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REPORT OF THE POMOLOGIST. ape 
Str: I have the honor of submitting to you my second annual re- 
port as chief of the Division of Pomology, and hope it may be re- . 
ceived by yourself and by the public with due allowance for the . 
limited funds and clerical assistance at my command. sis 
It is my aim to serve the cause of practical and scientific pomology oe 
in such a way as to accomplish at least a part of the good you and 
many others had in mind when the division was established. Re 
The year 1887 may really be said to be the first in which Ihavehad = 
opportunity to get the machinery of this division into good working — ~ 
order. . oS 
On the Ist day of February of this year Mr. Charles L. Hopkins, of 
Florida, was appointed as clerk to assist me, and on August 1 Mr. © |, 
: William H. Prestele, of Iowa, was appointed as artist of this division.. 
: The very small appropriation of $3,000 for the fiscal year beginning © 
. July 1, 1887 (the same amount as for the previous year), did not 
permit me to undertake any very large work, especially as the 
salaries of these two persons and all other expenses of the division rs 
had to be paid out of it. The steadily increasing correspondence of 
the office has been a heavy burden. “ih 
Up to August 1, when Mr. Prestele took his place here, there i 
was no one to make drawings of the fruits which were being daily . 
received for study and comparison, except myself, and I had neither 
suffi¢ient time nor proper sill to devote to it. Prior to that time I 
was only able to make pencil drawings of the more important varie- 
ties received, and a careful record and minute description of them;  - 
but since then apart of the drawings have been made in India ink, . 
and others have been reproduced in water-colors, all in the most 
skillful manner, showing the natural size, shape, and color of both 
exterior and interior of the fruit, with the leaves and twigs charac- 
teristic of each. These are invaluable for comparison and reference, 
and a portion for publication. . 
A peemapne apparatus has been purchased, which will be used 
to take views of such trees, orchards, vineyards, or other subjects as 
it may be necessary to preserve, or present in published form in the 
. reports. 
; A compound microscope of high power, together with necessary 
appliances to be used in connection therewith, have been secured for 
the use of the division. Also a very good microtome has been = _ 
_ purchased with which to make sections for microscopical study. [t = 
is my desire to make use of every possible means to investigate and 
study the complex questions of a pomological character, or such as nf 
are directly connected therewith, as they may arise. For instance, 
the pollen of different botanical species and of the varieties of each 
_ species should be examined, and their physiological characters and 
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