HORTICULTURE. 



The various activities of the department divide naturally into two 

 parts — those concerned with instruction, and those concerned with 

 investigation. Again each of these branches divided into that part 

 conducted at the College of Agriculture in Ithaca, and that con- 

 ducted outside in the State. 



I. Teaching Work. 



(a) In the College. — The instruction given at the college falls 

 directly or indirectly under one or other of the following heads: 

 pomology, the study of fruits and fruit grouping; cleri-culture, the 

 study of vegetables and vegetable culture ; flori-culture, the study of 

 flowers and their culture. Manufactures, or horticultural tech- 

 nology, is another and important branch which we have not yet 

 developed, owing to lack of facilities and equipment. Instruction 

 in these branches has been given as efficiently as possible. The 

 new equipment will add greatly to the ease of giving the courses, 

 and the completeness of the laboratory courses. 



(b) III tlie State. — The various members of the department have 

 served on the regular stafif of the Farmers' Institute workers in the 

 State in addition to responding to frequent calls for special lectures 

 from granges, farmers' clubs, fruit-growers' organizations, and the 

 like. 



The winter course work now being a recognized part of exten- 

 sion teaching, it is proper to consider it here. A special winter- 

 course in horticulture, for students desiring specific training in the 

 fundamentals of fruit growing and vegetable gardening, was or- 

 ganized two years ago. The attendance was light at first, but has 

 increased gradually each year until at the present date of writing 

 (November 12) the department has ninety-five per cent, more a])pli- 

 cations than w^ere received at this time last year. The course 

 appears to meet a well-defined need. 



II. Investigation Work. 



All work done by the Department of Horticulture has been sup- 

 ported by State appropriation. As teaching is our main cfifort, and 

 as the funds for investigation have been very limited, the work 

 conducted was mainly of such a type as involved little expense. 



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