REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



P. F. Williams. 



Dr. C. C. Thach, 



President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 

 Auburn, /\labama. 

 Sir: 



I respectfully submit the following report for the year 

 ending December 31st, 1910. 



Adams Investigation. 



This work was continued the past year and considerable 

 progress has been made. About 2,000 crosses of promising 

 jjeach varieties were made and there were 'j^}^ set fruits 

 resulting from these crosses. About 350 of these fruits 

 produced perfect pits. These have been planted with a 

 view of obtaining crosses or new varieties resistant to 

 Brown Rot. Several varieties of peaches have been placed 

 in the new greenhouse where the temperature mav be con- 

 trolled during the cross pollinating work. 



Greenhouse. 



A new greenhouse was added during the summer, this 

 new house being 22 x 100 feet. Three sections of this have 

 been given up to the Adams project. Seven sections will 

 be devoted to miscellaneous vegetable work. 



Citrange Investigations. 



Mr. E. W. Lumpkin, a senior, has taken up this work and 

 from a considerable number of crosses made with pollen 

 from grape fruit, kumquat, ruby and common sweet orange 

 on Citrus Trifoliate, 66 matured fruits were gathered and 

 sent to AA'ashington where the seeds from these crosses are 

 being germinated in the forcing houses of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. There is a growing interest in these hardy 

 citrus fruits, and we shall continue this phase of the work 

 another season. 



Hafch Experiments. 



The forcing of tomatoes under glass has been continued 

 to check the result of the previous season and a few new 

 varieties have been added. This work has been greatly 



