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October 13, the crop of fruit was gathered. The picked fruit 

 was sorted into but two grades, namely barrel-fruit and culls. 



The apples were quite free from scab and insect injury. Some 

 fruits had been attacked by late brood codlin moth, but the 

 greater part of the culls consisted of apples which were too 

 small to barrel. It was very noticeable that there was a much 

 larger percentage of fruit too small to barrel in Row 4, which 

 had been sprayed in bloom, than from either Row 2 or 3 which 

 were not so sprayed. The fruit from Rows 2 and 3 averaged 

 so much larger in size that Mr. Frank Bradley estimated that it 

 would sell at from 25 cents to 50 cents more per barrel than the 

 fruit from Row 4. At the ruling prices this was a gain of from 

 20 per ct. to 40 per ct. in price in favor of the fruit from trees 

 not sprayed in bloom. 



Why the fruit from the trees sprayed in bloom should in this 

 test grade smaller and in other tests grade larger than trees not 

 sprayed in bloom is not quite clear. Possibly be'-aiise the spray- 

 ing was done at a time when it killed a large percentage of the 

 first blossoms to open. These are the strong, vigorous blos- 

 soms in the center of the cluster, which usually take the lead 

 in growth and which naturally may be expected to make the 

 largest fruit. Perhaps there were more small apples in Row 4 

 because next south of it in Row 5 stood large, thrifty Baldwin 

 trees. These Baldwins doubtless sent vigorous roots into the 

 soil, towards the Hubbardston trees and made it somewhat 

 more difficult for trees in Row 4 to get the material with which 

 to make large fruit than it was for the trees in Rows 2 and 3 

 which were surrounded by trees much smaller than the Bald 

 wins. 



The following table shows the total yield for each tree. 

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