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By taking the per cents of No. i, 2, 3, and cull fruit as ob- 

 tained from the unthinned tree we would have had .18 bbls. 

 No. I, .04 bbls. No. 2, .10 bbls. No. 3, and .0085 bbls. cull fruit 

 which would have been w^orth at the prices given below 'J2 cents., 

 II. II and no cents respectively; making a total of $0.94. 



As this is a loss due to thinning it should be deducted from 

 the total increase on the thinned tree as shown below. 



Values of Thinned and Unthinned Fruit. 



Balance in favor of thinning per tree, taking picked 



apples $2.69 



Deduction due to loss in total crop from thinning (as 



shown) .94 



Real increase in value from thinning per tree 1.75 



Taking 20 bearing trees per acre per year the increased 



value from thinning i acre is $35-00 



The price per barrel as given in foregoing table was the aver- 

 age price obtained by the United Fruit Companies of N. S. Ltd. 

 for their first cargo of Gravensteins shipped to England. 



THINNING FRUIT AT BRIDGETOWN I9I4. 



Gravenstein trees uniform in set of fruit were used. 12. i per 

 cent of apples were removed the latter part of July. The picked 

 fruit from the unthinned trees averaged 2,658; the thinned, 

 2,328 apples per tree. The number of apples removed from the 

 thinned trees averaged 321 per tree. The unthinned trees gave 

 443, the thinned 388 apples per barrel per tree run. The results 

 were as follows : 



Unthinned. Thinned. 



Per cent No. i fruit 77-88 89.29 



Per cent No. 2 fruit 12.93 6.60 



Per cent No. 3 fruit 6.39 4.1 1 



Per cent Culls 2.80 



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