FERTILIZING PEACHES 



trees in all. But as a matter of fact, the plats did not con- 

 tain a uniform number of bearing trees. On one or two 

 plats there were dead trees ; and on some there were young 

 trees not .in bearing. The data have been figured out, how- 

 ever, on the basis of the actual number of trees per plat in 

 bearing, so that the results from the different plats are 

 perfectly fair and comparable with each other. 



It will be observed that on the first plat no fertilizer 

 was used ; on the second plat, potash and phosphoric acid ; 

 on the third plat, potash and nitrogen; on the fourth 

 plat, phosphoric acid and nitrogen; on the fifth plat, 

 potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen ; on the sixth plat, 

 potash, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and lime; and on the 

 seventh plat, nothing. The fertilizer was applied in the 

 following amounts per acre: Blood 240 pounds, Acid 

 Phosphate 500 pounds, and Sulfate of Potash 200 pounds. 

 Lime was used on plat 6 at the rate of one ton per acre. 

 The cost of the heaviest application, exclusive of lime, was 

 $16.85. Where the lime was applied on plat 6, the cost 

 of the fertilizer became $24.85. The table shows the yield 

 per plat in bushels, the number of trees bearing, the yield 

 per tree in bushels, the yield per acre with 108 bearing 

 trees, the increase over the unfertilized plat in bushels, the 

 value of the crop at $1.65* per bushel for the peaches, the 

 value of the crop increase over no fertilizer, the cost of the 



* The excellent price obtained by Mr. Bassett was due to the shortage in the 

 Michigan peach crop in 1910. 



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