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would be more than self-supporting. About one-half of 

 the material for this addition is on hand. A number of 

 students are anxious to take up the study of growing 

 vegetables and flowers under glass, and I respectfully re- 

 quest that provision be made for this imperative need. 



Experiments. — An experment was started in October to 

 test out several varieties of tomatoes for forcing under 

 glass. We have the promise of some valuable results from 

 this. Mr. Blake is making the experiment the basis of his 

 thesis work. Another project started in December was an 

 experimient testing cabbage varieties and cabbage fertil- 

 izers and work along this same line with tomatoes. 



Citrange Investigations. — A number of Citranges have 

 been received from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and they will be set out in the citrus orchard next springs 

 Mr. Walter Swingle, who is in charge of this work at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, has requested the Department to take up 

 this work of breeding new citrus fruits on a much larger 

 basis than has heretofore been attempted. It is desirable 

 that this work should be undertaken. A portion of this 

 work will call for space under glass. An efficient worker 

 is needed to conduct these investigations. 



Puhlications. — The material for a bulletin of information 

 on pecans has been prepared for i)ublication and this will 

 appear in a few months. Pecans have become a very im- 

 portant crop in Alabama, and a test orchard should be 

 planted on the Station grounds. Co-operation along this 

 line should be encouraged in every county, as there is such 

 a diversity of soils, and the best variety for each county 

 have not been determined as yet. Valuable statistics have 

 been received concerning the pecan industry in Alabama 

 through the co-operation of the TJ. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture with this Department. Statistics concerning the 

 peach growers of the State have also been received from 

 the same source. 



There is a pressing demand for a truck survey of Ala- 

 bama, especially in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. A station 



