The " etiolated shoot " or " etiolation " method of propagation is described in an earlier paper. Malay. agric. J., 1934, 22: 58-62, H.A., 1934, 4: 2: 279. The experiments were started in July 1932 at Serdang and have been continued there and at other stations throughout Malaya. The present paper...

Following a general account of methods of propagation by seed and vegetative means advice is given on the propagation of the following fruits: mango, citrus fruits, banana, grape, fig, pomegranate, loquat, guava, litchi, papaw, pineapple, her (Ziziphus jujuba), falsa (Grewia asiatica), karonda (...

This manual on fruit growing in the tropics will be eagerly sought after and read with profit for many years to come by students and practising horticulturists in the tropics. The author in a modest preface infers that he was driven to write it originally in the form of lecture notes owing to the...

Cocoa Agronomy (pp. 4-23): Pruning and spacing trials; a comparison of the growth and yield of 4 cacao types; Leucaena glauca[Leucaena leucocephala] fertilizer and inoculum trial; determination of the optimum economic level of fertilizer application for cacao; planting method trial; shade/spacing/...

Tabulated data on essential oils of mango, banana, papaw, guava, jackfruit, persimmon, tamarind, cantaloupe, watermelon, sapodilla, Annona spp., Averrhoa spp., Chrysophyllum cainita, Lúcuma nervosa, Sandori-cum koetjape and Spondias purpurea. -Philipp. Women's Univ., Manila.

The fruits discussed at length are fig, avocado, date, pineapple, papaya and mango; there are shorter notices of olive, persimmon, granadilla, guava, feijoa, jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora Berg. Brazil), pomegranate, jujube, lychee, loquat, white sapote (Casimiroa edulis Llave and Lex, Mexico)...

Carotene and vitamin A contents are given for 6 species of palm fruits, Annona cerisea, A. squamosa, Cayenne almond (Terminalia catappa), cashew fruit and nut, Diospyros philippensis, guava, hog-plum {Spondias dulcis), jackfruit (Artocarpus integrifolia), Lúcuma rivicoa, mango, orange, papaw,...

A review of the literature, mainly American, on the quick-freezing of tropical and sub-tropical fruit and fruit juices and pulp. The treatment of citrus juice and other products is described in some detail and brief descriptions are given of methods applied to figs and pineapples, and, in the...

All the varieties known to be grown in Australia are listed with the initials of the States in which they are found of pome, stone and citrus fruits, nuts (temperate and tropical), berry fruits (including currants and gooseberries), tropical and sub-tropical fruits (avocado, banana breadfruit,...

Contains reports from 32 stations, including the 4 fruit stations at Coonoor, Burliar, Kallar and Kodur. Coonoor. Appleas: amongst promising varieties, Irish Peach gave the best average yield in trials, 52 Ib. per tree. A list of recently introduced varieties and of successful buddings on crab...