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BULLETIN 813, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



Ill the event that any samples of fruits of any of the grades were 

 missmg, so that the seeds could not be counted, a statement of this 

 fact was made in the note form by usmg the words "Not counted." 

 Figure 2 shows the simple equipment used in m.aking individual-tree 

 performance records and the method of handling it. 



Table IV. — Forms for field use in investigational toorlc for making individual-tree 

 performance records, showing the data from four lemon trees of the Eureka variety on 

 the Chase plantation for the picking in April, 1916. 



[Hortieultural and Pomological Investigations, B. P. I. form 110 B. Space is provided for recording the 

 gross, tare, and net weights, or for the data for two boxes of fruit separately for each tree. These four 

 tree s are listed in ranks 105, 35, 82, and 34, respectively, in Table VI and in figure 9. The record for tree 34- 

 75-16 for the season of 1915-16 is shown in Table V, and its record for six seasons is tabulated in rank 35 

 in Table VIII.] 



A. — Front of sheet, sUoiuing the form for recording the weight and number of the fruits of the different grades and 

 the number of seeds in three typical fruits from each tree. 



Grave, Ch2se plintation, Plat, S4- Row, 75. T>ate, April 2S, 1918. Variety, Eureka. 





Fruits. 



Seeds. 



Tree No. 



Green grade. 



Tree-Ripe 

 grade. 



Cull grade. 



Total crops. 



Green 

 grade. 



Tree- 

 Ripe 

 grade. 



Cull 





Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Wei:ht. 



Num- 

 ber. 



grade. 



34-75-15 



Lbs. oz. 

 ( 22-15 

 1 all-15 



. 38 

 145 



78 



Lbs. oz. 

 0-12 



3- 1 



2- 5 

 6-12 



'3 

 13 

 10 



28 



Lbs. oz. 



0- 4 



1- 2 

 2-10 

 1- 7 



2 

 7 

 16 

 10 



Lbs. oz. 

 12- 



43-12 



25- 2 

 72- 8 



43 

 165 

 104 



272 



5 

 17 



17 

 21 







5 

 11 

 21 







1 11-0 



5 



34-75-16 



f 55- 3 

 1 al5-10 





34-75-17 



I 39-9 



f 36- 8 

 1 al6- 5 



10 





I 20- 3 



9 



34-75-18 



f 24- 5 

 1 40- 



86 

 148 







I 64- 5 



234 



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B. — Back of sheet, showing the form for recording the variable fruits found on the trees. 



Variable fruits. 



Tree. 



Variable fruits. 



Tree. 



15 



16 



17 



18 



15 



16 



17 



18 



Collared.. 



8 



9 





S 



Ridged, collared, and pro- 































































Split 





























Ridged ' - 



7 



3 



17 















1 













Ridged and protruding 





1 





















a Tare to be deducted from total weight. 



In somie cases, m order to study the fruits after curing, the crops 

 from, each tree were kept separate and stored in the packing house for 

 a period of six weeks to two months. After curing, the lemons were 



