154 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan, 



REPOKT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 HOKTICULTUKE. 



K. A. WAUGll, HOKTICULTUKIST ; GEO. O. GKEENE, ASSISTANT. 



The work of the department of horticulture during the 

 year just cloHing has been devoted largely to reorganization, 

 and to the beginning of new lines of experiment and new 

 systems of record. The various ex})eriments undertaken 

 Avill be reported upon as fast as valuable results develo}>. 

 Meanwhile, the department continues to find a large part of 

 its public service in answering various inquiries from all 

 over Massachusetts and neighboring States. Such in({uiries, 

 touching all the subjects connected with fruit and vegetable 

 growing, arboriculture and landscaj)e gardening, are answered 

 promptly, and as fully as circumstances permit. 



The work of testinj; new and old varieties of fruits and 

 vegetables has been considerably abated, but has not been 

 suddenly nor inconsiderately abandoned. The comparison 

 of varieties of strawberries, for example, which has long 

 been a feature of the department work, has been continued 

 for the present on a somewhat different })lan, and some 

 report of results is a i)art of the })resent publication. 



Mr. George A. Drew, who has been assistant horticultur- 

 ist and in charge of various lines of experimenta,! work for 

 several years, resigned that position in September, to take 

 up more renumerative w(n'k elsewhere. The vacancy was 

 filled October 1 b}^ the appointment of Mr. George O. 

 Greene, assistant horticulturist of the Kansas Ex})eriment 

 Station. The high character of the service performed by 

 Mr. Drew during his term as assistant should be a matter of 

 special recognition and record here. 



