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U. OF X. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 227 



Table XI — Effect of fertilizers on yield and growth of peach trees 



Variety Test of Fruits — {Hatch Fund) 



No new varieties of apples worthy of note fruited in the Station 

 test orchards this year. Observations have been made, however, both 

 at the Station and in other sections by G. F. Potter with reference to 

 varieties of apples, pears, and plums. During the year there was 

 obtained by means of a commercial survey a rating of the relative 

 value of the more important sorts grown in the state as determined 

 by the opinion of the commercial apple growers. This shows the 

 Baldwin and Mcintosh to be the two outstanding apple varieties, con- 

 stituting more than 70 per cent of the total trees in commercial orchards 

 in the state. In few fruit sections in America is the planting so gen- 

 erally restricted to a small number of desirable commercial varieties. 

 The results of the survey indicate that although there are a total of 

 two and one-half times as many Baldwin trees as there are Mcintosh, 

 in recent years practically as many Mcintosh have been planted as 

 Baldwin. The returns also indicate that whereas ten to fifteen years 

 ago the Mcintosh was widely planted as a "filler", the recent plantings 

 are more largely composed of permanent trees. The increase in pro- 

 duction of Mcintosh for the next fifteen years is estimated at approx- 

 imately 43,000 barrels, whereas the increase in Baldwin will be approx- 

 imately 80,000 barrels. The 1940 crop of Mcintosh, however, will be 

 more than 300 per cent of the present crop while that of Baldwin 

 will be only 50 per cent larger than those harvested at the present 

 time. The Mcintosh variety blossomed heavily in New Hampshire 

 and throughout New England in the spring of 1926 but set a very light 



