FLOWER BUDS OF APPLES 



283 



TABLE VL PERCENTAGE OF SOIL MOISTURE: ON THE DIF- 

 FERENT PLOTS IN THE REGION OF THE JONATHAN. 



S — Surface soil. 

 SS— SuDSoil. 



GROWTH OF THE TREES AS RELATED TO THE SOIL MOISTURE 

 AND i^'ORMATION OF FRUIT BUDS. 



In Ta'ble VII is recorded the growth of the trees in diaaneter 

 and the average percentage of soil moisture for the different 

 plots. It will he noted from a study of this table that gTowiii 



TABLE VII. RELATION OF SOIL MOISTURE TO GROWTH. 



was directly related to the percentage of soil moisture. With 

 the exception of the Grimes Grolden on plot 6 as shown by 

 Table III, the trees making the least growth were ahead in the 

 formation and the development of fruit buds. It mil be noted 

 that although the flower buds formed earliest on clover sod, the 

 blue grass sod had less moisture. This fact suggests that the 

 amount of nitrates in the soil may affect the time of ])ud for- 

 mation. 



