July, 1926] 



Apple Industry in New Hampshire 



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most will be cut down being from 1935 to 1950. The proportion of 

 filler trees is not high in New Hampshire orchards, and it appears prob- 

 able that not as many will be set as in the past. Many good growers 

 declare that hereafter they will not set more than 54 trees per acre 

 including 27 fillers. 



In Table 7 there is given a classification of 801 of the New Hamp- 

 shire commercial orchards on the basis of niunber of bearing trees. This 

 is of interest because, on the whole, large units tend to be better cared 

 lor than small ones. Pending further information the Experiment Sta- 

 tion has established the recommendation that a commercial orchard 

 should contain as a minimum 500 trees, with adtlitional plantings to 

 replace fillers remoxcd or other losses. There are at present in New 

 Hampshire about 80 orchards which contain at least 500 bearing trees. 

 The total number of trees in those orchards is about 46 per cent of all 

 bearing trees in the commercial orchards of the state. It appears safe 

 to assume that on account of better care these trees produce more than 

 Iiair of the commercial crop. These same orchards contain a little over 



Table V. — Varieties of Fillers in New Hampshire Commercial Orchards 



Taule VI. — Aye of Filler Trees in New Hampshire Commercial Orchards 



