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Table V. — Fkuit-Setting of Baldwin Apple Tkees Spkayed at Dif- 

 ferent Times. 



Kg constant diiferences in the results. As the season 

 advanced, the trees not sprayed showed yellower foliage and 

 poorer fruit. At picking time, no constant differences could be 

 determined between the lots sprayed at different times. 



Experiment 6, in the orchard of Henry Bugbee, Gasport. The 

 trees in this orchard are mostly Baldwin and Rhode Island 

 Greening, twenty-five years set and very thrifty. The Baldwins 

 are perhaps a little over-thrifty, and have not been as produc- 

 tive as they probably would have been otherwise. The orchard 

 has been tilled for two seasons. It has not produced a good 

 crop since 1896. Mr. Bugbee has sprayed it for six years, using 

 Bordeaux and the Taft (arsenic) mixture in 1899, but returning 

 to Bordeaux and Paris green this season. The trees are badly 

 infested with bud-moth and case-bearer. The experiment in this 

 orchard was conducted by Mr. Bugbee himself at our request. 

 The work was done with great care. A block of ten Greenings 

 and ten Baldwins in the northeast corner of the orchard, adjoin- 

 ing the orchard of Mr. Button, was set aside for the test. (1) 

 Three trees of Baldwin and three of Greening were sprayed Wed- 

 nesday morning, May 16, after the very heavy rains of the 

 previous night. On the south and east sides of the trees, tlu^ 



