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26 per cent, of all the non-bearing trees in the commercial orchards of 

 the state, which is more than sufficient to replace losses. 



Some 33 per cent of the bearing commercial trees of the state are found 

 in 460-odd orchards, which \arv from 100 to 300 trees in size. In this 

 grouji there are no doubt many growers who gi\e indifferent care and who 

 l)roduce poor fruit. If the number of bearing trees in each orchard may 

 be taken as an index of the grower's success in the apple industiy and 

 his intention to increase liis business, these men are on the average the 

 least successful. However, in the group in which the average size of 

 orchard is 150 trees we note that there are for each orchard 57 non- 

 bearing trees, or more than 33 per cent of the number of bearing ti'ees. 

 In the group which averages 250 trees per orchard there are 60 non- 

 bearing trees per orchard or slightly more than 25 per cent. Considered 



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 bearing and non-bcariiii;. 



fiom this ])oint of view, the outlook is encouraging. Tlie men who own 

 these orchards would not liaAC as high a itrojioition of non-bearing trees 

 if on the whole they were not succe.s.-^ful and satisfuMl witli the results 

 from their older plantations. 



A study of the distribution of 1li(> individual orchards within tliis group 

 has not been attempted. Were such possible, it would tmdoubtedly give 

 us further interesting information. Today, if we inquire into ihc history 

 of some of the best fruit farms in New Hampshire we find that 20 

 j'ears ago they were gencriJ farms on which 100 or 200 trees were prov- 



