DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVIII. 



Peaches gathered from the tree sprayed on one side shown in the preceding plate. 

 The fruit shown on the two drying trays at the left, together with that in the lower 

 compartment of the tray at the right, was gathered from the sprayed half of this tree. 

 The peaches shown in the upper right-hand compartment were all that matured on 

 the unsprayed half of the same tree. The sprayed half bore 718 peaches, weighing 

 284.8 pounds; the unsprayed half bore only 40 peaches, weighing 14.3 poimds. 

 (Compare with Pis. XVI, XVII, and XIX.) 



