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the college. The strawberry crop was very fine, though 

 some varieties suffered from frost, notably the Marshall and 

 Sharpless. The grape crop escaped the late spring frost 

 and promised to give the largest crop ever harvested from 

 the college vineyard, but was almost ruined by the hail- 

 storm that occurred September 11, so that comparison of 

 any but the very early kinds was made impossible. The 

 plum crop was large and fine. Among the Japanese varieties 

 that fruited were the Abundance, Kelsey and Satsuma. The 

 fruit of these varieties shows considerable merit, and prom- 

 ises to be valuable for our market. On the land devoted 

 to market gardening all the leading varieties of vegetables 

 are grown and tested to illustrate the best methods of cul- 

 tivation. 



Sub-irrigation under glass was practised during the winter, 

 tests being made of land tile laid one foot deep under the 

 surface soil of the vegetable house, with good results in the 

 growth of lettuce. 



Greenhouses. 

 The glass structures are twelve in number. Among those 

 recently erected is a large octagon, forty by forty feet and 

 twenty-eight feet high, for growing specimen plants of 

 economic and educational value. The collection of this 

 class of plants has never been so large and in so fine con- 

 dition as at the present time, and it may be safely claimed 

 that the equipment of the horticultural department in the 

 line of fruits, ornamental trees and other plants is the 

 largest and most complete of any institution of the kind in 

 the country. Spraying for insect pests and fungous dis- 

 eases has been continued the past season, with satisfactory 

 results. A new tool house recently built has a good cellar, 

 a room for wagons and large tools, workshops for repairs, 

 and a large storage room overhead. An addition of fifty by 

 twenty-two feet has been added to the horse stables, for the 

 accommodation of the work and driving horses. This added 

 much-needed room in the basement for the storage of large 

 farm tools and machines. This department is in a prosper- 

 ous condition and is doing good work. 



