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Table IX. — Fruit Thinned to Six Inches; Defective and Inferior 



Specimens Removed. 



yield per tree in bushels — i8q6-i8q8. 



* Not recorded. 



** The drops were relatively greater where no thinning had been done, but 

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



GENERAL DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



Now that an account of the experiment of thinning apples has 

 been given, it will be interesting to examine the results and learn 

 what effect thinning apples has had upon: 



1. The color of the fruit. 



2. The size of the fruit. 



3. The market value of the fruit. 



4. The amount and regularity of fruit production. 



