NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



GENEVA, N. Y., December 31, 1903. 



To the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station : 



Gentlemen. I have the honor to transmit herewith Part II of the 

 Annual Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station 

 for 1903, to be known as " The Apples of New York". The period 

 of the collection of the data which form the subject-matter of this 

 publication is coincident with the life of the Station, having been 

 begun over twenty years ago by the late Professor Emmet S. Goff, 

 who was the Station's first horticulturist. In 1891 this work passed 

 into the hands of Professor Spencer A. Beach, who is now, fortu- 

 nately, charged with the presentation to tn'e public of the results of 

 this long-continued and costly effort. In the collection and organiza- 

 tion of the information contained in this volume, Professor Beach 

 has had the valued assistance of Professors Wendell Paddock, 

 Charles P. Close, Heinrich Hasselbring and Vinton A. Clark, who 

 have been associated with him in the horticultural department of the 

 Station. Professor Nathaniel O. Booth and Mr. Orrin M. Taylor 

 have not only assisted in the collection of original data, but they have 

 rendered efficient service in the immediate preparation of the text. 

 The publication of this volume, which is confined to the winter 

 varieties of apples, to be followed by a second volume covering the 

 early and fall varieties, is made possible by the generous action of the 

 New York legislature of 1904, and should be regarded as an occasion 

 of justifiable pride on the part of the state, the Station management 

 and the individuals chiefly concerned in the work on its professional 

 side. There is every reason to believe that these two* volumes will 

 take their place as a part of the standard literature of pomology, and 

 will be useful and stimulating to one of the most important industries 

 of the state. 



W. H. JORDAN, 



Director. 



