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after this cover-crop has died down ; the principle involved, before alluded to 
and worthy of emphasis, being that for frost protection purposes a grove should 
go into winter quarters with the surface of the ground entirely bare of grass and 
weeds. Care should be taken, however, that the plow does not run too deep. In 
sections free from frost danger, a cutaway or spading harrow is sometimes pre¬ 
ferred. This cutaway or spading harrow can be used also for the first cultivation 
in the spring running through the grove at such different angles as to cross 
and recross its own track. After first thoroughly breaking the soil in the spring, 
whether with turn plow, cutaway or spading harrow, it is better to follow with a 
surface stirring and smoothing harrow, like the Acme. This should be run over 
the groves or orchards at intervals of one or two weeks until midsummer, the 
more frequently during extremely dry weather. This frequent, shallow cultiva¬ 
tion forms a dust mulch, which serves to retain the moisture in the soil and keeps 
the ground in good, friable condition. 
BOOKS 
CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 
By Prof. I I. Harold Hume (until recently horticulturist of the Florida Experiment Station). A 
new book containing 600 pages and nearly 200 illustrations. Made up of five parts. 
Part I contains twenty-five chapters, treating the botany and history, methods of originating 
new varieties, and rules for judging citrus fruits, also describing in detail practically all varieties 
now in cultivation. 
Part II contains fourteen chapters on propagation, stocks, soils, preparation of land for 
planting, methods of setting trees, cultivation, cover-crops, fertilization, irrigation, frost protection 
and marketing. 
Part III contains four chapters on insects and diseases, spraying, fumigating, and other 
methods of control, giving formulas, etc. 
Part IV contains an index of American literature on citrus fruits. 
Part V. Two chapters,—one containing varietal lists of the several classes of citrus fruits ; 
the other giving names and addresses of members of the National League of Commission Mer¬ 
chants of the United States. 
This work is eliciting a great deal of praise from the most successful growers of citrus fruits, 
on account of the thoroughly practical, comprehensive information it contains. It should be in the 
hands of every grower of citrus fruits. We can furnish it upon receipt of price—Jz.50, postpaid. 
FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S REPORTS 
The annual reports of the Florida State Horticultural Society contain valuable information in 
the form of special papers and discussions, which cover practically the entire list of Florida fruits. 
The report for 1904 contains papers on citrus fruits, peaches, pineapples, pecans, vegetables, 
ornamentals, diseases and insects, methods of control, etc. These papers are prepared by mem¬ 
bers of the society selected on account of their wide knowledge of the subject treated. This report 
also contains a catalogue, revised and very comprehensive, of Florida fruits. Tliis report should 
be in the hands of every fruit-grower in the lower South and subtropical countries. Price, post¬ 
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