The American Garden stands for simplicity , good taste and correctyiess in names of varieties. In general botanical nomen- 

 clature it follows Bentham atid Hooker and Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening. In the names of fruits, it adopts tlie catalogue oj 

 the American Pomological Society, and in vegetables Die Horticulturists' revision in Annals of Horticulture. In florists' plants, it follows 

 the determinations of the Nomenclature committee of the Society of American Florists. It opposes trinomial nomenclature, and therefore 

 places a comma or the abbreviation var. betweeti the specific and varietal names. It uses capital initials for all specific and varietal 

 Latin yiames which are derived from proper nouns. 



The California raisin crop of 1891 is estimated at 

 800,000 boxes, the same as last year. 



Acres of pecans will be planted this winter in Jack- 

 son county, Florida, writes a correspondent. 



On account of the improved facilities for selling 

 fruits at auction, and the continuance, not to say in- 

 creased sales by that method, we judge that the method 

 must be a satisfactory one. 



New York, probably, never before had so many 

 melons at one time as during the glut of the past sum- 

 mer, and it is morally certain there never before was 

 such a large proportion of inferior ones. 



Dewberries. — I desire information concerning the 

 origin and merits of the various cultivated dewberries. 

 I especially desire histories of the Bartell, Mammoth, 

 Windom and General Grant. — L. H. Bailey, Ithaca, 



N. y. 



Don't forget the great chrysanthemum exhibition at 

 Madison Square Garden, New York, November 2 to 8. 

 The superb hall — finest for the purpose in America — 

 and the $6,50 in premiums ought to call forth the finest 

 exhibition Gotham has ever known. 



Pomelos. — Messrs. Reasoner, of Manatee, Florida, 

 have set 700 royal pomelos, which is perhaps the sweet- 

 est variety. They are budded on the rough lemon stock. 

 It will flourish on all kinds of soil high or low, ham- 

 mock or pine — and its remarkable vigor brings the buds 

 into bearing very early. 



The programme of the Southern California Horticul- 

 tural Society's October exhibition makes an Easterner's 

 mouth water, for all the savory fruits in the catalogues 

 are provided for ; the fruits of north, east, south, and 

 west — and itis a chrysanthemum show at the same time. 

 Nuts, vegetables and ornamental plants come in as a 

 matter of course. What a country ! What a state! 



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It lb EbTiMATED that in New York city the quantity 

 of huckleberries sold is ten times that of any other berry. 

 Dried huckleberries, in winter time, always bring fair 

 prices. The demand for fresh and dried in all large 

 cities, especially for restaurant purposes, is constantly 

 enlarging on account of their value for making pies. 

 More dried ones could be sold than have been hereto- 

 fore furnished. 



Pearl Gooseberry. — A. M. Smith, of St. Cath- 

 erines, Ontario, sends us a fine lot of the fruit of this 

 variety. Stems, foliage and fruit were all fresh and 

 healthy. Quality excellent ; large size ; mild sub-acid ; 

 skin tender. The Pearl is a seedling from the Hough- 

 ton, crossed with Ashton's Seedling. Mr. Smith and 

 other Canadian authorities describe the Pearl as being 

 entirely free from mildew, and highly prolific. 



The importance of packages for fruits adapted to ex- 

 isting conditions was well illustrated by some grapes 

 shipped from the south during the recent heated term. 

 They were packed in fancy, five-pound paste-board 

 boxes, several of these being packed closely in a wooden 

 box. They would have been excellent for shipping 

 northern grapes in cool weather, but the lack of ventil- 

 ation rendered them unfit for safe carriage of fruit a 

 long distance in hot weather, and the grapes were worth- 

 less upon arrival. 



A New Peach. — In getting notes for my report on 

 peaches for the Department of Agriculture I came 

 across a seedling peach on the place of Mrs. JaneT. Faut^ 

 an enterprising and successful fruit grower. The tree 

 is a strong, healthy grower, very productive ; fruit large, 

 handsome, and a cling. I have just seen a specimen that 

 weighed seven ounces, and was nine inches in circum- 

 ference. Our markets are now glutted with small 

 peaches, but certainly such a peach as this seedling 

 would find a ready sale — Julius Schn adelbach, Ala. 



Growth of Truck Farming. — The government cen- 

 sus office issues statistics on the truck farming of the 

 country as distinguished from market gardening by rea- 



