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therefore be regarded only as approximations, subject to correction by 

 farther observation. They are arranged from the highest tolerances 

 downward, for each of the three ingredients, as well as for the totals. 

 The latter are not, of course, the sums of the figures given in the pre- 

 ceding columns, but independent data. 



HIGHEST AMOUNT OK ALKALI IN WHICH FRUIT TREES WKRE FOUND 

 UNAFFECTED. 1 



Arranged from highest to lowest. Pounds per acre in four feet depth. 



Sulfates 

 (Glauber's Salt). 



Cajbonate 



(Salsoda). 



Grapes 



Olives 



Figs 



Almonds 



Oranges 



Pears 



Apples 



Peaches 



Prunes 



Apricots 



Lemons 



Mulberry. . . . 



40.800 drapes. . . 

 30,640 < (ranges. . 



24,4*0 Olives 



22.720 Pears. . . . 



Chlorid 



(Common Salt). 



Total Alkali. 



18,600 Almonds. 

 1 7, Sew Prunes. . 



14,240 Kigs 



9,600 Peaches. . 



1,440 

 1,360 



1,120 



0,240 Apples... 

 8,640 Apricots.. 

 4,480 Lemons. . 

 3,360, Mulberry. 



640 

 4X0 



480 



Grapes 0.640 Grapes 45,7110 



Olives 6 640 Olives 40,160 



Oranges 3 360 Almonds 25, 560 



Almonds 2 400 l''igs 26,400 



Mulberry 2 240 Oranges 21,840 



Pears i 3'> Pears 20.920 



Apples i 240 Apples 16,120 



Prunes i 200 Prunes 1 1,800 



Peaches i ooo Peaches 11,280 



Apricots 060 Apricots 10080 



Lemons 800 Lemons 



Kigs 800 Mulberry, 



5.760 

 5.760 



OTHER TREKS. 



Kiilreuteria . . . . 51,040 Kolreuteria 9,920 Or. Sycamore. ... 20.320 Kiilreuteria 73,600 



Kucal. am 34,720 Or. Sycamore 3,201 Kolreuteria 12,640 < )r. Sycamore 4?.7'-<> 



Or. Sycamore.. . 19,240 I >ate Palm 2,800 Kucal. am 2.960 Kucal. am 40,400 



Wash. Palm.... 13.040 Kucal. am 2,720 Camph. Tree 1,420 Wash. Palm 15,200 



Date Palm 5.500 Wash. Palm 1,200 Wash Palm 1,040 I >atc Palm 8,328 



Camph. Tree... 5,280 Camph. Tree 320 Camph. Tree 7.020 



SMALL (TI.TUkK.S. 



1 The several columns of figures are independent of each other; the "total" 

 alkali is not the summation for the three salts in the same line. 



2 Figures taken from Bulletin 169, Calif. Expt. Station, June, 1905. 



