BOOKS AND 



Comparative Tests of Small Fruits and Vege- 

 tables. Bulletin No. 7, Oregon Experiment Station. By 

 George Coote. Pp. is. This is a pointless collection of 

 tables and superficial observations upon to- 

 Oregon matoes, strawberries, peas, cauliflowers and 

 Notes. a raspberry. The raspberry report is as 

 follows : "We have at this date, Oct. 28th, 

 1890, growing out at the college grounds, Turner's rasp- 

 berry, perfectly ripe and of good flavor, and very highly 

 colored. We regret to say that we have but two plants 

 of this variety, but shall propagate for a more extended 

 trial as quickly as possible." [!] 



Strawberry Pests. Bttlletin No. ji, Kentucky Ex- 

 periment Station. By H. Carman. Pp. 2-j . Illustrated. 

 This is a good bulletin. Mr. Carman has made useful 

 experiments upon the leaf-blight or leaf-scald of straw- 

 berries, and he has kept it in check by 

 Remedy for the liberal use of Bordeaux mixture. 

 Strawberry When the berries had been picked, all 

 Leaf-blight. the old and blighted leaves were re- 

 moved, and the plants were then sprayed 

 seven times with Bordeaux mixture, at intervals from 

 June 30th to Sept. ist. Eau celeste, liver of sulphur 

 and even London purple were beneficial, but less so than 

 Bordeaux mixture. Mr. Carman finds that in Kentucky 

 the removal of the diseased leaves early in the season 

 without later use of fungicides is a positive detriment. 



Mr. Carman makes the following record of the be- 

 havior of certain varieties in reference to blight : (i) 

 Blight very rare — Daisy, Eureka, Jewell, 

 Varieties Triumphe de Gand. (2) Blight rare — 



and Blight. Belmont, Lady Rusk, Scarlet Queen. (3) 

 Blight frequent — Annie Forest, Bomba, 

 Bubach, Burt, Captain Jack, Covill, Crawford, Cumber- 

 land Triumph, Dutter, Gandy, Gold, Gypsy, Haverland, 

 Henderson, Itasca, Jessie, Lida, Logan, Mammoth, May 

 King, Miami, Ontario, Parry, Pearl, Phelps, Pine-apple, 

 Primo, Summit, Sunset. (4) Blight abundant — Bar- 

 ton's Eclipse, Cloud, Gandy Prize, Great America, Lou- 

 don's 15, Piper. (5) Blight very abundant — Monmouth, 

 Ohio, Photo, Sanafee, Warfield. 



The strawberry leaf-roller — which is at least three 

 brooded in Kentucky — "can be almost exterminated in 

 a field by mowing the plants while larvae and pupae are 

 in the leaves, allowing the mowed leaves to dry a short 

 time, then burning over the bed, perhaps with the aid of 

 a little straw or rubbish. This can be done without the 

 slightest injury to the plants. Some growers even burn 

 over their beds more than once during 

 Strawberry a year, but considering the evil effect 

 Leaf-roller. here on young leaves of the hot sun, I 

 do not think this advisable. For all 

 ordinary cases, it is probable that burning over in Octo- 

 ber will suffice. Treatment at this time is especially to 

 be recommended, because it will serve for both blight 

 and leaf-rollers." 



Other strawberry pests discussed in this bulletin are 

 crown - borer, false-worm, white grubs, root-worms, 

 smeared dagger and tarnished plant-bug. 



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Winter Protection of Peach Trees, and Notes on 

 Grapes. Bulletin No. /./, Kansas I'.xpen inent Station. 

 By E. A. Popenoe. Pp. jo. Professor Popenoe found 

 that tying up peach trees very securely in evergreen 

 boughs would not protect them in Kansas. But the 

 trees can be laid down with ease and profit. " To facil- 

 itate the bending down of a tree, the 

 eatU- as removed on the opposite sides Laying Down 

 of t trunk, preferably north and Peach Trees, 

 south and on these sides the larger 

 roots were cut off near the base, those on the right and 

 left being allowed to remain, as far as possible, undis- 

 turbed, to keep the tree in unbroken connection with 

 the soil. Now, as the tree trunk was inclined toward 

 the earth, the lateral roots, by twisting slightly, offered 

 no resistence to the operation. When the tree was suf- 

 ficiently inclined, forked stakes were driven over the 

 branches into the earth, to keep all in position. The 

 soil was then heaped well over the roots and base of the 

 trunk, to a depth sufficient to protect them thoroughly 

 against drying out, and finally the entire tree was cov- 

 ered with whatever of suitable material was at hand.'' 



Peaches from these trees sold for fifty and sixty cents 

 per lo-pound grape basket. "The cost of putting down 

 seventy-one trees in the fall, including labor and hay 

 bought, with the expense of replacing them in the spring, 

 amounted to about twenty cents per tree, the labor being 

 paid at the rate of ten cents per hour, and the hay cost- 

 ing two dollars. The average yield of the trees, ac- 

 counting for fruit gathered and sold and allowing by 

 estimate for some stolen, was not far from one-half 

 bushel each, leaving, at the prices obtained, a net return 

 of not far from one and one-half dollars per tree." 



Notes are made upon many varieties of grapes. 



The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, etc., of 

 India and Ceylon, with researches into their origin and 

 the derivation of their names, and other useful informa- 

 tion. 2 vols. Pp. xix. jS^.. Plates s^g. Bv E. Bonavia. 

 London : ]V. H. Allen Co. There are probably no 

 fruits concerning which so much has been written or of 

 which there are so many diverse views of origin and 

 botanical relationships, as those of the genus citrus. 

 The present work is eminently satisfactory, however, 

 because it deals with the species and varieties at or near 

 their original homes, and the author has expended an 

 immense amount of effort in collecting specimens and 

 facts. "This work gives in detail not only the history 

 of the citrus in India, as far as it can be made out, and 

 its mode of cultivation in different places, but also out- 

 line drawings of every variety of orange, lemon, citron, 

 lime, pummelo, etc. , to be found in India, with 

 the places at which they can be procured." Asian 

 Anyone who expects to study citrus fruits Citrus 

 carefully must possess the work, and it also Fruits, 

 has a peculiar value to the orange growers of 

 our Gulf states, because it details the cultivation and the 

 varieties of fruits which must soon compete with ours in 

 the London markets. The work is especially strong 

 upon the historical and morphological sides, and the 



