COST AXD RETUMES PER ACRE. 



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The following facts may also be interesting, as show- 

 ing the continuous yield of fruit from one apple tree 

 during a term of ten years. I can vouch for their 

 accuracy, as they were furnished by a friend of mine in 

 Essex. 



The tree was a Warner's King, of pyramidal form, and 

 was planted at Ramsden, in Essex, in November, 1871. 



1872 Crop, 3 large Apples. 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 ... 



2 or 3 Apples. 



pecks. 



" 



1878 

 1879 



1880 



1881 

 1882 



Thus the average crop for the ten years was four pecks 

 per year. These he sold in Chelmsford market at an 

 average of Is. 6d. per peck. 



The tree occupies a space of not more than 3 square 



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