REPORT OF STATE HORTICULTURIST. 7 1 



received in 191 5. Only a few dissatisfactory orders were re- 

 ported and the stock on the whole seemed to be quite satisfac- 

 tory. 



The following table shows approximately the number of 

 fruit trees and bush fruit plants received during 1916: 



Apple trees 5,522 



Pear trees 924 



Plum trees 761 



Cherry trees 650 



Peach trees 331 



Raspberry plants 3-346 



Blackberry plants 1,806 



Strawberry plants 27,334 



Currant bushes 313 



Gooseberry bushes 327 



Conifers 13,050 



Ornamental shrubs 34io 



Nursery Agents. 



In spite of the decrease in nursery shipments the past year, 

 about the same number of agents have been licensed as in 

 191 5. The list is given below, with the name and address of 

 each licensed agent, including the date of expiration of each 

 license. For the sake of references, the names of agents whose 

 licenses expired in 1916 are also included. 



