EXPERIMENTS IN ORCHARD CULTURE. 



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Cultivation vs. Mulch — Annual Yields. 



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Cultivated. 





1902. 



1903.* 



1904. 



1905. 



Remarks. 



13 







Bush. 

 3.0 

 2.8 

 1.0 

 0.5 

 1.8 

 2.0 

 1.2 

 .5 

 4.0 



Bush. 

 2.0 



e.5 



2.4 

 1.9 

 4.0 

 7.0 

 2.5 

 4.8 

 5.0 



Extra; both tree and fruit. 

 Dead. 





14 









15 



Small 







16 









17 



Mefiium 







18 

 19 

 20 















Small 







21 



Full 







22 



Full 







'>3 







1.3 

 .3 



7.6 

 .0 





24 



Small 







Total 







18.4 



43.7 











Mulched. 



53 



Small 





.8 

 .0 

 1.2 

 3.0 

 Full ... 

 5.0 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 2.6 

 1.0 

 3.5 

 1.3 



4.5 

 0.0 

 2.5 

 4.2 

 Medium 

 2.5 

 1.7 

 3.0 

 2.2 

 3.2 

 3.2 

 4.0 



Bellflower. 





^■l 









55 









56 









57 



Small 







5S 









59 









60 



Medium 







61 









ffl 









63 



Small 







64 



Small 









Total 









22.0 



31.0 













*By an accident the records of 1903 were rendered useless and are omitted. 

 There was a fair crop on most of the trees. 



With the exception noted, the above trees are now all in prime 

 bearing condition and yield satisfactory annual crops. In Bulle- 

 tin 89 the statement was made that, " With Tolman the number 

 of bearing trees is greater by one-half on the cultivated area, 

 but the average yield is slightly less. Most of the fruit on the 

 cultivated area came from four trees ; the remaining trees, in 

 most cases, not having half a peck each." The same general 

 ratio existed for the next two years. In 1904 the total yield 

 from eleven trees on the cultivated plat, as shown by the table, 

 was 18.4 bushels, or an average of 1.7 bushels per tree; while 

 on the mulched area, for the same number of trees, the total 

 yield was 22 bushels, or an average of 2 bushels per tree. 



In 1905, however, the relative advantage of cultivation 

 becomes evident when it appears that there is a total of 43.7 



