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trees for the past three years afford some interesting data on 

 this point. The trees are on nearly level land at the top of a 

 slope. The soil is a uniform iii'a\-('lly. clay loaiii, and the trees 

 are of the same age, and vary only a little in size. In the years 

 1908-10, every a])])le borne to maturity hy these trees has heen 

 measured, as described in the last report of this station,^ and 

 the results for the individual trees are presented in Table 2. 



• Report Massachusetts Experiment Station, 1910, p. 198. 



