378 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



A recent cross between the hot-house "Telegraph'' cucunil>er, re- 

 markable for its great length and seedlessness, and the celebrated 

 "Znaim" variety, grown largely as a field crop in Austria, may prove- 

 of value. The work of breeding for a smooth (spineless) fruit is- 

 also progressing. 



The work with a hybrid salsify is going on. Great variation is 

 noted in vigor of plants, colors of blooms, etc., but the quality of the 

 roots has not yet been tested. 



Testing of some new importations of plants has Ijeen made. 



Some of the above-mentioned lines of work were carried on in the 

 greenhouse, and others in connection with the Experiment Area. One 

 of the leading features of the work under glass was the testing of 

 fungicides for a powdery mildew that is often destructive to green- 

 house plants. It was found that a kerosene emulsion was a very 

 effective remedy. It still remains to determine the most economical 

 method of application. A study of the conditions favoring the growth 

 of indoor mildews is needed, that rational preventive measures otlier 

 than the use of fungicides may be employed. 



The work with dimorphism in buckwheat was continued ; also some 

 experiments Avith dodders and other parasitic plants, as broom rape> 



Observations as to the prevalence of the asparagus rust have been 

 made, and, by correspondence with other station workers, some ad- 

 ditional facts as to its habits have been obtained. 



The Station herbariiim has had the usual accessions from various- 

 sources during the year. 



The Experiment Area. 



The plan (Figure 1) upon the opposite page shows the method of 

 plotting the Experiment Area, consisting of two acres, at the Col- 

 lege Farm. This plan also locates the several crops that have occu- 

 pied the ground during the present season. 



The seven series, numbered at the top of the plan, extend up and 

 down the slight incline of the field and are separated by four-foot 

 paths, while the four plots, 33 by 66 feet in each series, extend right 

 and left upon the plotted page.* Each plot is further divided the 

 shorter way into six belts, 11 by 33 feet, as' shown in the uppt-r ])lot 

 of Series 0. 



The plan in its full details is given in the report f( r 1894, page 279. 



