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equiviileni to 70 to 75 pounds per acre. 

 Results derived from the fiist year of 

 this worlv show plainly that all |)lats 

 receiving nitrogen, whether it were 

 applied to the tree in the form of a 

 spray, or to the ground in li(iuid or 

 crystaline form, were much benefited 

 by it. No appreciable dilference coultl 

 be noted in the vigor of the trees and 

 yield of fruit that could be attributed to 

 the manner in which the nitrogen was 

 applied. All the fertilized trees were 

 green and vigorous, yielded heavily and 

 presented a much more robust appear- 

 ance than the untreated check plat, 

 which was in as good condition as 

 the others before the experiment was 

 begun. 



As the treatment of trees described 

 above is not such as will prove con- 

 clusively that the nitrogen lodging upon 

 the aerial part of the trees is of no 

 appreciable value as a fertilizer, or in- 

 vigorating agent, a fifth plat was added 

 in 1915. The purpose of this part of 

 the experiment was to find if the small 

 amount of nitrgoen that could be kept 



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on the surface of the tree did in any 

 way affect it.s growth. In order to 

 make this determination a large, heav>' 

 canvas was placed upon the ground to 

 prevent all the liipiid which fell during 

 the operation of spraying from getting 

 to the roots. Owing to there being 

 insudicient number of trees in the 

 orchard which have not been in- 

 Ihienced by the past year's work for a 

 full plat a smaller number had to be 

 taken for this determination. Five 

 trees were sprayed in this manner, and 

 as there was a quantity of the solution, 

 which was the same as applied to [dats 

 two and three remaining, a tree that 

 apijcared to be the weakest and most 

 devitalized in the vicinity was thor- 

 oughly si)i-aycd, and the ground about 

 it saturated. Approximately ten gal- 

 lons of the spra> were applied to the 

 tree in this manner. 



The results derived from this experi- 

 ment in 191.'), its second year, are much 

 more marked than those obtained in 

 1!)14. A careful determination of the 

 number of twigs producing blossoms 

 that retained at least one fruit at thin- 

 ning time and at picking time (See 

 Table 1) shows a very marked in- 

 lUience to have resulted from the use 

 of nitrogen. The manner in which the 

 nitrogen was applied ap])ears to have 

 no relation to the amount of fruit 

 retained by blossom-bearing twigs. 

 .Vpproximately half as many twigs re- 

 tained fruit at full maturit.v as carried 

 it until the first of June, although at 

 the earlier date many twigs upon the 

 fertilized plals carried more than one 

 fruit, while only a small number car- 

 ried moi-e than one through the entire 

 season. The percentage of loss of fruit 

 from twigs on all plals lielween .hine 



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