80-± JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The antiseptic property of the peat prevents the development of noxious 

 fermentations on the surface of the fruit, and retards the production of 

 internal ones. 



Powdered peat is prepared at Griendtsveen, in South Holland. 



For the packing of delicate fruits, and especially for those which have 

 to travel far, moss-peat is better than powdered peat ; it is less costly than 

 wood-shavings. — W. C. W. 



Fruit Pests, Destruction of. By Albert H. Benson, M.R.A.C. 

 (Qu. Ayr. Journ. xiii. p. 538, Dec. 1903). — After enumerating the 

 principal fruit pests, fungus and insect, known in Queensland, with details 

 and recommendations as to spraying, the writer enumerates the various 

 fungicides and insecticides, with formuke, concluding with a table enu- 

 merating nearly a hundred of the principal pests, with the subjects of their 

 depredations, and, opposite to each, indication of the treatment to which 

 they should be subjected. Especial information is given on gas treat- 

 ment for scale insects, with figures and details of bell tents employed for 

 that purpose. In the same journal is a reprint of a similar article on the 

 insect and fungoid pests of West Australia. — M. G. G. 



Fruits, Promising new. By William A. Taylor (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 Year Book, 1903, p. 267 ; coloured illustrations). — Notwithstanding the 

 very strong tendency in recent years among commercial fruit-growers to 

 restrict their plantings to a few varieties of proved productiveness, beauty, 

 and shipping quality, the writer states there are strong indications that 

 an increasingly large number of growers are seeking fruits that combine 

 these desirable features with distinctive flavour and superior dessert 

 quality. The article is a long one, giving full descriptions and beautiful 

 coloured illustrations of what the writer describes as the cream of the 

 new sorts. 



The earliest and quickest method of testing new varieties of tree 

 fruits is the well-known practice of top working. A single established 

 tree may in this way be made to carry a large number of new sorts for 

 experimental purposes. 



Among those described are the 1 Akin ' Apple, the ' Terry ' Apple, the 

 1 Ililey ' Peach, the 1 Welch ' Peach, the ' Splendor ' Prune (produced by a 

 cross of the French Prune and the English Pond Prune), and the 

 • Cardinal 1 Strawberry. — V. J. M. 



Fruit Trees, Damage by Deep Planting* of. By Ed. Andre (Rev . 

 Hort. pp. 272-273, June 16, 1904). — Results of experiments to determine 

 this, viz. that in all cases deep planting resulted in weakness of growth 

 and susceptibility to disease in precise proportion to excess of depth. 



C. T. D. 



Fruit Trees Frozen in 1894. By M. B. Waite (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 Bur. PI Inri., Bull 51, pt, in., March 30, 1904).— Advises against the 

 wholesale sacrifice of fruit orchards that have been frozen. The aim 

 should be, with good cultivation and fertilisation, to grow the tree out of 

 the injury. If the bark is entirely blackened and dead, more or less 

 separated from the trunk, and the wood turned a very dark brown colour, 



