging on account of the diseased con- 

 dition rather than that it had caused the disease. — h. m. pieters. 



Strawberry notes for 1899, A. L. Quaixtance ( Georgia Sta, Bui. 

 J^S,2>2^- 11^7-173.^ ]jiU. 6^ Jigs. 5). — Details of tests of varieties, methods 

 of treatment in the row, and trials of fertilizers form the basis of these 

 notes. Similar w'ork at the station has been previously reported 

 (E. S. R.,8, p. 785). 



Tables showing the 3'ield at different dates of picking are given for 

 60 varieties tested in 1899. Beder Wood stood tirst in total vield of 

 early fruit; Lady Thompson second in the amount of earl}^ fruit. 

 Lady Thompson is considered a good variety for either local or distant 

 markets. Seventeen of the varieties not previously tested at the 

 station are described. 



In a comparative test of growing strawberries in hills and in matted 

 rows 12, 18, and 2-1 in. wide and 4 ft. apart, it was found that the 

 yields increased with the width of the matted rows. The yield ob- 

 tained on the plats planted in hills was scarcely more than one-third 

 of that obtained in matted-row culture. The 18 in. matted rows gave 

 a yield of 134.5 qts. per acre over the 12 in. rows, and the 24 in. mat- 

 ted rows 282 qts. per acre over the 18 in. rows. The author believes, 

 however, that the 18 in. matted rows will give the maximum 3^ield 



