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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Total Yield io Date for Each Variety. 



Yields of Each Variety in 1909. 



Attention is called to the fact that while the total yield of 

 fruit upon plot 5 is materially greater than on plot 4, the yield 

 of Gravensteins on plot 5 is inferior to that on i:)lot 4. This 

 may he in part accounted for hy the fact that the Gravenstein 

 row in plot 5 stood on the southern edge of the plot and within 

 a comparatively short distance of a well-grown forest. It is 

 helieved that these trees were somewhat injuriously affected 

 for a few years; but in 1908 this forest was cut back to a suffi- 

 cient distance from plot 5 so that it is lielieved that this influ- 

 ence can no longer prove harmful. It Avill be noticed that in 

 1009 the yield of Gravensteins on plots -i and f) was practically 

 equal. 



The Quality of the Eruit. 



In color and general attractiveness of appearance the fruit 



of the several plots has usually ranked in the following- order : 



plots 2, 5, 4, 1 and '^. In the early years of the experiment 



the rank of the fruit in size was in the order: plots 5, 4, 1, 2 



