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and to publish synonyms. This will have a tendency to cheek the 

 dissemination of old varieties under new names. 



Fourth. To furnish the Horticulturist or Botanist with material 

 for the study of any particular group of fruits or vegetables which 

 he may be investigating as to hardiness, productiveness, ability 

 to fertilize their own blossoms, methods of propagation, immunity 

 from disease, the evolution of different types or any other feature 

 of botanical or horticultural interest. 



Some idea of the extent to which fruit testing has developed 

 at this Station may be gained from the following tabulated state- 

 ment of the number of varieties of ordinary kinds of fruit now in 

 the Station collections; the number which were added to the list 

 in the fall of 1895 and the spring of 1896; and the number of 

 seedlings that have originated at the Station which are now 

 being tested: 



Fruit Varieties Under Test. 



KIND OF FRUIT. 



Pomaceous frnits : 



Apples 



Crab apples . . 



Pears' 



Quinces 



Stone frnits : 



Almond 



Apricots 



Cherries 



Peaches 



Plnms 



Small fruits : 



Grapes 



Cnrran ts 



Gooseberries . 



Blackberries . 



Dewberries . . 



Raspberries . 



Strawberries 



Total 



Station seed- 

 lings now 

 being tested. 



49 



39 



27 



451 

 53 



259 



1 



43 



18 



170 



1,111 



Varieties 



added in fall 



of 1896 and 



spring of 1897. 



117 



1 



23 



4 



13 

 22 

 13 



5 



10 



6 



2 



"n 



32 

 265 



Total 



varieties now 



under test. 



593 

 31 



164 

 10 



1 



24 



57 



133 



244 



690 

 103 

 484 

 42 

 49 

 123 

 340 



3,088 



