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instance, the scope of the inquiry was widened to include the peach. The 

 work was continued by various assistants under the direction of the 

 writer during the summers of 1905 and 1906, and was finally completed 

 by Mr. M. B. Cummings, assistant in the Department of Horticulture, in 

 1907. During the same year the energies of the department in this survey 

 work were divided between the east and the west. Two investigators 

 comm.enced work on the apple, pear and peach in Orange county. 



In the last fiscal year large progress has been made. A special fund 

 was provided and the work prosecuted vigorously under the general direc- 

 tion of Professor Wilson. At the present time there have been completed 

 surveys of six counties, viz., Wayne, Orleans, Niagara, Monroe, Ontario 

 and Orange. 



It has been thought well to offer this statement regarding the initiation 

 of an exceedingly important line of horticultural extension effort in order 

 that the various persons instrumental in originating and furthering it may 

 receive due credit in future records. 



Meetings. 



The annual meeting of the American Peony Society was held at the 

 College of Agriculture in June. This gathering brought together the 

 leading peony specialists of the United States and Canada. The New 

 York State Fruit Growers' Association held its summer meeting at the 

 College of Agriculture in August, which was attended by many prominent 

 orchardists in the State. 



The writer attended and addressed during the first half year the two 

 State pomological organizations of New York, several smaller fruit asso- 

 ciations in addition to various granges and civic improvement societies. 

 During the second semester he was absent on leave and spent the period 

 in Europe where, as far as possible, a somewhat careful examination of 

 the agricultural and horticultural schools of Germany and Italy was made. 

 He has pleasure in acknowledging the zealous and conscientious manner 

 in wliich the affairs of the department were administered by Professors 

 Ju(l->on and Wilson during his absence. 



Further Equipment Needed. 

 The department is urgently in need of a storage-house for fruit 'and 

 vegetables. At present, there is no safe place where fruit or vegetables 

 can be stored for experiment or class studies. What is needed is a storage- 

 house combining ordinary cellar storage and regulated cold-storage or 

 refrigeration. A storage-house would enable us to conduct investigations 

 of direct value to the grower and handler of fruit. From the standpoint 

 of la])oratory instruction in pomology and olericulture, it is equally 

 essential. 



JOHN CRAIG, 

 Professor of Horticulture. 



