BULLETIN No, 199. 



ORCHARD NOTES. 



W. W.BONNS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



From 1891 to 1907 the results of the experimental work in 

 pomology obtained by the late Dr. W. M. Munson were for 

 the most part published by the Station from time to time under 

 the title "Orchard Notes." 



From 1907 to 1909 the Station carried on no investigations 

 upon orchard problems. The present accumulation of data on 

 orchard management, together v/ith notes of pomological inter- 

 est, is the first publication under the old title since the re-es- 

 tablishment of work in orcharding in 1909. The change in 

 personnel that becomes effective April i, 1912, makes it ad- 

 visable to publish at this time the observations of the past two 

 years on orcharding.* 



Previous to 1909 the experimental work in pomology was 

 carried on under considerable handicap. On account of soil 

 and climatic conditions, the location of the Station at Orono is 

 not favorable for experimental studies with the varieties of 

 fruit grown in the apple sections of the State. Hence such 

 work was of necessity much restricted and dependent upon the 

 generosity of individuals sufficiently interested in the pomologi- 

 cal development of the State to place part of their orchards at 

 the disposal of the Station. 



*The accounts of the spraying experiments in 1910 and 191 1 have 

 becn_ pubhshed separately (Bulletins 189 and 198 of this Station) and 

 no discussion thereof will herein be eiven. 



