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per cent of the croj) was barreled ; from the unsprayed, 12 per 

 cent. Without considering the apples that were evaporated by 

 the grower, the average price of sprayed apples was 31.8 cents 

 per bushel ; of unsprayed, 27.7. 



"If we count the apples that were evaporated by the growers 

 as w^orth 20.7 cents, the average price paid for apples by the 

 evaporators, then the income per acre from sprayed orchards 

 averaged $77.84 ; from the unsprayed, $63. 



"Most of the sprayed orchards were sprayed but once. Apples 

 from many of these brought no higher prices than the unsprayed 

 ones, but some of those that were well sprayed gave so much 

 better yields and secured so much higher prices that they were 

 able to raise the average as shown above." 



HoAv Far Apart Should we Plant our Trees ? 



Our field expert unhesitatingly says : " One of the greatest 

 enemies of the apple orchard in Wayne County, as in most other 

 apple-growing regions, is the apple tree. When the greater part 

 of the orchards were planted, about forty years ago, there was a 

 universal tendency to plant too closely. On 43 per cent of the 

 area planted before 1880 the trees are 80x30 feet or less; 82 

 per cent are 35x85 feet or less. Only 18 per cent are over 

 35 X 35 feet ; and a part of these were planted more closely, but 

 have been thinned." 



Here are the yields for the different distances, and these fig- 

 ures speak more eloquently than any other form of argument : 



"Four year average : 



Not over 30 X 30 feet 186 bushels. 



31 X 31 to 35 X 35 feet 222 " 



36 X 36 to 40 X 40 feet 229 " 



" The more trees per acre the less the yield ! The average yield 

 for four years of orchards where the trees are not over 30 x 30 

 feet apart is 186 bushels; for those over 30x30 feet but not 

 over 35 x 35 feet, 222 bushels ; for those over 35 x 35 feet, 229 

 bushels." 



