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B. The f(jrage o-ardeii: This has l)een he<i'uii with the purest seeds 

 obtainable. Additions will be made from year to year. 



C. Fertilizer tests: An extended series of experiments with various 

 crops and soil tests are being ])lanned. 



D. Rotation and renovatiori : "A series of six plats of one-half 

 acre each, of fairly uniform and well-worn land, have been set apart, 

 and this season carry their first crops in a long-time experiment on 

 the renovation of land by a systematic six-course rotation of crops, 

 both with and without manure." (See Annual Report jSIaryland 

 Station, 1888, p. 53.) 



(2) In horticultural department. 



A. Orchard fruits: Variety tests (see Bulletin Xo. 4, Maryland 

 Station). 



B. Small fruits : Comparisons and tests of new varieties. 



C. Tomatoes: {a) Tests of sixty-two varieties; (h) comparison of 

 a few varieties grown with different fertilizers; {c) ''a duplicate 

 fertilizer test with plants set in boxes of sterilized sand and plant 

 food applied as on the plats." 



D. Potatoes: Tests of fourteen seedling varieties from tubers 

 grown last year at the Maryland and Vermont Stations. 



E. Onions: "A test of the comparative earliness and (juantity of 

 product, from oiiion-sets of different sizes." 



F. Seed tests: "An extended examination is in progress of the 

 seeds sold in the State, especially for gardens and truck farms, to 

 include purity, vitality, germination, and trueness to name." 



Summary of varieties. 



