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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Percentages of Sizes and Grades of Certain Varieties of Apples 



The following table was made up of averages of 59.200 boxes of apples shipped 

 during the season of 1911 by the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers' Association. The 

 apples shipped were not of uniform pack but were taken from the farmer as he 

 packed them. 



* Winter Banana, White Winter Pearaiain, Black Ben Davis omitted from list ; very small 

 shipments. 



Bearing Ability of Ccrtaiu Varieties at 

 Certain Ages 



Orchard of W. N. Yost, Meridian, Idaho, 

 2-year-old Jonathan trees planted in 1906: 



Packed 

 Boxes 

 Year. per Tree. 



1910 1 2/3 



1911 13/8 



1912 4 4/5 



1913 (heavy frost) 15/8 



1914 (estimated) 6 to 7 



I do very little pruning from the third 



year on until the trees begin bearing 

 freely. Prune and shape heavily second 

 and third years, then scarcely any prun- 

 ing until about the eighth year. 



Two-year-old Rome Beauty trees planted 



i° 19"«: Packed 



Boxes 

 Year. per Tree. 



1910 5/8 



1911 2 3/5 



1912 3 3/10 



1913 (heavy frost) 2 1/2 



1914 (estimated) 6 to 7 



