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 No. 2 

 No. 3 



essarily lessen the yield, for the increase in size of fruit makes up 

 for the apples removed by thinning. 



The apples were sold on their merit and the purchaser knew 

 nothing of the nature of the experiment. The following prices 

 were received. 



Unthinned Trees. Thinned Trees. 

 Fruit. Fruit. 



$1.67 $2.01 



1.67 1.66 



74 -74 



The No. I fruit for the thinner trees, it will be noticed, sold for 

 34 cents per barrel more than for the same grade in the unthin- 

 ned trees. 



Thinning Experiment. 



Total number of apples on unthinned trees 24,014 



Total number of barrels, tree run 37 



Average number of apples per barrel 649 



Number of apples removed by thinning 2,099 



Number of apples on thinned trees 10,426 



Number of apples per barrel, tree run 548 



Packed Out Results. 



Unthinned Trees. Thinned Trees. 

 No. I 11-75 t)bls. II bbls. 



No. 2 8.5 



No. 3 9.50 



Cull 4-75 



Slack 2.50 



Profits from Thinning. 



4 



2-75 

 0.00 



125 



For comparison and calculating on the basis of 100 barrels 

 tree run the above results are obtained which gives a profit of 

 $47.56 from thinning 100 barrels. 



