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Table III. — Temperatures produced and number of mature fruits harvested by artificial 



freezing 



Kind of fruit. 



Number of 

 buds. 



Ben Davis apples . . 



Control limbs, un- 

 treated 



Ben Davis apples. . . 



30 

 38 

 18 

 60 

 19 

 39 

 36 

 12 



19 



37 



119 



3 2 



149 



64 



55 

 44 

 45 



35 



45 



7i 



108 



74 

 122 



63 

 141 



7i 

 52 

 87 

 64 

 88 



i°5 



106 



69 



68 



69 



Development. 



Full bloom.. . 



do 



do 



do 



...do 



do 



do 



do 



...do 



...do 



....do 



do 



do 



....do 



...do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Full bloom. . 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Fruit setting . 



...do 



...do 



...do 



....do 



. ...d 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



20 



20 

 20 

 20 



23 

 23 

 23 

 23 



24 



2 5 

 2 5 

 2 5 

 2 5 

 25 

 28 



2.S 

 28 

 28 



88 



20 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 



Number 



of fruits 



harvested. 



4 

 9 

 2 

 o 

 o 

 3 

 4 

 o 

 o 

 o 



14 



4 

 8 



3 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 7 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 o 



13 



8 



15 

 10 



17 



Table IV. — Result of natural freezes 



