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THE FRUIT CROP OF PREVIOUS YEARS AS RELATED TO ThtH 



GROWTH OF THE TREES AND THE P'ORMATION OF 



FRUIT BUDS. 



In Tal)les VIII and IX are recorded the growtli and crop of 

 the individual trees on the different plots during- the years of 

 1915 and 1916, the percentage of fruit buds which encli tree 

 produced in 1916 and the order in time of formincr fruit l>ud.s 



TABLE VIII. RECOKiDS OF THE JONATHAN. 



G — Circumference Increase of the tree in inches. 

 P — Production of the tree in pounds. 



TABLE IX. RECORDS OF THE GRIMES GOLDEN. 



G — Circumference increase of tree in inches. 

 P — Production of the tree in pov.nds. 



