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Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Penobscot County, Me., 1901:. 

 Sandy loam, with clay subsoil; altitude, about 150 feet; age of trees, 10 to 12 

 years; sprayed; clean culture, with fall cover crop of rye. 

 Mann, W. T., Barker, Niagara County, X. Y., 1902: 



Clay loam, with clay subsoil, and sandy loam with sandy subsoil; altitude, about 

 300 feet; age of trees, about 30 years; sprayed thoroughly; tillage: clover 

 cover crops. 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College Experiment Station, Amherst, Hampshire 

 County, Mass., 1902: 

 Gravelly soil, with flay subsoil, moist; altitude, 250 feet; age of trees, 30 years; 

 sprayed; tillage. 

 Michigan Agricultural College Experiment Substation, South Haven, Van 

 Buren County, Mich., 1902: 

 Rich, sandy loam, with clay subsoil; age of trees, 9 to 14 years; altitude, 625 

 feet; on Lake Michigan; spraying and cultivation thorough. 

 Miller, W. S., Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, W. Va., 1901: 



Soapstone, derived from Romney shale, clay subsoil; altitude, 700 feet; age of 

 trees, 12 to 26 years; sprayed and cultivated. 

 New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y., 1901 and 

 1902: 

 Rather heavy clay loam, with heavy clay subsoil; altitude, about 600 feet; age of 

 trees,' generally from 15 to 25 years; sprayed, and cultivated with cover crops. 

 Ozark Orchard Company, Goodman, McDonald County, Mo., 1901 and b>02: 



Flinty clay, with clay, shale, or gravel subsoil; altitude, 1,250 feet; age of trees, 

 6 years; sprayed and cultivated. 

 Powell, George T., Ghent, Columbia County, N. Y., 1902: 



Cravelly loam, with clay-gravelly subsoil; altitude, about 400 feet; age of trees, 

 35 to 45 years, except Tompkins King and Lady Sweet 11 years, Sutton 8 

 years, Hubbardston ."i years; spraying and cultivation thorough, with clover 

 cover crops annually. 

 Reeks, M., Douglas, Allegan County, Mich., 1902: 



Clay loam, with clay subsoil several feet below surface; age of trees, 12 to 15 

 years; sprayed and cultivated; altitude, 650 to 675 feet. 

 Spohr, G. E., Manhattan, Riley County, Kans., 1901: 



Sandy loam, with sandy subsoil; altitude, about 950 feet; a^e of trees, about 20 

 years, except Jonathan 10 years; no tillage or spraying; fruit received through 

 Kansas Experiment Station. 

 Speakman, F. H., Neosho, Newton County, Mo., 1901: 



Clay loam, gravelly and stony, with red clay subsoil, mixed with flint stone; 

 altitude, 1,100 feet; age of trees, 12 years; sprayed and cultivated. 

 Taylor, J. F., Douglas, Allegan County, Mich., 1902: 



Sandy loam, with clay subsoil 15 feet below surface; altitude, 650 to (575 feet; 

 from 8-year top grafts on stocks of "Cannon Redstreak." 25 years old; sprayed 

 and cultivated. 

 Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Montgomery Comity, 

 Va., 1901: 

 Rather heavy, mostly of limestone origin, with some sand, not stiff, subsoil of 

 same nature but heavier; altitude, 2,170 feet; age of trees, 12 years; sprayed 

 but not cultivated in 1901. 

 Wellhouse, F., Ton^anoxie, Leavenworth County, Kans., 1901: 



Rich prairie loam, with red clay subsoil, with some sand; altitude, about 000 

 feet; age of trees, 7 years; not sprayed but cultivated. 



