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In Plate rv each tree is represented by a line, the length of the latter 
indicating the grade. 
EXPERIMENTS AT GENEVA, N.. Y. 
The experiments at this place were undertaken at the earnest solici- 
tation of a large number of nurserymen who became interested in the 
work from the published reports of the Department. Karly in the spring 
a consultation was held with the nurserymen and a plan of action agreed 
upon. Dr. Peter Collier, of the State Experiment Station at Geneva, 
took great interest in the work, calling the nurserymen together, fur- 
nishing the necessary ground on the station farm for conducting the 
experiments, and in other ways materially aiding the investigations. 
As stated in the introduction, this work was placed in charge of Mr. 
D. G. Fairchild, who spent the summer at Geneva in order that the 
experiments might at all times be subject to personal inspection. The 
following account of the work at Geneva has been prepared by Mr. 
Fairchild: 
REPORT OF MR. D. G. FAIRCHILD. 
The interest taken in the experiment at Geneva by the nurserymen, at whose re- 
quest the Department undertook the work, is shown by the generous donations of 
stock. The following is a list of the stock donated, together with the names of the 
donors: 



Number.| Stocks. Donors. | 
Sa) Cherry, Mabaley Sec. 2 ope ane ce nna cle ww Hammond & Willard, Geneva. 
S00. Cherry, Ma7and. 2. 5~.-- «22.222. 25ims-mes- Selover & Atwood, Geneva. 
5O0h i elom sNiyrabolars.. 22 5+ --52-a2-.es6 2 5 R. G. Chase & Co., Geneva. 
COA eisbuTe PME ATIAN G8 5 o5 ee eos eee ooo te aoe Sears, Henry & Co., Geneva. 
Foz Vol O12 07 al STC a ee W. & T. Smith, Geneva. 
OU A PUNHEE, MMP OTB 2. casas oe eae oe cae 3 H.S. Anderson, Lockport. 
500" |e eanstocks\ Hrenchs 22-225 555 eee, ee R. G. Chase & Co.,Geneva. 
DOO Seas <ee OSee rate eee eee tees se eke oe oe E. Moody & Sons, Lockport. 
BOONE = --- TDi = Sere ao boosters Ban eee SEOene Selover & Atwood, Geneva. 
500m Be ie WMO ance tees Sac tena. 6 eon et Seuenee Thos. McKay, Geneva. 
500s Pear stocks, SAapan. --eio. oa oS sctncs -teceaes Franklin Davis & Co., Baltimore. 
200) pe Gar Stocks. AIMerican:.-.-5-2.22--5.- 3200 Smiths & Powell, Geneva. 
7,000 | Apple ‘stocks, American... -...-.-2-2.---3- Sears, Henry & Co., Geneva. 
500. “Apple, stocks, Wrench... 2. 222 55< ae. sna=s R. G. Chase & Co., Geneva. 
EAS (es ee Gace ee ee I sg eae ay a Pn W.& T. Smith, Geneva. 
HOU eedehiseedlinGs= 2s. cce cena aa a ce inle owls Thos. McKay, Geneva. 
+2, 000-| Seed for pear stocks ......----.242---225=- Sears, Henry & Co., Geneva. 
«2,000 | Seed for applestocks..-........-.-.:---..- Hammond & Willard, Geneva. 

* None of the seed germinated. 
Mr. Howard Merrell and Selover and Atwood, to further show their interest inthe 
matter, donated $5 each to pay freight charges. 
All of the foregoing were planted upon the farm of the New York State Experiment 
Station. The soil selected for the work, although not entirely suited to the growth 
of apple and pear stock, was well adapted to the growing of plum and cherry. The 
ground was prepared in the usual way and the stock planted in the ordinary man- 
ner, except that perhaps unusual care was taken that every stock should be firmly 
packed into the soil. The planting was begun April 27 and finished May 3, with 
the exception of 500 French pear seedlings, which were not put out until May 10. 
Each row of stock was divided for convenience into seven sections, six being treated 
and one untreated. Alternate sections of the six divisions were treated with Bor- 
deaux mixture and ammoniacal solution, respectively. The sections were consecu- 
tively numbered, 1, 3, and5 being treated with ammoniacal solution and 2, 4, and 6 with 
