44 EXI^EULAIENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



PEAKK A, WAUGII. 



The work in hortienltiire has gone on dnring the year on 

 much the same lines as heretofore, but phms have been forming 

 for certain new kinds of work. The work on heredity and va- 

 riation in peas has developed a considerable mass of data from 

 which publication is made in this report. Certain correlative 

 topics are still under study and will be reported on later. 



The work on Mendclism in beans has been going on success- 

 fully during the last year. We now have on record full data 

 for about 15,000 plants. It is expected that one or two years 

 further study will be required to bring this subject to the point 

 of publication. Somewhat similar work with squashes is also 

 under way and will be carried forward as fast as opportunity 

 permits. A few minor problems are studied as time and opjwr- 

 tunity offers. 



The work in apple variation, already reported upon in one 

 or two publications, still progresses. The plan of work now 

 contemplates a more intensive study of variation and its corre- 

 lation with local climatological factors. 



A research experiment in the mutual influence of stock and 

 cion has been planned to extend over a period of twenty years 

 or more. Work has begun on a small scale, but it will probably 

 retpiire another year or two to get the experiment fully under 

 way. The planning and inauguration of this experiment have 

 been chiefly due to the efforts of Dr. J. K. Shaw. 



Tluire is a strong demand for ex]ieri mental work in other 

 lines of horticulture aside from those already taken up at this 

 station. Work is urgently needed in lines of market gardening 



