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Tlic orclianl consists of about 1,700 trees, 5(»(» of wiiich arc Just 

 coininji: into hcarinj;. The principal varieties arc: Hen i)a\ is, .M ink- 

 ier, Stark, Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Kanibo, Grinics Uoltlen, and 

 Baldwin. .Mr. Hudson kindly consented to making tlie tests an<l 

 assisteil in tncry jjossible way in carrying tlieni out. A block of 100 

 trees was reserved for the purpose on the north side of the orchard; 

 two rows on the west end of the block were Rome Beauty, the next 

 seven rows wore Stark, and the last row on the east end was Ben 

 Davis. 



CONDITION OF THE TREES. 



The Rome lieauty trees were about 14 years old and had been top 

 grafted. The Stark and Ben Davis were set at the same time, but the 

 Stark trees would average considerably larger but not <iuite as tall as 

 the Ben Davis. 



The orchard had been kept in sod, but was not pastured, the grass 

 being cut and placed under the trees as a mulch. Although the trees 

 were trimmed late in the winter, the foliage on many of them was 

 very thick, and, as they had been headed low, it was rather ditlicult 

 to spray them thoroughly. All were infested to a greater or less 

 extent with the San Jose scale aJid had been treated for that insect 

 earlier in the season. 



A severe freeze in early April killed a great number of the fruit 

 buds, but many of the trees were heavy with bloom eaily in May. At 

 that time (May 4) another severe freeze occurred, the temperature 

 dropping to 28°, so that ice was formed on much of the bloom, and the 

 prospects for a crop were nearly ruined. About one-fourth of a crop 

 was harvested from the entire orchard. 



After most of the windfalls had dropped an estimate was made of 

 the entire crop renmining, and is shown in Table I. Each row con- 

 tained JO trees. 



Tabli-: I. — Estimate of critp remainiiKj on trees after winilfall.-i laid (Ir(ij)jn(l. 



The estimate at this time phiced the yield of fruit at a lillle more 

 than one-fourtli of a full crop. 



Rows 1 and i* were Rome Beauty, rows :> to '.», inclusive, were Stark, 

 and row 10 was Ben Davis. 



