Professor Brunk gives notes upon a great number of varieties of grapes, together with descriptions of vine diseases, and two actual specimens of diseased leaves. A useful feature of this grape test is a table which gives the percentage of injury to different varieties by various diseases.

'The whole plat of strawberries was thoroughly cultivated and kept free from weeds all spring, and even during the bearing season. Some may object to this plan of culture, but on this soil, which will bake three days after a good rain, it is indispensable to keep the soil in the proper condition to resist the drouthy spells which frequently occur for a week or two at a time during the spring and early summer before the drouth of summer sets in. It is the only way to keep plants from dying during the drouth of summer. This was well demonstrated on the first rows of Charleston and one row of Wilson. The first 100 feet of these rows were carefully weeded before the ground had time to dry out in June. The remainder of the rows at the end of summer, or by the time the fall rains set in, were almost devoid of plants, while those freed from weeds in time produced a heavy matting of plants. The soil here runs to extremes much easier than any other soil, probably, in the state, therefore must be handled rapidly, just at the right time. Where the soil is sandy and not so rich, there would probably be no need of cultivation during the fruiting season ; but if inclined to bake at all, it would be a great mistake to keep out the cultivator and not conserve the moisture for a dry period.

Mulching will not pay in the South, and is not conducive to the best growth of the strawberry. There is nothing so reliable as thorough and constant cultivation. In places and on soils where plants are jeopardized by hot winds and baking soils, it is best in the spring, immediately after the fruiting period, to transplant some of the best plants that have grown from the runners to cold-frames or old hot-beds, where they will grow rapidly and can be protected from the sun and drying winds, and also, if necessary, in extreme weather be watered occasionally. We took this precaution, and now have abundant plants to transplant this fall. Where the cultivation in the field was not good, many have died out".

Bagging Grapes.

Rollingstone Plum.

Potatoes at Different Depths.

Grapes In Central Texas.

Strawberries in Texas.

A table gives the numbers and sizes of fruits borne by different varieties and the period of fruiting, "Many varieties are at home in Texas, and I believe the small fruit industry to be only in its infancy. When irrigation is cheapened so that the average fruit grower can use it without too great an outlay, small fruit culture will then receive the attention that it properly deserves. To sum up in brief, this year's testing shows that the most reliable market berries, at least for Central Texas, are the Cloud, Hoffman, Charleston, Crescent, Sucker State, May King, Jessie and Captain Jack, in about the order named. Several fertilizers were tried, but nothing definite could be ascertained that was of value. However, the tests seemed to show that potash on this soil would prove quite beneficial. The strawberry, I think, should be thoroughly fertilized at the time of setting out, with cotton seed meal to give them a vigorous start in the fall, and then they should receive a liberal application of wood ashes or kainit, and some fertilizer, as bone meal or acid phosphate, containing phosphoric acid, in December. Cotton seed meal should be applied at the rate of 1200 pounds to the acre, bone meal or acid phosphate at the rate of 500 pounds, and wood ashes or kainit at the rate of 300 pounds to the acre.

Well rotted stable manure applied in the fall is all that could be desired. It should be applied at the rate of at least fifteen tons to the acre. A good compost is made by spreading alternate layers of cotton seed meal upon layers of stable manure, and keep shaded and wet. After well rotted it is ready to apply at the time of setting out the plants." "From one season's testing we cannot fully recommend any variety, but thus far the indications are that the Dallas, Kittatiimy and Brunton are all good, prolific varieties. I have seen the Lawton growing in the state, and always without rust. This variety and the Dallas I believe to be less diseased than other varieties, and as they are also quite prolific, I would recommend them to planters as being the most reliable varieties I have yet seen in the state. Texas seems to be the natural home of the blackberry and dewberry. They form one of the most profitable fruit crops that can be raised. I know of several cases where about $500 was netted per acre.

In one case the whole crop was sold at six cents per quart to a canning factory".

Blackberries in Texas.

"The red-cap varieties are the only ones, I believe, that will stand our medium drouths and bear enough for profits. The black-cap varieties do fairly well in North and East Texas. I would not recommend an extensive plantation of any variety of raspberry in this latitude." Turner is reported as enduring drouth the best of any variety tried.

The bulletin presents a valuable table of the best varieties of many fruits for Texas, compiled from many correspondents. A list of fruits upon the station grounds is also given.