272 iS^EAV JEESEY AGRIOULTUEAL COLLEGE 



When the smaller and the larger fruited sorts are bred together a 

 gTeat variety in number results; some plants seem to adhe^re to a 

 number differing from that of others of the same origin. 



A number of okra crosses have been grown, and the same plot 

 included a hybrid of the "Golden Bowl" upon the okra, remarkable 

 for its extreme vigor. 



The ornamental border oontained several hybrids of promise and 

 in particular these of the carnation-pinks. 



During the year, one bulletin, namely, ISTo. 218, "Vegetable 

 Fruits-Seed Distribution for 1909," has been issued. The usual 

 amount of time has been given to the details of the office- desk and 

 laboratory, consisting of correspondence concerning the habits 

 of plants, and the inspection of seeds, diag-noisis of diseases, &c. 



THE EXPERIMENT AREA. 



The ground devoted to the gardens for 1909 consisted of (1) 

 the two acres of home grounds, as described in previous reports; 

 (2) an acre in three strips alternating with forage crope of the 

 farm department, and (3) a block of nearly two acTeis acquired this 

 season, and called the "JSTorth Lot" — taken in exchange: for the 

 four-acre tract known for tlie past two- years, as the' "Smock Land." 



To this should be added the land, scattered in small patches 

 throughout the State, that was used by the many persons who' re- 

 ceived seeds, and kindly volunteered to act as testers for the Ex- 

 periment Station. 



Experiments with Corn. 



^'lOWA SILVER-MINE STOWELL''s EVERGREEN"'' CROSS (144—93). 



In 1906 the "Iowa Silver-Mine" was bred upon the "Stowell 

 Evergreen," and the starchy, dent grains thus secured upon the 

 "Stowell" ears Avere planted in a block in 1907. This yielded a 

 crop of ears (Plate IV., 1907) one-fourth of which were sweet. 

 These gi-ains became the basis for a block in 1908, which produced 

 a fine lot of solid sweet ears. A distribution was made of this cTop 

 and also from sipecially selected ears a block of forty-eight hills 



