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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 209. 



Below is shown the arrangement of the plots and trees. The trees 

 are spaced 40 X 30 feet, with an additional space of 14 feet between 

 plots. Plot 1 is at the north end of the orchard. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 



Gravenstein (died before 

 1907). 



Plot 1. — Manure, 10 Tons. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 



Gravenstein (died ii 

 1919). 



Plot 2. — Ashes, 2,000 Pounds. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet (died i 



1919). 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin (died about 



1913). 

 Gravenstein. 



Plot 3. — No Fertilizer. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Plot 4. — Bone, 600 Pounds; Muriate of Potash, 200 Pounds. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet (died in 



1907-08). 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Plot 5. — Bone, 600 Pounds; Low-grade Sulfate of Potash, 400 Pounds. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Rhode Island Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet. 

 Baldwin. 

 Gravenstein. 



Fertilizer Treatment. 

 Previous to 1889 the soil was in rather poor condition, but had been 

 gradually improved by cultivation in corn and other cereals and grass. 

 The manurial treatment was begun in the spring of 1889, and the following 

 annual applications were continued up to and including 1916. Since 

 1916 no manure or fertilizer has been applied. 



