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(2) Investigation. — The department leased an eighty-acre vine- 

 yard for the pomological work in co-operation with the Depart- 

 ment of Plant Pathology. Ten acres of this were set aside as an 

 experimental plot where mixtures and sprays to control the black 

 rot were tried. The remaining area was worked on a commercial 

 basis. 



An experiment in orchard management was conducted in the or- 

 chard of Mr. Judson Knapp, Syracuse, New York, with the pur- 

 pose of determining the reason for the nonproductiveness of an 

 eighteen-year-old orchard. 



A survey and study of the strawberry regions of New York State 

 was begun in June. 



(3) Extension. — The compiling of the records of the orchard 

 surveys of Orange, Ontario, and Monroe counties was continued 

 during the winter of 1908-9. 



Thirteen meetings were attended during the college year and talks 

 given on various subjects relating to fruit growing. In addition, 

 nine talks were given on the farm train run in November and 

 twenty-two talks on the farm train run in April. 



(4) Plans for 1909-10. — Fifty acres of land has been set aside 

 for the Division of Pomology. Twelve acres of this was planted 

 to apples last spring. Plans are now nearly completed for planting 

 the remainder. A section will be devoted to each kind of fruit, of 

 which there will be the different species, native and foreign, com- 

 mon commercial varieties, and a commercial plat. 



Two new instruction courses are off'ered for the first time : Bush 

 and Small Fruits, and Advanced Pomology. 



A cold-storage room has been provided in the basement of the 

 dairy building and the Division has now storage capacity for al>Dut 

 150 barrels of fruit. 



B. — Floriculture and Olericulture. 



L. B. Judson. 



(i) Teaching. — Four courses were oft'eied by this division dur- 

 ing the year, as follows : 

 First semester — 



No. students. 



Greenhouse Construction 10 



Subtropical Pomology 4 



Second semester — 



Greenhouse Management 11 



Olericulture 12 



