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Tabic II. 



(Daily maximum temperature sunmiatioiis during tlie life pliases of the 

 late Crawford peach at Wauseon, Ohio). 



(The figures in each column arc the total daily maximum temperature 

 readings during the periods shown in the heading, after i2 had been sub- 

 tracted from each reading. Temperatures above t2° F. only were used). 



*Reeord for six days interpolated. 



probably due to the fact that the fruit buds enter the rest i)eriod the 

 previous fall under different stages of development, due to unequal heat 

 conditions the previous summer, and suggests that temperature summa- 

 tions, if begun about the time the new fruit buds formed and carried 

 through until they blossomed, would give uniform results. But column 4, 

 which covers practically the time suggested, shows also a wide varia- 

 tion, from 3.565 to 49 17, a difference too large to be consistent with close 



