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It was found that the thinned tree had 3,137 apples and that 

 the unthinned tree had 4,065 apples when thinning started. 



Drops from thinned and unthinned trees. 



Tree Tree not 

 Thinned. Thinned. 

 Per cent of total set removed by thinning. . 18.5 

 Per cent of total set which dropped after 



thinning 12.2 19. i 



Per cent of total set harvested 69.3 80.9 



It will be seen that 19 per cent of the total number of apples 

 on the tree at the start dropped from the unthinned tree and 

 that only 12 per cent fell from the thinned tree. There was a 

 lessened drop of 7 per cent from thinning. This falling for the 

 most part occurred from a little over a week before, up to picking 

 time. The fruit was picked on September 20, which was before 

 any serious dropping had occurred. Apples which fell from the 

 tree at picking time were not counted as drops. 



Increase in Size 



Apples to the barrel from thinned tree 517 



Apples to the barrel from unthinned tree 593 



Per cent increase in size from thinning 12.81 



Grade of Fruit. 



■ Thinned Unthinned 

 Tree. Tree. 



No. 1 70.00 42.00 



No. 2 23.80 38.65 



No. 3 5.60 16.13 



Culls -. 60 3.22 



This table shows that the thinned tree gave an increase of No. 

 I fruit of 28 per cent and thinning decreased the No. 3 fruit 

 10.53 per cent. 



The thinned tree gave 23.29 per cent less crop than the un- 

 thinned tree. It will be seen, however, that at the start the 

 unthinned tree had 22 per cent more apples on it. The actual 

 loss from thinning was, therefore, only 1.29 per cent. 



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