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BETTER FRUIT 



February 



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Influence Commercial Fertilizers 



Continued from page 17 



we have a quick-acting fertilizer, and 

 owing to its greatly soluble nature it 

 is assumed that none of that applied 

 in 1914 or 1915 would hold over in the 

 soil to influence the action of the soil 

 for 1916. It was also assumed that 

 owing to the greatly improved physical 

 condition of the fertilized trees that the 

 beneficial effects would be lasting for 

 some time, and what we wished to de- 

 termine was to what extent this might 

 be so. 



In this respect we were not in the 

 -slightest disappointed. All of the fer- 

 tilized trees came up to our fondest 

 expectations. In orchard No. 2 there 

 was a uniform blossoming on all of the 

 plots. Notes taken this year closely 

 approximated those of former years. 

 Again turn to terminal growth. We 

 have seen the average for the first two 

 years. Notice that of 1916 as given in 

 inches. They are as follows: 15.4, 8.4, 

 14.7, respectively, for the fertilized 

 plots versus only 5.2 inches for the 

 check. Note that the fertilized aver- 

 age is improving and that the check 

 continues to decline. 



Next notice yields in this orchard. 

 The fertilized plots give yields as fol- 

 lows: 14.8, 15.5, 15.7 boxes, respec- 

 tively, versus only 5.7 boxes for the 

 check. Even were we to take on a 

 three-year average the poor results for 

 1914, which would hardly be fair ow- 

 ing to the fact that no irrigation was 

 given and that irregularity regarding 

 application of fertilizer existed, we 

 would still have averages as follows: 

 8.9, 9.2, 11.8 for the fertilized plots 

 versus only 2.9 boxes for the check. 

 Surely these are results we are all 

 pleased to see. 



Turn once more to orchard No. I. 

 Here, as will be noted, yields are good, 

 but strong contrasts are lacking. The 

 difference between the fertilized plots 

 and the check is not large, but it does 

 stand out strong on a three-year aver- 

 age. Note also that the terminal 

 growth of 19.9 inches on the check 

 slightly exceeds two of the fertilized 

 plots and is approximately equal to the 

 third. What has been the cause. It is 

 easy to dismiss the subject by saying 

 that trees which have produced little 

 fruit for a number of years should 

 begin to .show form pretty soon. But 

 in my judgment that explanation is 

 somewhat unsatisfactory because I be- 

 lieve we have a better one. It is also 

 worthy of note that unfertilized New- 

 towns of same age in this same experi- 

 ment about which I have said nothing 

 as yet produced on an average of 13.3 

 boxes per tree, only one-half box be- 

 hind the fertilized trees. I have made 

 a careful study of this orchard during 

 this i)ast summer when differences are 

 most marked and in a general way can 

 say that there is little to distinguish 

 between the different plots except the 

 stakes marking the same. 



It will be recalled that this orchard 

 was seeded to clover in 1914 and a good 

 stand secured, that it was pastured by 

 hogs and cattle in 1915 and this cover 

 crop turned under in 1916. 1 take it 



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