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these trees are all yet living and have changed but little in size and 

 appearance. The same treatment has been given to 300 young 

 trees which have meanwhile been planted, and some of which have 

 come into bearing. The young trees have been cultivated, but the 

 old ones have not. 



Beginning in 1897, the crops of the Wealthy, in bushels, have 

 been as follows: 14, 57, 3>^, 70, 2>^, 100, 7>^, 135. The crops 

 of Whitneys, in the same order, were: 15, 11, 8, 23, 21, 27, 23, 29. 

 Combined, the two kinds aggregated, for the same seasons, as 

 follows: 29, 68, iiy., 93, 23^, 127, 30>4, 165. 



Group of Wealthys at Mr. Rowell's place, averaging ten bu&hels each in 1904. 

 Trees twenty years old. 



It will be noted that, while the crops of the "light" years are 

 as light as ever, the crops of the good years have shown a steady 

 and vast increase. The Whitneys have doubled in yield, but show 

 little difference between "light" and good years. The Wealthys 

 bear so heavily in good years that they of necessity take a rest in 

 the "off" years. The crop of the present season showed an aver- 

 age of almost ten bushels of Wealthys per tree. Not one wormy 

 apple in the seven years has, to my knowledge, been found among 

 these Wealthys. Another orchard, situated within ten rods from 

 this, has about the same number of trees, about the same age, but 

 has seldom been sprayed or pruned, though it has been mulched, 

 and it has shown a decrease rather than an increase during the 



