244 Bulletin 159. 



give instruction in spraying, and much literature on the subject 



has been circulated. 



Of separate bulletins in this direction, 16 have been issued. 



Some of the subjects are the following : 



Peach yellows. 



Black-knot of plums and cherries. 



Plum scale. 



Spraying (several reports). 



Cigar case-bearer. 



Climbing cutworms. 



San Jose scale (two bulletins). 



Diseases of potato. 



Diseases of pear. 



Quince curculio. 



Canker-worm, 



Vegetables^ flowers. — In vegetable-gardening and flower- 

 growing, 14 separate bulletins have been published, some of 

 which are : 



Lima beans (two bulletins). 



Celery. 



Winter muskmelons. 



Chrysanthemums (four bulletins). 



Sweet peas. 



Forcing-house miscellanies. 



Planting of shrubbery. 



Sugar beets, potatoes, fertilizers* — Extensive experiments 

 on sugar beets have been undertaken, as reported in 

 Bulletins 143 and 146 ; and another bulletin is now ready for the 

 printer. 



Potatoes are now receiving attention. Bulletin 113 considers 

 the diseases of potatoes. Very striking results have been 

 obtained with the cultivation of potatoes on the Cornell farm, 

 but the reports have been published from the regular Experiment 

 Station fund. (See Bulletins 130, 140 and 156). As explained 

 farther on (p. 248) these experiments are now to be extended 

 over the State. 



Extended experiments on fertilizing the land have been con- 

 ducted during two years, beginning with the issue of Bulletin 129. 

 Experiments of this kind mature very slowly, but forthcoming 

 bulletins will give full results of the work. 



