88 MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION, 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



R: W. FISHER, Assistant Horticulturist. 



The work in this department for the year ending November 30 

 has been along the following lines: 



A study has been made of the cultivated trees in this vicinity 

 for the purpose of finding ornamental shade trees to replace the 

 poplar 01; the cottonwood. Several trees new to this section have 

 been introduced and are now growing in the Station nursery. The 

 work already instituted of testing fruit trees for their hardiness 

 has been carried on, and the quality and quantity of the different 

 varieties of apples has been noted. 



Variety tests of the common garden vegetables were made 

 with the intention of finding those best adapted to our conditions, 

 and the different varieties of small fruits were compared as to 

 yield, quality of fruit and hardiness. 



FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



It is a lamentable fact that with the very large timbered area 

 we have in this state, so few trees are to be found outside the 

 natural forest belts, which for the most part are wholly within the 

 mountain ranges and therefore afford but little immediate benfitto 

 the larger class of citizens who spend most of their time on the 

 farms or in the cities. 



