
Rerort or HorticutturaL Work. 
The principal lines of work undertaken in 1894 by the Horti- 
culturist and his Assistant were: 
1. A study of some fungous diseases of fruit and remedial 
treatment of the same. 
2. A comparison of apparatus for snes fungicides and 
insecticides. 
3. Testing new varieties of fruit and vegetables. 
4. Plant breeding for the purpose of originating mea 
varieties of fruit. 
The constantly increasing correspondence of the Station on 
horticultural topics demands considerable time. 
Pear Leaf Blight.—Treatment of pear seedlings for the pre- 
vention of the leaf blight, which is so prevalent as to seriously 
interfere with growing pear seedlings in this country, has been 
conducted for three seasons. These investigations were carried 
on in /&92 in co-operation with the United States Division of 
Vegetable Pathology, but since then the work has been wholly 
under the direction of the Horticulturist. The results indicate 
that with the methods thus far tried the disease can not be com- 
pletely controlled, especially when the seedlings are grown 
adjacent to infected stock of the previous year; yet spraying 
with some of the copper mixtures has shown that the ravages of 
the disease may be very much lessened by such treatment. 
Apple and Pear Scab.—In 1893 extensive experiments in a 
commercial pear orchard demonstrated that a weak Bordeaux 
mixture was thoroughly efficient in controlling the pear scab, 
and the past season equally as extensive experiments have shown 
that but three treatments need be made if the applications be 
timely and thorough, and that similar treatment is successful 
in preventing apple scab. But a moment’s reflection is necessary 
