272 EXPERIMENT STATION— BULLETINS, 



In conclusion, I mention with sincere" appreciation the value and aid 

 rendered by my assistant, Alice A. Johnson, in the preparation of this 

 bulletin. 



We send it out with the hope that many farmers in our r Peninsula State 

 may be induced by the experiences herein narrated to build and fill silos the 

 coming summer, and may glean from the results of the experiments recorded 

 some lessons of real practical service to them. 



SAMUEL JOHNSON, 



Prof, of Agriculture. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., ( 

 April 10, 1889. \ 



NO. 48. HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



1. Potatoes. 



2. Kale. 



'6. Experiments with Squashes. 

 4. Tomatoes. 



The work in this department since it came into the charge of the writer 

 on the 16th of August, has been confined to the closing up for the year of 

 the work undertaken by his predecessor. 



The frosts during the last week in August destroyed the collections of 

 squashes, peppers and egg-plants, while the dry weather so hindered the 

 growth of other crops as to prevent their maturity. The observations made 

 were confined for the most part to the following, viz. : Tomatoes, potatoes, 

 kale, hybridized squashes. Careful notes and weights were taken; they 

 were also photographed and seeds saved for next year's use. 



I. POTATOES. 



The tests of potatoes were confined almost entirely to seedlings that were 

 sent here for trial, many of which are to be placed on the market next 

 spring. Most of them were planted in a very light soil, where they were 

 badly injured by the drought. As a rule only one tuber of a kind was used, 

 and these, cut to one eye pieces, were planted one foot apart, with three feet 

 between the rows. 



Coy's Seedling No. 88. — (Now named Burpee's Superior.) — From W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. (Fig. 1, Plate 1.) 



