DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IX. 



Experiments at Bigg8, Cal. (Bordeaux mixture.) Looking east between rowH 21 

 and 22, ]\Iay 15, 1895. Row 21 wan treated iK'fore l)l()()iiung with 5 pouiidH copper 

 sulphate, 5 pounds lime, and 45 gallons of water, and row 22 with 4 pounds copper 

 sulphate, 5 pounds lime, and 45 gallons of water. Row 21 matured 4,448 pounds of 

 fruit, and row 22, 4,421 pounds, while row 20, unsi)rayed, just south of row 21, 

 matured only (348 pounds, and row 23, unsprayed, just north of row 22, matured 

 only 712 pounds. Row 21 set 22,164 peaches, and row 22 set 21,478, while row 20 

 set only 1,911, and row 23 (mly 2,127; or, in other words, row 21 set eleven times as 

 many peaches as row 20, and row 22 ten times as many as row 2.3 (p. 111). (Com- 

 pare with PI. VUI.) 



