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Table 22 shows that here, as in the other plots already con- 

 'sidered, the bloom was excellent in 1910. Fairly good percents 

 of abundant and full sets were partially offset by the trees of 

 medium or no set. Nevertheless the 1910 yield, indicated in 

 the next table, is far below the amount reasonably anticipated 

 from the respective set of fruit. 



On the other hand, the ,1911 data of tables 21, 22, 23 and 24 

 show a degree of bloom greatly reduced from that of the pre- 

 ceding year, a strikingly greater proportional set of fruit and an 

 -equally notable increase in the crop. 



It is well to here reiterate the point that however small the 

 actual crop of fruit from these plots may be, it is the increased 

 yield per tree and the percent of increase indicated in the fol- 

 lowing tables that are full of meaning. The fact that these 

 results have been obtained within the second season of the 

 •experiment gives the data an added significance. 



Table 23. 

 Yield in Barrels, and Relative Gain. 



1910. 



1911. 



Plot. 



Number of barrels. 



Number of barrels. 



Per cent, gain in 1911. 



E 



30 

 9 



92.9 

 59.7 



209.66 



F 



563.33 







Table 24. 

 Yield per Tree. 



1910. 



1911. 



Plot 



Number 



of 



trees. 



Number 



of 

 barrels. 



Number 



of 



trees. 



Number 



of 

 barrels. 



Gain 



in 



barrels. 



Per cent, gain in 1911. 



E 



F 



82 

 72 



0.36 

 0.12 



82 

 70 



1.13 

 0.82 



0.77 

 0.70 



113.88 

 583.33 



