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and the rest smaller, would not be likely to have a full set- 

 ting of buds. 



Mr. Kirkham : It was stated here that an argument in 

 favor of thinning apples was that picking off the surplus 

 saved the ripening of the seeds, as the maturing of these 

 seeds took from the vitality of the tree. 



Dr. Jenkins : It is not only to save the ripening of the 

 apple seed, but also to work the salvation of the apples ; 

 it is not altogether a question of apple seed, but also of the 

 whole apple. You, of course, can expect larger apples 

 when the tree has only half as much work to do. 



Q. In a peach orchard that is now of fairly thrifty 

 growth, would you advise the application of nitrogen up to 

 the time it comes into bearing ? 



A. Professor Voorhees, of New Jersey, considers that a 

 formula containing a moderate amount of nitrogen, and 

 heavy in phosphoric acid and potash, gives best results, and 

 should be applied from the outset. 



Q. How about leaves on trees where the leaves are very 

 thick and sunlight not able to strike in ? Might not a tree 

 have fewer leaves and not less nutriment ? 



A. That is very hard to tell, because you cannot prove 

 it one way or the other. Of course leaves that are shaded 

 by other leaves cannot do as good work as if they had the 

 full sunlight. Whether the tree would do better with some 

 leaves gone or not it is impossible to say. Possibly those 

 leaves do some work without the full sunlight. 



