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beans in brine 10 kg. of green beans (seeds and pods) were put in one crock, 10 kg. 

 of slightly steamed beans in another, and 10 kg. of V)eans steamed until they were 

 soft, in a third. In each case the beans were stringed. The crocks were lined with 

 full-grown grape leaves, and the beans covered with the same and with cheese cloth. 

 Kacli cnick was salted alike, 50 gm. of salt being used for each kilogram of beans. 

 The l)c:ins were kept under brine by means of a weighted cover. After 4 to 4j 

 months, the crocks were opened. In each crock the beans were of a good green 

 color and the quality equally good. The pods were slightly tougher where they had 

 been salted without steaming. The author believes that in keeping beans in brine 

 most satisfactory results are obtained if the beans are first steamed, quickly cooled 

 off, and then salted in the crocks cold. AVhen beans are salted without steammg, 

 only the young jjods should be taken. 



First annual report of the board of trustees of the Missouri Fruit Experi- 

 ment Station (Rjif. Bd. Trustees Missouri Fruit Exjd. Sta. 1900, pp. ;^0).— Rejiort of 

 l)i-ogr('ss on buildings and orchard setting, with a financial account for the year. 

 Bitter rot and apple scab were largely controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. 



Fertilizing peaches and other crops, B. Tyson {AtDer. Gard., 22 {1901), No. 

 S19, p. 76).- — Suggestions as to methods and amounts of fertilizers to use for peaches 

 and wheat. 



Japanese plums, G. S. Butlkr ( Tncus. 3fassac}ru setts Hort. Soc. 1900, pt. 1, pp. 

 102-110). — Cultural suggestions, with descriiitions of a few varieties and notes on 

 synonyms. 



Japan plums, H. 0. Mead [Rurcd New Yorker, 60 {1901), No. 2664, p. 103). — 

 The essential jirinciples of culture are given in condensed form and represent the 

 exi^erience of the author for 15 years. A high, fairly dry location, and one-year 

 trees 4 to 5 ft. high budded on peach stock, and planted 18 to 16 ft. apart are recom- 

 mended, luirly potatoes and berries can be grown in the orchard the first year or 

 so without harm, after which the orchard should be cultivated and a humus crop 

 grown each year to turn under. The plums must be thinned. Fertilizers with not 

 too much nitrogen, a fair amount (jf phosjihoric acid, and plenty of potash are advised. 



Information on coffee in Costa Rica {Estudio e informe sobre el cafe de Costa 

 Rico. San Jose: (lorermnent, 1900, j^p- 48). — Of a commercial nature and containing 

 analyses of several samjiles of coffee. 



American vines for the reconstruction of French vineyards; description of 

 the principal varieties of stocks and direct producers, J. Gkandvoixnet {Les 

 cepagcs americains pour la reconstitution du vignoble franeais; description des varietes 

 principales jwrte greffes el jyToducteurs directs. Paris: Octave Doin, 1900, pp. 108, figs. 

 47). — Nearly 50 species and varieties of American grapes are described. Natural 

 size illustrations of the leaves of the different varieties are given, and the adaptibility 

 of the vines to different soils and their resistance to the phylloxera are noted. 



Tests of chemical fertilizers on grapes in 1900, E. Chuard and C. Dusserre 

 {Chrou. Agr. Canton Vaud, 14 {1901), No. 2, |jp. 29-38). — This is an account of coop- 

 erative experiments carried out by the viticultural station of the Canton of Vaud to 

 test the desirability of substituting commercial fertilizers for half the barnyard 

 manure usually employed in fertilizing grapes. The results show the practice to be 

 econcniiical and desirable. 



Making a cranberry bog ( Ritr<d New Yorker, 39 {1900), No. 2666, p. 847). — Notes 

 on inethoils nf preparing and utilizing swamps and details of planting and harvesting 

 the crop. 



Chestnut farming in Pennsylvania {Rural Neiv Yorker, 60 {1901), No. 2663, 

 p. S2) . — An account of a weevil-free orchard grafted on chestnut stump saplings with 

 selected wild chestnuts. The orchard is located high up on the momitains. The 

 selected nuts are ver}- large — nearly, if not quite, as large as Paragon nuts — and the 

 quality is equal to small native sweet varieties. 



