546 Report oF THE HoRTICULTURIST OF THE 
Cuicaao, Itx., July 9, 1893. 
Dr. Prtrr Couuisr, Director: | 
My Dear Sr1r.—I can not praise the work of the station too 
highly. The exhibit of fresh vegetables from New York State 
is the only one in the whole exposition, and we are indebted to 
the stationfor it. I shall not forget the obligation we owe to the 
station for its magnificent, work. 
Yours truly. 
E. G. FOWLER, 
Ass’t Director Hort. Ha. of N. ¥. State. 
In the Garden and Forest of September 20, 1893, Prof. L. H. 
Bailey, speaking of the vegetable exhibits at the World’s Fair said: 
“ New York has had ithe most varied and most interesting dis- 
play throughout the fair. It is supplied by the State Experiment 
Station at Geneva, which certainly deserves great praise for its 
continued supplies of vegetables and fruits.” 
In the following pages the methods of growing and shipping 
the vegetables exhibited at the World’s Fair are set forth. We 
will not attempt here to discuss the reasons for the various 
methods described in the following pages but will simply say that 
they are the methods used successfully at the station in growing 
vegetables for exhibition in 1898. 
Soil and Cultivation. 
The soil on which the vegetables were grown is a stiff clay 
loam, well tile-drained and fertile. Different plats were plowed 
about six inches deep, at different times as they were needed for 
planting. All the vegetables were watered when necessary dur- 
ing the dry season, and the surface of the ground was kept pul- 
verized by frequent cultivation with the Planet Jr. wheel hoe and 
cultivator. To this thorough cultivation is attributed much of 
’ the success in growing good vegetables during the past season. 
Earliness, Productiveness and Length of Season. 
The different varieties may be compared as to their earliness by 
noting the date of first shipment as given in the following tables. 
Occasionally it happened ‘that the very earliest specimens could 
not be shipped because there were not enough of the variety to 

