REPORT OF HORTICULTURIST 



G. C. Starcher 



Auburn, Ala., October 31, 1917. 

 Prof. J. F. Duggar, 



Director of Experiment Station, 

 Auburn, Ala. 

 Sir: 



In response to your request, I herewith submit a report on 

 the progress of the work in this Department. 



We are completing our work on varieties of apples and will 

 be ready for publication as soon as the notes can be compiled. 



Persimmons — We have completed our variety notes on per- 

 simmons. This data will be ready for publication as soon 

 as it can be compiled. 



Peaches — We have continued our variety notes on peaches. 



Grapes — We have completed variety tests of grapes and 

 have this data ready for compilation. 



Sweet Potatoes — We will complete, with this season, variety 

 notes on sweet potatoes and will have this data ready for 

 publication as soon as it can be compiled. 



We completed our first series of experiments on sweet po- 

 tato storage and have published sani^. 



We have continued certain other experiments on fertilizers 

 and vine cuttings vs. slips, etc. for sweet potatoes. 



Sweet Corn— We have completed our variety tests of sweet 

 corn and this data will be ready foi" publication as soon as 

 it can be compiled. 



Tomatoes — Due to disease, our variety notes on tomatoes 

 were a complete failure this year. 



Pears — We have abandoned our fertilizer experiments on 

 pears for the prevention of Fire Blight due partially to the fact 

 that potash can no longer be secured and partially to the fact 

 that Fire Blight has practically destroyed the orchard. 



Variety tests which have been carried on with pepper, okra, 

 egg plant and cucumbers were abandoned for the present year 

 on account of climatic conditions. 



Yours very truly, 



G. C. STARCHER, 



Horticulturist. 



