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W. VA. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 141 



1912. 



Spray material 



Pruning 



Cutting undergrowth 



Spraying 



Depreciation on spray outfit 



Total expense 



Cash for 173 barrels @ $1.00 



Cash for 122 barrels @ $0.90 



Gross income for 1912 



Net profit for 1912 



$ 37.75 

 24.75 

 24.50 

 18.00 

 22.68 



$127.68 



$173.00 

 109.80 



$282.80 

 $155.12 



Total expense for 3 years $459 . 22 



Total gross income for 3 years $1,072.80 



Net profit for three years 



$613.58 



The Reynolds Orchard. 



The Reynolds orchard, situated about one and one half miles from 

 St. Marys consists of 850 twenty year old Rome Beauty trees 

 (figs. 6 and 7). AVhen taken under the supervision of the station 

 in the spring of 1911, the orchard was in a badly run down condi- 

 tion. Unlike the Davis and Bartlett orchards, it was not grown up 



FJG. 0. Reynolds Orrliard after rejuvenation, Figure 7 shows the other half of orchard. 



to brush, but a heavy sod, coupled with a lack of care were rapidly 

 sapping the vitality from the trees. They were making only an inch 

 or less of growth, the limbs were dying back, the foliage was thin 

 }iu<l sickly and the production had fallen to practically nothing. 

 In fact it was on the verge of actual starvation. 



Fortunately the orchard was comparatively free from disease and 

 The first year the trees were given a much needed prun- 

 ing, removing the dead wood and thinning out the dense growth. 



