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reset to hardier varieties next spring. A small orchard of native plums was 

 set in the Fruit Garden last spring. We are noT7 growing forty varieties. 

 Specimens of most of the newer hardy fruits are now growing upon the prem- 

 ises. I hope to have means to keep up with this very important work of test- 

 ing varieties. Although our climate is rigorous, I am nevertheless anxious to 

 undertake some phases of peach culture, especially a line of experimenting with 

 a view of breeding up hardier varieties. Soil suitable for this purpose does 

 not occur within the limits of my department, however. We are now 

 growing about two hundred varieties of strawberries. It is proposed 

 next spring, to set nearly an acre comprising about five varieties, for market 

 purposes. Our raspberry crop was very heavy, although pinched severely to- 

 wards the last by the drouth. A market patch will be set this fall. A small 

 orchard of crabs was set last spring. I desire to set a small orchard of repre- 

 sentative Russian apples east of the main orchard next spring. No part of the 

 college premises shows such improvement as the apple orchard. The crops this 

 this year is fair, about two to three hundred bushels. Root-grafts of many new 

 varieties of apples, crabs, pears, jilums, cherrries and foreign fruits were set last 

 spring. As these grow they will demand an extension of our grounds. 



It is desirable to make a test of promising new ornamental trees and 

 shrubs. We are paying very little attention to this matter. The most 

 notable improvement upon the grounds is the construction of a summer drive 

 along the river flats. Beyond the eastern extremity of this drive a half acre 

 has been set aside for an experimental huckleberry plantation. 



The results of various experiments and other notes of general interest have 

 been contributed to the agricultural press at intervals during the year. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 L. H. BAILEY, Jr., 

 Agricultural College, ) Professor of Horticulture and 



September 30, 1886. f Landscape Gardening. 



DONATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE 

 GARDENING FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCT. 1. 1886. 



A. B. Cleveland & Co., Cape Vincent, N. York: 



One pint Cleveland's improved Valentine Beans. 



One pint Cleveland's Rural New-Yorker Peas. 



One pint Cleveland's Alaska Pea. 

 Robert Douglas & Son, Wauhegan, Illinois: 



One doz. seedling Picea pungens. 



One doz. seedling Pseudotsuga Douglasii. 

 E. P. Roe, Cormoall-on-Hudson, N. YorJc: 



Scions of Highland Beauty Apple. 

 J. Jenhins, Winona, Ohio: 



Scions of Whinnery's Late Red Apple. 

 William Falconer, Glen Cove, N. York: 



Seeds of Xanthoceras sorbifolia. 

 -/. M. Thorbttrn S Co., Neio York: 



Assorted Tomato seeds. 



