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few French nurserymen, because the expense of exporting 
and installing trees of this kind must have been considerable. 
The whole thing is interesting and instructive. 
A nurseryman is always supposed “to be up” on new fruits. 
He never knows when a customer is going to call upon him 
for the latest thing out. Therefore, business exigencies force 
him to be interested in new creations whether 
promising j ie cares or not. Every year ushers in a 
NEW 
fruits large and varied assortment. It is to be re¬ 
gretted that nurserymen have no authoritative 
registry office for new fruits, as florists have. It is true that 
the Department of Agriculture at Washington is doing excel¬ 
lent work in this line by carefully descriptions of recording 
all new varieties that are brought to their notice, but there is 
of course nothing compulsory and nothing finally authorita¬ 
tive in this manner of announcing the entry of new varieties 
into the pomological arena. What is needed is a National 
Registry Bureau where samples of new varieties shall be sub¬ 
mitted and described and registered, so that the possibility 
of re-naming and introducing them is reduced to a minimum. 
The organization of such a bureau has often been agitated 
but it seems no nearer now than it was years ago. 
We are lead to make these remarks on looking over the inter¬ 
esting article entitled “Promising New Fruits,” by Assistant 
Pomologist Taylor, which appears in the last Year Book of 
the Department of Agriculture. The lists of fruits recommend¬ 
ed in this article, is not extended and it carries the impres¬ 
sion that it has been selected with great care and considera¬ 
tion. Among the varieties mentioned are the following: 
Apple: Akin. 
This attractive looking variety, at any rate so far as we can 
judge by the colored plate, is a seedling which originated at 
Lawrenceville, Ill. It was propagated as far back as 1861 but 
does not appear to have been offered for sale until 1868. In 
1884, it was included in the catalogue of Simpson & Hogue, 
of Ill., but it was not until 1890, that it really came before 
the public by being awarded a premium by the Illinois State 
Horticultural Society, as a seedling of merit. The fruit is of 
medium size, skin smooth, highly colored, regular in form, 
with yellowish, fine grained flesh, mild sub-acid and graded 
in quality as very good. Season, December to April. There 
are good reports in regard to the vigor of the tree and in 
regard to its bearing habits. 
Apple: Terry. 
A good winter apple for the South would be a very valuable 
find. The Terry seems to mark progress in the right direc¬ 
tion. It originated as a seedling on the farm of a man of that 
name, in Fulton County, Georgia. It was propagated by 
Mr. Sneed, of .Georgia, under the name of “Terry Winter” 
in 1868. It was not until 1885, that its propagation, com¬ 
mercially was commenced and since that time it has been 
generally distributed throughout Georgia and the neighboring 
states. This fruit is of medium size, roundish or oblique in 
form; yellow ground partly covered with red stripes and 
and marked with numerous russet dots. The flesh is yellow, 
splashes, fine grained, crisp and juicy, mild sub-acid in 
quality and said to be very good. The tree is said to 
over-bear. 
Peach: Hiley. 
This appears to be a member of the Chinese Cling group of 
peaches. It originated with Hiley Bros., of Fort Valley, 
Georgia. It was first called “Early Belle” but was catalogued 
under the name of “Hiley” by J. H. Hale in 1900. The 
Hiley is one of the newer varieties that has been very widely 
planted in Georgia. It is among the most desirable of the 
early white flesh peaches. Last fall at Boston. Hiley 
was awarded a Wilder Medal by the American Pomological 
Society as a worthy new variety of peach. 
Peach: Welch. 
In the Welch, we have an entirely different type of peach. 
It appears to have originated from the Hill’s Chili strain which 
is peculiar to Monroe County, New York, or at least seems 
to have originated in that section. Welch came to Michigan 
from a Western New York nursery in a bundle of seedling 
Chilis. This one turned out to be a good white flesh free stone. 
It is reported in Michigan to be less subject to curl leaf than 
its parent and equally as hardy. It has been propagated in 
Michigan since 1890. It is of good quality and ripens in 
Allegan County, Mich., about September 20th. 
Miscellaneous: 
Among other varieties of fruit mentioned by the pomolo¬ 
gist in this article are the Splendor Prune, one of Bur¬ 
bank’s creations, the Sugar Prune, another of Burbank’s, 
and the Headlight Grape, originated by T. V. Munison, of 
Denison, Texas, which by the way is a cross between the 
Moyer and Brilliant. In the South it is one of the earliest 
grapes in the list. Its parentage should recommend it for 
trial in the North. 
This interesting article closes with a description of the 
Cardinal Strawberry, originated by George J. Streator, of 
Garrettsville, Ohio. Interest in strawberries is less keen than 
formerly because new varieties appear with increasing rapidi¬ 
ty and it may be said with truth' disappear with equal cel¬ 
erity. Now and then one sticks, but the proportion of 
new varieties which bave come to stay during the past 
ten years is remarkiably small compared with the large 
number introduced. 
Our Booh Cable. 
CITRUS FR.UITS AND THEIR CULTURE. BY H. HAROLD HUME. 
Cloth, pp. 597, (Price not indicated). Publishers, H. & W. W. B. 
Drew Company, Jacksonville, Fla. 
There has been an urgent need of a book on citrus fruits, a book that 
would give their botanical status, take up culture methods and des¬ 
cribe varieties. Nothing recent and reliable on this supject has ap¬ 
peared up to the time of the publication of Professor Hume's attractive 
volume. 
It is divided into two parts. Part 1, gives the botany, history and 
description of varieties; Part 2 is devoted to cultural directions; Part 3 
to diseases and insects; Part 4 to the literature of the subject; Part 
5 is an appendix containing variety lists and information for the benefit 
of shippers. 
The chapter on the culture of the citrus fruit is especially full and it 
would appear very accurate and sugestive. We are inclined to com¬ 
mend this book very highly, perhaps because of our personal acquaint¬ 
ance and knowledge of the author’s work, yet looking at it from a very 
impartial standpoint, the book seems to be a very excellent piece of 
work. It is delightful to note that it is dedicated to one who has done 
much to promote citrus culture in the South, Mr. G. L. Taber. We 
have pleasure in commending this book to our readers. 
