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identical treatment as regards spraying, pruning, etc., note the 

 results at the close of the second season. 



In sod are fifty trees nearly all of the same size as the neigh- 

 boring ones under cultivation. These fifty trees produced this 

 year 11 barrells i 1-2 bushels of apples, of which 7 barrels i 1-2 

 bushels were on the bounciary line of the plot, and hence were 

 cultivated on one side. Strictly speaking, these may be consid- 

 ered out of the experiment. We then have 38 trees in sod 

 yielding 4 barrels, compared with 137 trees in cultivation yield- 

 ing 254 barrels; and these 137 trees produced fully 70 per cent 

 of the crop of the preceding year. 



The foliage of this year, with the exception of the trees in 

 sod, left nothing to be desired. It was dark green, dense and 

 comprised of very large, vigorous leaves. The wood growth 

 also was excellent, ranging from 8 inches to as much as 3 1-2 

 feet in the case of the smaller trees. The only exceptions were 

 the occasional trees that had sufl^ered severe winter injury. On 

 these the leaves turned color early in September and were not 

 as dark in color during the summer. The foliage is still adher- 

 ing to the branches while the uncared for trees in the vicinity 

 have been bare for weeks. 



What of the orchards as a whole as regards the general propo- 

 sition of renovation? 



The crop of 1909, following the summer when the farm came 

 into the possession of the Station was 90 barrels of marketable 

 apples. 



The crop of 1910, after one year of attention, was 275 

 barrels. 



The crop of 191 1 consisted of 2450 barrels, of which 2006 

 barrels contained no fruit smaller than 2 1-4 inches, of magnifi- 

 cent color and free from worm holes or fungous spots of any 

 kind. As for codling moth, we would venture as a conservative 

 estimate that not 2 barrels of apples infested with this insect 

 were picked on the farm. 



This crop was almost wholly comprised of Ben Davis fruit. 

 The Baldwin orchard, which was in the worst plight, has begun 

 noticeably to revive, but we may say as yet that it has only 

 begun. Another year or two will see it bearing its quota of the 

 crop. Even still greater crops may be expected when we re- 

 member that the largest Ben Davis block, comprising about 1000 



