166 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



January Bulletin, No. 105. "Fruit Growing, with a 

 selected list of Varieties for New Hampshire." 

 February Bulletin, No. 106. ''Forestry. 



I. How to make a beginning. 



II. Waste Lands : How to convert them into Forests. ' ' 

 March Bulletin, No. 110. ''Experiments in Orchard 



Management in New England. ' ' 



April Bulletin, No. 111. "Ten Experiments with Po- 

 tatoes and Potato Culture in New England." 



All of the above bulletins have been well received and 

 from the complimentary letters, together with the con- 

 tinued demand for the information here given, it is be- 

 lieved they are being of much service generally. 



The investigations and experiments particular to thi& 

 season have been chiefly as follows : 



(1) PLANT BREEDING. 



Systematic work was outlined last spring and has been 

 carried out during the summer and fall in this work. The 

 plants in use are Muskmelons, Watermelons, Tomatoes^ 

 Peppers, Cucumbers, Potatoes and Squash. Very inter- 

 esting data have been secured and a beginning made which 

 should eventually give valuable results. I hope that this- 

 department may give more attention to this work in the 

 future. 



(2) FORESTRY EXPERIMENTS. 



We have secured some valuable data on forestry. 

 Definite data as to collecting seeds, digging and transplant- 

 ing pine tree seedlings, their cost, estimates of handling, 

 etc. 



(3) VALUE OF BUG DEATH. 



An experiment planned and carried out as to the value of 

 this insecticide has been conducted during the season. 



(4) SPRAYING EXPERIMENTS. 



As per granted request of the board at the last meeting, 

 we were enabled to carry out the spraying work in a satis- 

 factory manner throughout this season. 



