ISa EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



To supplement the leaf study work as completed, it is 

 planned to make a study of tiie winter characters of the bark, 

 wood and buds of apple varieties, in the expectation that these 

 characters may be of further assistance in variety identification, 

 and may render possible the identification of varieties during 

 the dormant season. 



Project ]'.). "Study of varieties of tree fruits." 



Professor Shaw and Assistant Professor Gould. 



This is an attempt to collect \aluable data by keeping in- 

 dividual tree records of a number of difl'erent varieties in the 

 College orchard. It is expected that it will be possible to cor- 

 relate the performance of different varieties with certain of their 

 growth characters. 



Bkeedixg. 



Market-Garden Field Sfcdion. 



Project G. "Improvement of Martha Washington as- 

 paragus." 



Professor Tompsox, 



The yield records in 1,062 individual plants were taken during 

 the season, all of these being of the same strain and supposedly 

 representing a pure line. Wide differences were noted in be- 

 havior. A number of plants gave less than five marketable 

 stalks each, while the best plant gave forty-four. Thirty-eight 

 of these forty-four stalks were over half an inch in diameter, 

 which indicates good quality as well as high yield. Another 

 plant ga\e a crop of se\'enteen stalks, of which eleven were 

 over one inch in diameter. This study is preliminary to 

 a definite attempt at impro\emen1,. 



])ep<irfme>tt of Poniologi/. 



Project ;>. "The genetic composition of peaches." 



Professor Shaw. 



Owing to weather conditions in the spring of 1921, there 

 was no fruit on the breeding orchard this past season. It is 

 impossible, therefore, to make a report of progress at this 

 time. 



