3o6 Report of the Horticultural Department of the 



The crop was so light that no thinning was done in 1899 on 

 trees i, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, which should have been thinned. The crop 

 was likewise light on the corresponding trees which were not to 

 be thinned. The yield of trees 1-12 for 1899 was not recorded, 

 and so does not appear in the table. 



Table VII.— Baldwin Fruit Thinned to Four Inches; Defective and 



Inferior Specimens Removed. 



yield per tree in bushels — 1896-1899. 



* Not recorded. 



^ Not graded because the yield was insignificant. 



** The drops in each case were relatively greater where no thinning had been 

 done, but the exact yield of culls and drops was not recorded in 1896. 



