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is shown. A cross has been made between the New York Improved 

 e^igplant and a native variety, and the F^ tjeneration was grown 

 during the past season. The fruit is intermediate in size and shape, 

 and the color is so dikited as to show the color pattern of the native 

 variety. Seed has been saved for the F, generation. 



The 1919 sugar-cane seedlings were harvested, and five were found 

 to possess suHicient merit to warrant further testing. About 150 

 additional seedlings were grown at the station during the past year. 

 Bud selection work with Java 36 and Kavangire was continued. 

 Plantings of Indian wheats and a number of other varieties received 

 from the United States Department of Agriculture were almost com- 

 plete failures. First, second, and third generation crosses of toma- 

 toes have been grown and some very promising selections obtained. 

 With melons, the F., generation of crosses of the native muskmelon 

 with several introduced sorts were grown, and a fourth generation is 

 now being produced in the field. Selections of Chamaluco bananas 

 resistant to the Panama disease show more vigorous plants than check 

 unselected lots. 



The farm-management specialist has made a study of some of the 

 factors which affect the prjce ol citrus fruit, the data being collected 

 in Porto Rico. Xew York City, and on vessels carrying the fruit to 

 the latter city. Some work was begun on the shipment of tropical 

 fruits other than citrus .fruits and pineapples, but little progress 

 has been made thus far. Work was begun on some pineapple projects, 

 particularly to find the reason for the apparent deterioration of the 

 Red Spanish varie*^^y grown for some time iii Porto Rico, and also 

 the reason for the apparent soil exhaustion by the pineapple crop. 

 The farm-management ofKce continues to send out extension notes 

 and to cooperate in training and advising agricultural agents for 

 the insular govern.nient. 



GUAM STATION. 



On account of the reduced income of the station, the work of the 

 past year was seriously handicapped. The agronomist and the ex- 

 tension agent resigned and their places have not been filled. This 

 has left but one scientifically trained man — the animal husband- 

 man — at the station, and he attends to all the lines of investigation 

 as far as it is possible for him to do ^. The station is poorl}^ equipped 

 for economical management on account of a lack of suitable work 

 animals, implements, and machinery. This necessitates a large 

 amount of hand labor, and under the conditions existing in the 

 Tropics a large amount of such labor must be employed throughout 

 the year. Again, on accoimt of the limited area of the station proper 

 and the impossibility of securing additional land near by, much of 

 the work with the live stock, especially that with cattle, is carried on 

 at Cotot, sonie 10 miles away. Xo reduction in the number of breed- 

 ing animals has been made as yet, but as no new pastures were planted 

 it will probably be necessary to sacrifice some of the stock within the 

 vear. The agronomy work has been reduced to rather small plats, as 

 there was no one to supervise more extended plantings. The horti- 

 cultural work was confined to caring for the orchards and otlior plant- 

 ings, little effort being made to increase the collectiims or to extend 

 the investigations. 



