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to a knife in cutting through it ; and the market-ripe stage. 

 The average composition of all the varieties is shown in the 

 following table : 



Table VIII. — Average composition of six varieties of 



PEACHES AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH 



In the next table the results shown in Table VIII are 

 expressed in terms of grams to a peach. 



Table IX. — Average composition, in terms of grams to a 



PEACH, OF SIX varieties OF PEACHES AT DIFFERENT STAGES 

 OF GROWTH. 



The most important feature of these tables from the 

 standpoint of thinning is in showing the rapid rate of increase 

 of the solids in the stones while passing from the "June 



