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N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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11. Check to the above. Variety, unknown sweet. Location, 

 Chart 4, Tree 12. Fruit infested the prior season and most 

 drops allowed to remain, but apples that appeared sound 

 sometimes picked up. Chickens had access to space beneath 

 tree. No spray applied. All drops were recorded. About 1 

 bushel of fruit was picked from the tree and examined. Results: 

 total drops, 198; total punctures, 1,275; proportion free from 



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3 



12 



4 



13 



5 



14 



6 



15 



Chart 5. Location of trees in poison bait sprayin 

 Williams Favorite, experiment 12. Tree 17, sprayed Aug 

 13, Tree 16, check August Sweet, experiment 14. Scale 



1. 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 



Gravenstein. 



Early Winter Sweet. 



Spy- 

 Spy. 



Spy. 

 Spy. 



Winter Sweet. 

 8. Orange Sweet. 



9. Russet. 17. 



10. Sweet, variety (?). 18. 



11. Plum. 19. 



12. Baldwin. 20. 



13. Plum. 21. 



14. Porter. 22. 



15. Baldwin. 23. 



16. August Sweet. 



Tree 21, sprayed 

 ust Sweet, experiment 

 1 inch = 60 feet. 



August Sweet. 



Baldwin. 



Hubbardston. 



Baldwin. 



Early Williams. 



liady Sweet. 



Hubbardston. 



punctures, 8.5 per cent; apples picked, 358; punctures, 3,086; 

 proportion free from punctures, .8 per cent. 



12. Variety, Williams Favorite. Location, Chart 5, Tree 21. 

 Fruit considerably infested in 1912, and a large crop borne. 

 Apples that appeared sound were gathered for use, the rest rot- 

 ting on the ground. Formula, arsenate of lead, 1 ounce, molasses 

 1 quart, water 3 quarts. Four applications were made, of 4 

 quarts each, applied with a hand pump. Dates of applications, 



