74 Department of Horticulture. 



Division of Pomology. 



teaching. 



The instruction in pomology is planned to cover the different phases 

 of fruit-growing. A course in Elementary Pomology, given in the first 

 term, covers the fundamental principles. During the year 1909—10, one 

 hundred and twenty students were registered in this course. Following 

 the elementary course is given the' practical work, a course which con- 

 sists of three lectures per week during the second term. 



Special phases of pomology are taken by various courses. A course 

 in Systematic Pomology covers the description, judging, and classification 

 of fruit. Courses in Bush and Small Fruits, Spraying of Fruit Trees, 

 Advanced Pomology, and Research Work, each taking up its particular 

 field, prepare the student for practical and experimental work. 



investigation. 



Because of the large registration in the courses above mentioned and 

 lack of assistants in the division, very little research work was under- 

 taken during the year 1909— to. In cooperation with the Departa:ent 

 of Entomology, experiments were started to control the red spider. The 

 work is not yet completed, but a bulletin giving results to date is now 

 on the press. 



The records of the orchard survey of Monroe county were finished 

 during 1910 and the work of tabulation was completed. An orchard 

 survey of the small fruits of New York State was started during the 

 summer of 1910 and the field w'ork completed. 



The main effort of the division in the field was the planning and 

 planting of a large orchard. About fifty acres of land on the University 

 farm has been set aside for pomological work. This orchard is now 

 partly planted. 



EXTENSION. 



During the College year, members of the staff have spoken at a large 

 number of meetings in various parts of the State. Early in December 

 a fruit train was run through the fruit-growing sections of New York. 

 The train stopped at seventy-six stations and was visited by about 

 fifteen thousand persons. In April, Pomology was represented on the 

 farm train, which was run over the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg 

 Railroad. 



Each year a fruit exhibit is held, both for the education of the students 

 in the College and for the fruit-growers and consumers in the vicinity 

 of Ithaca. 



C. S. WILSON. 

 Assistant Professor of Pomology. 



