Crop Keport for the Month of October, 1910. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1910. 



This bulletin is the final issue of the season. We desire 

 at this time to express our hearty appreciation to our staff 

 of upwards of two hundred correspondents, who have so faith- 

 fully furnished us with the material which forms the basis 

 of this report. We trust that our readers, as well as our- 

 selves, appreciate that without the loyal work of these cor- 

 respondents, given entirely without reward of any kind, it 

 would be impossible for us to publish these reports. 



The special articles printed this year have been: Bulletin 

 'No. 1, " Corn selection for seed and for show," by Prof. Wm. 

 D. Hurd ; Bulletin ISTo. 2, " Asparagus growing," by Mr. 

 Frank Wheeler ; Bulletin No. 3, " Alfalfa as a crop in Mas- 

 sachusetts," by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks ; Bulletin No. 4, 

 " Celery growing, storing and marketing," by Mr. Henry M. 

 Howard; and Bulletin ]^o. 5, "Quince culture," by Prof. 

 F". C. Sears. Bulletin ISTo. 4 contained also a list of the pub- 

 lications of the Board available for distribution, and Bulletin 

 ]^o. 5 a list of the articles of interest in the annual reports 

 of the Board which we have on hand for free distribution. 

 The edition of each of these bulletins was considerably in 

 excess of the -number called for by our mailing list, so that 

 we are still able to supply all but Bulletin ]N"o. 2 to any who 

 may apply for them. The article on " Asparagus growing," 

 contained in that bulletin, will be included in our next 

 annual report, and a reprint made at that time, which will 

 be mailed, when issued, to any who may ask for it in the 

 mean time. 



The article for this month is on a crop which has been 

 somewhat neo-lected in Massachusetts, but which should form 



