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valuable crop of fruit but iu many iustances, the tree is saved from 

 serious injury by baring the load of fruit evenly distributed over the 

 tree. 



It is liojx'd in tlio near future, lo have ready fur jtuhlication l)ullelins 

 on ''Peach (Jiowing" with a eoin])let(! financial account of a fifteen acre 

 peach orchard now six years old and on "Tomato (jrowing" includin«: 

 the results with various fertilizers, spraying inixlures and methods of 

 culture. 



The Experiment Station work in horticulture is and for some years, 

 has been \ery seriously handica])ped in the i)r()gress that should have 

 lK?en made for the reason of insulTicient helj). With college duties oc- 

 cupying the time of every member of the department and each year be- 

 coming heavier, it has been impossible to give the time to Station work 

 that it has been desired and should be given. Another year, it is hoped 

 an assistant can be employed to give his entire time to the Station work. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



"h. J. EUSTACE, 



Horticulturist. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1913. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH HAVEN EXPERIMENT 



STATION. 



Prof. H. J. Eustace, Horticulturist. 



Sir — The follo\\dng report upon the work of the South Haven Sub- 

 Station is herewith submitted. 



Owing to the crowded condition of the trees, it has been necessary 

 for us to remove many of them during the past few years in order 

 that the remaining ones might receive plenty of sunlight and also to 

 facilitate the orchard operations such as spraying and pruning. This 

 has lessened, to some extent, the number in our list of varieties but 

 where there has been any preference, we have removed varieties of the 

 least importance so that our collection still contains the best varieties 

 Avhich have been started here. 



Tarieties. — At present, the total number of varieties on the grounds 

 is 677. Of this number, 210 are apples, 88 plums, 82 cherries, 87 pears, 

 68 peaches, 51 grapes, 21 nuts, 8 quinces, 14 currants, 13 gooseberries, 

 8 red raspbeiTies, 7 black raspberries, 3 purj^le raspberries, 13 black- 

 berries and 3 deW'berries. 



Among the new and little known varieties of apples which are doing 

 well in the Station orchards are the No! 1 New, Winter Banana, Fa- 

 meuse, Sucre and Spencer. Traveler, Star and Wells are also new 

 varieties which have just come into bearing and all promise well. 



Number 1 New is one of Gideon's seedlings. It is a Russian apple of 

 the Duchess type and ripens at about the same time. It is very prolific, 

 bearing large crops biennially and the tree is a more vigorous grower 

 than the Duchess. The fniit is larger and firmer than the Duchess but 

 is generally not as highly colored. It is worthy of a trial for those 

 who wish another variety which ripens at that time of the year. 



