iu diameter, 4 barrels ; one Baldwin, 10 inches in diameter, 4 bar- 

 rels ; one Red Russet, 1 foot in diameter, 5 barrels ; etc. 



Orchard No. 3 of 28 trees is on rather moist, stony land with hard- 

 pan subsoil and has not been cultivated for 15 years. The grass 

 has been cut twice or more each season and left on the ground when 

 cut, or raked under the trees. The same fertilizers were applied as 

 to No. 1 and 2 and all the trees made a satisfactory growth. The 

 noticeable varieties were Porter, King, Duchess, Pewaukee, Haas, 

 Baldwin, Pound Sweet, Scarlet Cranberry and Westfield Seek-no- 

 further, etc. One King, 10 inches in diameter. yielded 4 barrels ; one 

 Baldwin, 9 inches in diameter, 4i barrels ; one Pound Sweet, 3^ bar- 

 rels ; one Scarlet Cranberry, 4 barrels. The trees in all three 

 orchards, except checks, were sprayed with the Bordeaux mixture 

 and Pai'is green three times during the early part of the season, and 

 those most subject to the scab were sprayed a short time before the 

 fruit was gathered with a weak solution of copper sulfate, 3 ounces 

 to 50 gallons of water. During very wet seasons two applications 

 of this fungicide should be made, one the last of August and another 

 before picking, to prevent the late growth of the scab which often 

 continues if the apples are not kept very dry after being put into the 

 cellar. 



THINNING FRUrr. 



Most of the fruit in the above orchards was thinned when about 

 one inch in diameter, checks being left wherever necessary. Care- 

 ful records were kept of the cost of thinning, and the value of the 

 fruit on the thinned and unthinned trees was estimated as follows : 



Gain 

 per tree. 



^^^^*^^y- Thinning. bbls. value. 



Red Astrachan, unthinned, 4^ $3.00 



Red Astrachan, thinned, $1.20 5 $5.05 $2.05 



Early Harvest, unthinned, 1^ 



Early Harvest, thinned, .15 li .98 .98 



Hurlbut, unthinned, 5 $3.00 



Hurlbut, thinned, .45 6 $3.55 .55 



Baldwin, unthinned, 3i $2.00 



Baldwin, thinned, .60 4 $2.90 .90 



R. I. Greening, unthinned, 2 $1.50 



R. I. Greening, thinned, .15 2i $2.10 .60 



