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thinned and one of each left unthinned as a 

 check. In the Gravensteins the yield on the 

 thinned and unthinned trees respectively, was, 

 first quality fruit, 9 bushels and 2j bushels; sec- 

 ond quality, 1 bushel, 2J bushels; windfalls, 9J 

 bushels, 10J bushels. In the Tetofskys the 

 thinned trees gave 1 bushel windfalls, the un- 

 thinned 3 bushels ; each tree gave a half bushel of 

 second quality fruit, while of first quality the 

 thinned tree yielded 2 bushels, and the unthinned 

 tree none at all. First quality fruit brings 60 

 cents per bushel, second quality only 25 cents, so 

 that the thinning more than doubled the value 

 of the Gravenstein yield and increased that of the 

 Tetof sky eleven times.* 



Similar results were obtained with plums and 

 in other places with peaches and pears and even 

 with currants. 



The advantages of thinning are that it in- 

 creases the size and color, and gives a better fla- 

 vor; it also increases the quantity of No. 1 fruit, 

 lessens the windfalls, etc., and sometimes in- 



* Such benefits did not show in every case, probably because of 

 inexperience. 



