June, 1911.] 



FRUIT BUD FORMATION. 



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A. 



DEDUCTIONS. 



As to Formation of Fruit Buds. 



1. Thorough cultivation throughout the season from May 15th to Sept- 

 ember 1st, without the addition of cover crop or fertilizer, resulted in the 

 production of three times as many blossoms (fruit buds) and somewhat more 

 than three times as much fruit as no cultivation (sod). (Compare plots 4 and 

 1, tables No. 15 and No. 16.) 



TABLE NO. 16. 

 Average Number of Apples per Tree in Plots 1 and 4. 



2. Clean cultivation throughout the season produced considerably fewer 

 fruit buds and a noticeably smaller crop of fruit than cultivation till July 10th 

 with a cover crop of crimson clover sown with the last cultivation and plowed 

 under the following spring. (Compare plots 4 and 5, tables Nos. 15 and 17.) 



TABLE NO. 17. 

 Average Number of Apples per Tree in Plots 4 and 5. 



3. The results indicate that clean cultivation till July 10th followed by a 

 cover crop of crimson clover, alternating every other year with a stand of 

 mixed clover and grass sown early in the spring, may produce a sufficient 

 number of fruit buds for a satisfactory crop. (Compare plots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 

 in table No. 15.) This cannot be conclusively shown till the experiments 

 have progressed at least one more season. 



