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for 1895. The old pear orchard, located east of the vineyard, 

 which was made nearly thirty years ago by planting old trees, 

 not proving satisfactory either for business purposes or for 

 illustration of a perfect orchard, and having been seriously 

 injured by fire blight and the pear tree psylla, was removed 

 root and branch early in the spring. The land occupied by 

 the old peach orchard was also cleared of trees, many of the 

 trees having been planted in 1875. Both these pieces of 

 land are being refitted and improved so as to serve as a place 

 for planting all the new species and varieties of Japanese 

 plums and other stone fruits, as well as the new kinds of 

 apples, pears and cherries as they are introduced. During 

 the past season a large number of new varieties of all the 

 tree fruits have been propagated and purchased, and will be 

 ready to transplant the coming spring. These will make 

 a collection very complete in all the new and desirable 

 varieties. 



The Claek Park. 

 The estate formerly owned by the late lamented president 

 of the college, Col. W. S. Clark, which came into the pos- 

 session of the college last June, has been assigned to the 

 horticultural department, under the direction of the farm 

 committee of the Board of Trustees. The work of renova- 

 tion and improvement was begun as soon as possible. The 

 open land, about seven acres at the northern limits, was 

 cleared of fences, spruce and other trees, and ploughed. One 

 and a half tons of muriate of potash and two tons of rock 

 phosphate were applied, and a thick seeding of rye sown, to 

 be turned under in the spring of 1897 for green manuring. 

 In due time this land will be ready for permanent orchard- 

 ing of all the standard fruits. The white pine hedge be- 

 tween this estate and the college property has been removed, 

 the underbrush cleaned up and the surface smoothed down 

 so as to present an even surface. 



Experiment Work of the Department. 



The experiment work has been carried on on about the 

 same lines as in former years. In addition to the usual test 

 of named varieties of fruits, there are on the grounds about 



