44 EXPERLMENT STATION. [Jan 



REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



FRAXK A. WAUGII. 



The work in horticulture has gone on dnring the year on 

 mnch the same lines as heretofore, but plans 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 Mendelism 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 carricul forward as fast as o])])<)rtunity 

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

 tunity offers. 



The work in ap})le variation, already reported ui)on in one 

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

 contemjdates 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 

 require 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. 



There is a strong demand for experimental work in other 

 lines of horticulture aside from those already taken uj) at this 

 station. Work is urgently needed in lines of market gardening 



