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as far as results have been reported, many important facts 

 have been obtained. The object of this work has been two- 

 fold : first, to increase the certainty of accurate results by 

 having the work done by specialists, and in different parts of the 

 State ; and second, to extend as much as possible the knowledge 

 of the methods of using fungicides and insecticides. 



Among the results obtained the past season from all sources 

 are the followins; : — 



It has been demonstrated beyond question that the apple 

 crop can be saved from serious injury by the apple scab, and 

 the injury from the larva3 of the codling moth can be largely 

 prevented. 



That the rotting of the fruit of the peach and plum before 

 full}^ ripe can be largely prevented, but in the use of copper 

 salts on the peach foliage very dilute solutions must be made. 



That the pear and plum leaf blight can also be largely 

 prevented, and that the plum wart, so destructive to our plum 

 trees, can be prevented. 



That the potato blight, and the rot that soon follows, can be 

 largely prevented by using solutions of copper, and that, by 

 the use of Paris green in the same mixture, the potato beetles 

 are more certainly and economically destroyed than in any 

 other way. 



Extensive experiments have been made in protecting peach 

 buds from injury by cold ; but, as the buds unprotected were 

 not injured, no results were obtained the past season. We 

 have, however, demonstrated that large trees, w^hich have not 

 been especially prepared for the purpose, can be laid down 

 upon the ground at a very small expense and without injury. 



In the green-houses, the testing of the over-bench piping, as 

 compared with the under-bench, resulted somewhat in favor of 

 the latter, although the comparison for one season only is not 

 sufficient to establish the matter beyond a doubt. 



The results of the comparative tests of the leading varieties 

 of fruits have been of much interest. Among the apples, the 

 Haas has proved for several years to be a very productive, 

 hardy and handsome autumn apple of good quality, and the 

 Excelsior peach, although medium in size, is of fine quality, 

 and for the past five or six years has proved more hardy than 

 any other variety. Among the plums, the Abundance, one of 



