REPORT 



OF THE 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 



S. A. BEACH, M. S., Horticulturist. 

 WENDELL PADDOCK, B. S., First Assistant. 

 C. P. CLOSE, B. S., Assistant. 



Table of Contents. 



(I) Testing fruits. 



Apples and crab apples. 

 Pears. 

 Quinces. 

 Apricots. 

 Cherries. 

 Peaches. 

 Plums. 

 Grapes. 

 Currants. 

 Gooseberries. 

 Blackberries. 

 Dewberries. 

 Raspberries. 

 (II) Thinning fruit. 



(III) Plum leaf-spot. 



(IV) Prevention of fungus diseases on cherry orchards. 



(V) Report on injury to fruit trees during the winter of 1895-G. 

 (VI) Observations on cover crops for orchards. 



