HEPOiri' OI" noHTICULTUHlST 



(1. C. Starch KR 



Auburn, Ala., Jan. 15, 1919. 

 Prof. J. F. Duggar, 



Director of Experinienl Station, 

 Auburn, Ala. 

 Sir: 



In response to your request, I herewith submit a report 

 on tlie progress of the work in this Department. 



Pecans — We liave contiiuied our notes on the variety pecan 

 orchard. 



Peaches — We continued our notes on varieties of peaches. 

 Some new varieties originated here are being propagated. We 

 also continued our notes on spraying of peaches with different 

 materials. 



Pears — We have continued our notes on varieties of pears. 

 %vith especial reference to susceptibility to blight. We added 

 to the variety planting for this purpose. 



Strawberries — We made a variety planting of twenty-nine 

 vai'ieties. 



Raspberries — We made a variety planting of five red rasp- 

 berries and five black cap raspberries. 



Blackberries — We planted live varieties of blackberries, the 

 lAicretia dewberry and the Loganberry. 



Sweet Potatoes — We have started a new series of sweet 

 potato storage experiments to determine the influence of time 

 of digging, i. e.., before and after the vines were frosted, and 

 liie infhience of temperature and ventilation on tlie keeping 

 of the potatoes. For carrying out these experiments we have 

 remodeled the storage house formerly used. We now have 

 three rooms, one large room heated by a coal stove and one 

 small room heated by an oil stove. Neither of these rooms has 

 a dead air space in the flooi- or ceiling. A third room, 

 heated by an oil stove, has a dead air space in the walls, ceil- 

 ing and floor. Careful Ihermo-liygrograph records are being 

 kept in all the rooms. 



1'he e\i)erinu'iils in the house are being correlated with 



