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Table VI. — Fruit Thinned to Four Inches — Defective and Inferior 

 Specimens Removed. 



YIELD OF barrel FRUIT PER TREE, i8qQ. 



Greening. 



Thinned 



Fair. 

 Very fine. 



Greening. 



Not thinned 



15 

 9 



24 



^■2> 

 80.0 



82.0 



3 

 2.25 



5-25 



16.7 

 20.0 



18.0 



1 8. 00; Fair. 

 11.25 Just f^if"' 



29.25 



There was not much difference in the quahty of the different 

 lots of Greening, except that on one of the trees which had the 

 fruit thinned the apples were of exceptionally fine quality. The 

 quality of the thinned Baldwin fruit was clearly better than that 

 of the corresponding unthinned fruit and the No. I's especially 

 were clearly superior to the unthinned No, i in color, size and 

 general appearance. 



vSUMMARY FOR SECOND METHOD, 



The results under the second method for the years 1896, 1897, 

 1898 are tabulated below. The yield is stated in bushels. That 

 portion of the yield which was marketed in barrels is divided into 

 grades i and 2 and the percentage is given of barrel fruit in each 

 grade. 



