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are put on the market merely because thej are new. This position 



is similar to that which it has assumed in the testing of varieties. 



When persons send us seeds of a new variety, we reply tliat we are 



making no effort to test all the varieties of horticultural plants, but 



that if the varietj' in question belongs to a group to which we are 



giving special attention, we will grow it and report. When new 



insecticides and fungicides have gained a sufficient standing that 



horticulturists ask us for our opinion, we are ready to test them ; 



but there are so many of these compounds coming into the market 



each year that it seems to he scarcely worth wjiile to give each one 



of them the laborious test and scientihc study which would be 



demanded of a thorough-going investigation. 



More and more tlie Division is being asked for advice by the 



horticulturists of the State. We believe that a great part of the 



efficiency of the Division in the future will lie in the giving of 



personal advice and tlie answering of specific questions from 



correspondents. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. H. BAILEY. 



