DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVII. 



Thi.'j plate jshows tlic condition of one of the trees sprayed on one side iit the time 

 of picking the fruit. The leaves have heen cut away with pruning shears. to enal)le 

 the photograph to show the fruit upon the sprayed half (right side) of the tree, and 

 the absence of fruit upon the unsprayed half (left side) . The sprayed half matured 

 2S4.8 i)Ounds of the finest peaches; the unsprayed half matured only 1-1.3 pounds. 

 Over 1,100 peaches were thinned from the sprayed half of this tree to enable the 

 limbs to bear the crop, wdiile tlie unsprayed half was unthinned except by curl. 

 (For records of this and other trees sprayed on one side see Chapter VI, also compare 

 with Pis. XVI, XVIII, and XIX.) 



