4 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 161 



1. The apples were gathered the first week in October. The re- 

 sults given below are based on a count of the total dropped and 

 picked fruit. The relative position of the plots in the orchard is 

 indicated by their numbers. Each plot consisted of from five to 

 ten trees. 



LADD ORCHARD. 



SMITH ORCHARD. 



The greater percentage of scab on Plot 20 than on 19 must be 

 attributed largely to the omission of the first spraying on the former 

 plot. Plot 20 was adjacent to a check plot but plot 16 was also. 

 The large percentage of scab in the orchards as a whole, was partly 

 due to a late spread of the disease from the unsprayed plots and 

 from those sprayed from inefficient mixtures to other parts of the 

 orchard. This was shown by the large number of young scab spots 

 on the apples at the time of gathering and by notes taken on the 



