58 Department of Horticulture. 



so far, and he only for a few weeks, so much remains to be done ; but 

 with a small corps of assistants, such as is hoped will be available another 

 season, at least enough territory will be covered to warrant issuing' a 

 printed report. 



Several meetings were addressed during the past year, among them 

 Grange meetings at North LeRoy and Batavia, an Institute at Jefferson, 

 and a Farmers' Club at Versailles. 



A plot of about one and one-half acres of sandy land just south of the 

 astronomical observatory has been set aside for vegetable-growing, and 

 on this some fifty varieties of vegetables were tested this season, and 

 experiments begun with asparagus. On this ground, also, the practical 

 work in olericulture is given to the students. 



Plans for the new greenhouses were prepared during the summer and 

 submitted to the State Architect. With the increased facilities these 

 houses will afford for floriculture and vegetable forcing it is proposed to 

 push the development of these subjects rapidly. 



L. B. JUDSON, 

 Olericulture and Floriculture. 



Pomology. 

 Investigation. 



Black-rot of the grape. — An eight-acre plat was chosen in the vineyard 

 of Mr. Cushman at Romulus. The plat was sprayed with mixtures dif- 

 fering in composition, strength and the number of applications. The 

 results show that the disease may be controlled by the use of fungicides. 



Peach yellozus. — An inspection of peach yellows and little peach was 

 conducted during the summer in the orchards of the Youngstown district, 

 Niagara county. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the 

 value of the extermination method as a means of control. The experi- 

 ment was a concentration of a previous year's investigation conducted in 

 co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Two 

 inspections were made, the first August ist to 15th, the second September 

 I St to 17th. 



Orchard management. — An orchard-management experiment was in- 

 stituted in the orchard of Mr. Judson Knapp at Syracuse. The orchard 

 is nineteen years old and does not bear. The purpose of the experiment 

 was to determine the cause of the barrenness. It is being pursued in 

 co-operation with the Department of F.nlomology. 



Extension ivork. 



Orchard surveys. — The county of Orange was finished last June. 

 Ontario county was surveyed during June, July and August. The field 

 work was done by A. W. McKay, assisted by W. A. Salisbury. Over 

 eight hundred different orchards were surveyed. Monroe county was 

 surveyed during June, July and August. The field work was done by 



