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cultivated portion of the orchard was but half that on the mulched 

 area. On both areas, among the Gravenstein trees, were to be 

 found two very different types of growth, vi^., distinctly upright 

 and broadly spreading : shown in figures 4 and 5. Between 

 these extremes were other forms combining the characteristics 

 of both. It will be interesting in the future to note whether 

 there is a difference in the yield and characteristics of the product 

 of the two forms. No special difference was observed this year 



Figure 4. Gravenstein tree, upright form. 



Figures 6 and 7 illustrate, more clearly than words can tell, 

 the advantage to young orchards of thorough cultivation. 

 Figure 6 shows, in the foreground, one of the Tallman trees 

 on the cultivated plot as it appeared at the end of the first season 

 of thorough culture. The rocky character of the soil and the 

 marked vigor of growth are the most noticeable features. In 

 figure 7 is shown the same tree three years later — September, 

 1902. The tree bore, this year, a little more than two barrels 

 of fruit, of excellent quality. Further comment is unnecessary. 



