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appearance, while the others were yel- 

 lowish and sickly. 



So great was the difTerence in the 

 color in this orchard that the fertilized 

 plats could he seen from a great dis- 

 tance. There was also a very marked 

 difference in the attitude of the trees. 

 The foliage and crop of the check-plat 

 trees was so light that the branches 

 stood up as in winter and were no 

 harrier to people and teams passing 

 beneath, while the branches of the fer- 

 tilized trees were so weighted down 

 with foliage and fruit that it was dilli- 

 cult to get through, and a team could 

 only be taken between the trees in a 

 very few places. Clean cultivation was 

 continued in this orchard in IfllJ, but 

 clover and alfalfa was planted in 191.^ 

 and irrigation water applied for the 

 first time. The factor of irrigation has 

 had but little apijarent influence upon 

 the comparative results, as it was ap- 

 plied uniformh to all the plats except 

 No. o, which, by virtue of its shortei- 

 duration, does not enter into this 

 comparison. 



Plat five was fertilized at the same 

 time as the others, March 13. Although 

 the weather was cloudy and threaten- 

 ing there was not sulhcient precipita- 

 tion to cause the nitrate to be washed 

 from the branches to the ground for a 

 number of days after it was applied. 

 The land about these trees was culti- 

 vated in the spiing, after which it was 

 left unstirred. It was irrigated once 

 very lightly, one furrow to the row, 

 and the watei' allowed to run but a 

 short time. The vitality of these trees 

 had been so far reduced by drouth and 

 starvation that blossoms were not pro- 

 duced in sulhcient (|uantity to permit 

 a determination of the set of fruit being 

 made. The comparative effects of the 

 nitrate spray ajjplicd to the tree alone 

 and to the tree and ground about it are 

 very pronounced. Table 2 shows the 

 comparative vigor of the check-plat 

 trees, those having the aerial pai-ts 

 treated with nitrate solution, the one 

 Id the top and soil of which the nitrate 

 was applied, and those fertilized for 

 two years with nitrate of soda, as indi- 

 cated by the length and thickness of 

 terminal growth and length and width 

 of foliage. 



From this it can be seen that the 

 growth of the sprayed trees is much 

 shorter than that of the check trees 

 which received no fertilizer, but more 

 water. It is much less than that of 

 the tree heavil>- fertilized once, which 

 is similar in growth to those receiving 

 a smaller amount of nitrogen each year 

 for a two-year period, and more watei- 

 this year than the other. There is not 



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