168 



The following table gives (i) the total number of flowers 

 produced on the forty-two trees under observation ; (2) the monthly 

 average of flowers per tree for the year 1 903 : — 



Average No. of 



flowers per 



tree. 



102 

 109 

 608 



443 

 1,710 

 356 

 51 1 

 365 

 503 

 409 

 264 

 275 



FLOWER PERIODICITY FOR I9O4. 



The observations were continued on the same trees as in 1903, 

 and the following are the records showing (1) the total number of 

 flowers produced on the forty-two trees under observation ; (2) the 

 monthly average of flowers per tree during 1 904 : — 



The average number of flowers produced, per tree, for 1903, was 

 5,663, equal to if million per acre at 300 trees to the acre. The 

 average number of flowers, per tree, for 1904, was 9,553, equal to 

 24-5 million per acre, per year. In 1 904 the trees were much 

 freer from disease. An interesting case was observed on tree 

 numbered 4,031 on plot 3. This tree produced flowers every month 

 in the year, but on the 20th June, 1 904, it possessed no less than 

 27,652 flowers, the counting of which occupied the attention of 

 two men ih days. On the 20th July there were only fifteen young 

 fruits on the same tree, and throughout the year the tree did not 

 produce one hundred fruits. 



In order to show the variability, durin ; 1904, the following 

 figures are quoted for six selected trees : — 



