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The strawberries cover one-fourth acre, while the other berries 

 contain six plants of each variety. The plants, excepting 

 strawberries, were received in rather poor condition, due to mis- 

 shipment, and have not done well. 



3. Plums. A test orchard of 40 different kinds of plums 

 was set out last spring, one tree of each variety. 



4. Vineyard. Forty-four varieties of grapes, three plants of 

 each variety, have been set out. 



5. Orchard fruits. We were unable to find time to do much 

 with other tree fruits than plums this season. Most of the trees 

 scattered about the farm are Baldwins, a few Greenings, God- 

 dard, Nonesuch, Northern Spy, and Gravenstein. The trees 

 are old but this season were very productive. At the present 

 writing we have about three hundred barrels of apples. Last 

 spring we received from the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture a donation of fifty-four scions of different varieties of 

 apples, two of pears, and three Persian peach trees. All of the 

 apples and pears were grafted on old trees, and most of them 

 have united and are growing. 



A few varieties of quinces were also set out. 



6. Potatoes. A list of eighty of the more promising standard 

 kinds, together with new varieties, was prepared for a variety test. 

 Enough seed to plant a fifty-foot row of each variety was pur- 

 chased, and the varieties were all given as nearly as possible 

 the same conditions in planting, spraying, cultivating, and 

 harvesting. The results are being compiled for future publi- 

 cation. These potatoes were exhibited at the State Grange 

 and Rochester fairs. 



7. Irrigation experiments. In the spring, considerable at- 

 tention was given to mapping out some practical irrigation ex- 

 periments. 



8. Fertilizers in the greenhouse. Considerable work was done 

 the past winter toward studying the subject of fertilizers for 

 greenhouse soils, both in pots and boxes. One of the main 

 objects was to find, if possible, a substitute in form of a com- 

 mercial fertilizer for natural manures. This experiment is to 

 be carried on throughout the coming winter, as a thesis subject 

 by one of our seniors in agriculture. 



