HORTICULTURAL DIVISION. 

 H. P. Gould, Assistant Horticulturist. 



The work of this department during the past year has,in a general 

 way, been a continuation of the investigations of previous years. 

 Cultural methods of certain vegetables have received attention, though 

 the dry weather seriously affected all garden vegetables, and on this 

 account no report can be given on many of the experiments planned 

 at the beginning of the season. Especially does this apply to our 

 work with tomatoes and caulifloAvers. 



The number of varieties of small fruits growing in the station gar- 

 dens has been considerably increased and new varieties are constant- 

 ly being added. 



I— NOTES ON POTATOES. 



FUNGIKOID A3 A PEEVEXTIVE OF POTATO EOT. 



Almost every year brings to light new insecticides and fungicides; 

 some of these discoveries are of great value, while many of them 

 are no better and often far inferior to the older and better known 

 materials. 



Quite recently there has been put upon the market a fungicide 

 known commercially as "fungiroid." This article is manufactured 

 by Legg*ett & Brother, New York, and is said by them to be a 

 powdered Bordeaux mixture and a substitute for that fungicide 

 as ordinarily prei>ared. So far as I am aware, its qualities have 

 not been thoroughly tested. If fungiroid should prove to be 

 equally as effective as Bordeaux mixture, its advantage over the 

 latter would be its ease of application. This applies especially in 

 the treatment of low-growing plants. 



It has been proven many times, beyond a doubt, that "potato rot" 

 or "late blight" can be held in check, if not entirely prevented by 

 the use of Bordeaux mixture. In order to test the efficacy of fun- 

 giroid as a means of combating this disease, a plat of potatoes was 

 treated in the following manner: The first row was sprayed with 

 Bordeaux mixture; fungiroid was applied to the second, while the 

 third was left untreated to serve as a check on the fungicides and so 

 on throughout the plat — every third row in order receiving the 

 treatment described above, making six rows sprayed with Bordeaux 



