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person who is continually being brought face to face with the problem of 

 selecting sites is he who is most fully aware that an ideal site is seldom 

 met with. 



Soil must be accepted as it is ; it can only be slightly altered by 

 artificial means. Elevation and aspect afford more scope for choice. 

 Shelter is in most cases impracticable, for with effectual shelter there 

 must be necessarily (unless it be from natural conformation of surface) 

 shade and forest-tree roots to contend with, two of the worst conditions 

 for successful fruit-tree culture. — W: G. 



Fruits, Revised Catalogue Of (U.S.A. St. Bd. Hort. Oregon Report, 

 1901-2, p. 106 ; tables). — Most exhaustive tables are here given of such 

 cultivated species, commonly designated " hardy " fruits, as have developed 

 distinct varieties which are propagated on a commercial scale by some of 

 the various methods of bud propagation. Columns are given showing 

 name, size, form, colour, flavour, quality, season, use, and origin. Some 

 300 varieties of Apples alone are given — followed by Peaches, Pears, 

 Cherries, Plums, &C. — V. J. M. 



Fruit Trees, Planting- of, along public roadways in Germany. 



{Bull. B. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 3, 4, p. 102 ; March-April 1903).— From 1897 

 to 1901 an average of 5,000 marks a year was obtained from the fruit 

 grown in this way, which obtains chiefly in Franconia and the Palatinate 

 of the Rhine, where local and climatic conditions are more favourable than 

 elsewhere. Apples and Pears are most commonly planted, then Cherries, 

 and here and there Plums and Walnuts. They are maintained by the 

 public exchequer. Of the 6,788 kilometres of public roadways about 1,030, 

 or 15*2 per cent., are flanked with fruit trees. The percentage varies from 

 5 # 1 in Upper Bavaria to 26*8 in Upper Franconia. The number of plants 

 in the kingdom amounts to 166.312. From 1897 to 1901 there were 

 planted in Bavaria 17,555 fruit trees at a cost of 38,831 marks. The 

 young plants were in part purchased, in part taken from the State 

 nurseries. Three tables are given providing the above and many other 

 details of the report on the subject presented by the Royal Italian 

 Legation to the Prince of Monaco. — W. C. W. 



Fruit Tree Notes: Horticultural Society, Virginia State.— 



The proceedings included the reading and discussion of papers on a 

 great variety of subjects, among which were : — 



The regrettable destruction of American forests. 

 Why some orchards fail. 

 Better methods of orcharding. 



Packing and handling of Apples, Pears, and Strawberries. 

 The treatment of fungous diseases on fruit trees. 

 Transportation of fruit. 

 Evaporated fruits. 



Experiments in spraying for bitter rot; 

 -San Jose scale in Apples and Peach-tree borers. : 

 The best varieties' of Apple for a commercial orchard. 

 Canning, and experimental export fruit shipments-; ' 



