


544 Report or HorticvuLtturist oF EXPERIMENT STATION. 
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During the busiest part}of the season, the position of assist-— 
ant horticulturist Jremained vacant. Mr. Hunn’s resignation 
took effect April first, and the present assistant, Mr. Wendell 
Paddock, arrived here November first. ee 
The station’s extensive correspondence on horticultural topics 
consumes no inconsiderable portion of the horticulturist’s time. 
He has also prepared the following bulletins : 
No. 49, Part I. Treatment of Potato Scab. 
No. 51. Some Celery Diseases. 
No. 63. Some Experiences with Blackberries, Dewberries 
and Raspberries. 
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The first two appeared also in the last annual report, and the 
last, with some modifications, is included in this report. 
Addresses.— The horticulturist was called on to address 
farmers’ clubs at Horsehead and Albion; farmers’ institutes 
at Batavia, Bath, Cortland, Geneseo, Gowanda, Perry, Richford 
and Ripley, and the Western New York Horticultural Society 
at Rochester. 
Exhibitions.— Throughout the season, fruits and vegetables 
were sent to the World’s Fair, Chicago, Il. In the latter part 
of the season, quite extensive displays were also made at the 
State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y., and at local fairs at Canandaigua, 
_Hornellsville and Geneseo. For the Chicago exhibits, the station 
received three awards for fruits, one for display of sprayed and 
unsprayed fruit, and sixteen for vegetables. An account of 
growing and shipping the vegetables for exhibition is found on 
subsequent pages. . 
Greenhouses. — The new greenhouses were completed rather 
late in the fall. At present they are used for forcing vegetables. 
Mushrooms are grown under the benches. 

