TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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IN THE NEW WOOD: 



Apple 



Peach 



Pear 



Plum 



Quince 



Average 



TOTAL: 



Apple 



Peach 



Pear 



Plum 



Quince 45.5 15.3 56.8 65.6 18.9 



The New Jersey Station^ found that an acre of peach 

 trees set 14x15 feet, about 207 to the acre, took from the 

 soil in leaves, wood and crop: 



Phosphoric 

 Nitrogen. Acid. Potash. 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Yearly average of first four years 32.9 7.5 18.2 



Yearly average of last six years 64.1 18.0 39.5 



Yearly average for ten years 51.6 13.8 31.0 



And of this it took about 1/40 in the first year, 



1/4 " " second year, 

 2/3 '' " third year, 

 full amount " " fourth year. 

 The quantity of lime taken each year from an acre is* 

 42.4 pounds. The figures are proliably quite low, because the 

 orchard was unfertilized and the yield of peaches small. 



The Cornell Station^ found these amounts removed each 

 year by an apple orchard per acre : 



Phosphoric 

 Nitrogen. Acid. Potash. 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



In 300 bushels apples 19.50 1.50 28.50 



In leaves 33.60 12.95 46.20 



In wood 6.29 2.39 5.87 



59.39 16.84 80.57 



According to the calculations of Roberts. Shutt and 

 Browne*', 300 bushels of apples will take from the orchard 



'New Jersey Station Report 1906, p. 192. 



* New Jersey Station Bulletin 107. 



" Cornell University Station Bulletin 226. 



'Office of Experiment Stations Report 1903. p. 558. 



