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that should be given during this period, and is mentioned here as 
having some bearing on the results of the experiments under 
consideration; for these three plots received the complete 
treatment necessary to bring the plant through this stage, 
with the exception of plot C. which received the fertilizer only. 
The following table will show the results obtained :— 
A. B. C. 
Grown with Gro Grown without 
Horse Beans. Tephrosia. Green Dressing. 
*Calculated yield 
in barrels per acre. 
Calculated yield 
in barrels per acre. 
Calculated yield 
in barrels per acre. 
1917-18 
1918-19 
* One barrel = 44 cubic ft. capacity. 
It will be seen that the yield obtained from the plot of trees 
grown without green dressing compares unfavourably with those 
grown with Horse Beans and Tephrosia. Another interesting 
point worthy of note is the great increase in yield of B. over A. 
in the second year of bearing. 
his may be due to the better protection afforded by 
Tephrosia which grows to a height of several feet, whereas the 
erse Beans rarely attain to a height of more than 2 ft. . The 
fact that Tephrosia is much slower in its growth from seed than 
the Horse Beans may account for the yields of A. and B. being 
about equal in the first year of bearing, when at that stage the 
Tephrosia would be in a more or less weakly condition, and would 
not give such effective protection as would the more sturdy 
growing Horse Beans. 
When it is remembered that the ordinary seedling tree does 
not commence to bear until the fourth or fifth year, and even 
then only a few fruits are to be expected, the above results may 
be considered as remarkable instances of early bearing and, 
clearly demonstrate one of the advantages in planting budded 
trees. 
Limes, unlike most other fruits, instead of being picked from 
the tree, are allowed to ripen and fall to the ground, when they 
are collected into baskets and conveyed to the mill. 
The fruit collected from the plots in the Lime Experiment 
Station are deposited in heaps in front of the plots from which 
they have been collected, and after being carefully measured 
and the yields recorded are carted to the Bath Estate, the 
property of Messrs. Rose & Co., Ltd., to whom they are sold. 
