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BULLETIN 229. 



RENTED ORCHARDS. 



More than one-fourth of the orchards are rented, and in about half 

 of these rented orchards the tenant changes every year (table 20). The 

 rented orchards average much below those worked by the owners. Where 



TABLE 19. 

 Drainage. 



the leases have been given for a longer period, the differences are not so 

 great. Even if each tenant were a good orchardist, the rapid changes 

 would soon spoil an orchard, for each man comes with different ideas of 

 pruning and orchard management. 



TABLE 20. 

 Orchards rented and orchards worked by owner. 



Years of tenure. 



Average tenure, 3.3 years. 



ENEMIES OF THE APPLE. 



The scab probably caused more loss than all other enemies of the apple 

 in 1904. It is discussed under SPRAYING. A leaf-spot, probably Phyllos- 

 ticta, did much damage in many orchards, particularly where the drainage 



