Ir^l S^tiops, 1904, 



ANNUAL REPORTS. 



CENTRAL TRIAL STATION. 



PROF. SAMUEL B. GREEN^ SUPT., ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



The work of the horticultural division of the experiment station 

 for 1904 has been along much the same line as in previous years. 

 The bulletin on "Apples and Apple Growing in Minnesota," which 

 was published the latter part of 1903, has met with a very good re- 

 ception, and the edition is nearly exhausted, and every mail brings 

 calls for it. This shows something of the great interest taken in the 

 growing of fruits in this section. 



This year we have published a bulletin giving the results of our 

 experiments with potatoes. The object of these experiments has 

 been to find. out what varieties would resist potato rot and potato 

 blight most successfully, also to give the results of experiments with 

 Bordeaux mixture for the protection of the vines against blight and 

 rot. In this experiment Bordeaux mixture was used in the dry as 

 well as the wet form, and the results of the applications in the differ- 

 ent ways are given in detail. It would require more space than is 

 available in the "Horticulturist" to give, the results of this trial, and 

 it would seem hardly worth while to do so, since the bulletin can 

 be obtained from the experiment station on application. 



This division also has in progress a bulletin on ornamental plant- 

 ing in Minnesota, which it expects to have profusely illustrated with 

 cuts of our best ornamental shrubs and herbaceous plants. 



The work of the committee having in charge the award of the 

 premium of $1,000 for a new, hardy apple has been continued dur- 

 ing the past year, and report of its work will be found in this issue 

 of the "Horticulturist." The work of testing these varieties is car- 

 ried on at the experiment station and is a matter of much interest. 



In connection with this general matter of testing seedlings, I 

 have to report that this year we have set out a new seedling plum 



