MAINIC AGRICULTURAL HXPKRIMCNT STATION. I9O3. 



(iUOWTll AND CONDITION Ob' TBliliS ON MULCHKD AREA. 



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Hciiuirks. 



41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 46 

 46 



8-10 



4-6 



4-6 



. 6-8 

 8-10 

 2-4 

 4-6 

 3-6 

 8-10 

 2-3 

 6-8 

 2-3 



6-8 

 3-5 

 4-6 

 S-10 



10-12 

 5-6 

 4-6 

 5-6 

 6-8 

 4-6 

 8-10 



10-12 



10-12 

 2-4 

 10-12 



S-10 

 12-14 



8 

 5-7 

 6-8 



Full 



Medllltll .. 

 Aledluni . . 

 Meiliuiii . . 



/ien Davis. Fruit snuill ; tree making fair growth. 



Qpriglit. spreading; fair tree. 



Sprendluf,'; a j^ood tree. 



Spiriidiiit;; a good tree. 



Si)ri'adiiig; a flue tree. 



Fair tree; attacked by borers. 



Spreading; good tree; cdose by side of a large boulder. 



.Small tree; spreading. 



Upright; spreading, vigorous; very fine tree. 



Fair tree; attacked by borers. 



Spreading, vigorous. 



Sot later than others; moderately vigorous. 



Good tree. 



47 

 4S 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 52 



Full 



Small 



Full 



Small 



53 

 54 



Small. ... 



55 





Vigorous; fine tree. 

 Vigorous; fine tree. 

 Belljlower. Vigorous; fine tree, but fruit knotty and poor. 



56 





57 



58 



Small 



59 







60 

 61 

 62 



Medium .. 

 Medium .. 



Good tree. 

 Vigorous. 

 Vigorous. 



Vigorous; fine tree. 

 Vigorous; fine tree. 



Spreading, vigorous; a good tree. 

 Healthy, no apparent reason for small growth. 

 Roxbnry Russet. Good tree. 

 Spreading, vigorous. 



BeUtlower. Very vigorous; low head, giving forest condi 

 tibns to soil. 



63 

 64 



65 

 66 



Small 



Small 



Full 



67 

 68 

 69 



70 

 71 

 72 

 73 



Medium .. 

 Medium .. 





lioxburi/ Russet. Spreading, vigorous. 

 Spreading, vigorous. 



74 

 75 



76 



77 

 78 



1-3 



6 

 6-8 

 10-12 

 4-6 

 8-10 

 8-10 



Small 



Full 



Full 



Good tree; larger than some on cultivated plot. 

 Upright. 



Spreading; fair tree. 

 Spreading, vigorous. 



79 

 80 



Medium . . 

 Medium .. 



Upright, vigorous; good tree. 

 Vigorous, spreading. 



In the above notes Numbers 1-12 and 41-52 inclusive received 

 no fertilizer of any kind. But the first mentioned trees were 

 cultivated, while the second were mulched, as before mentioned. 

 Numbers 13-24 and 53-64 respectively are Tallman. The remain- 

 der, except as noted, are Gravenstein. 



As will be observed, there is a wide variation in the growth 

 of trees receiving the same treatment. In general, however, the 

 trees on the cultivated area made a better showing than those 

 on the mulched land ; though the latter, in the absence of trees 

 for comparison, would be regarded as good, vigorous trees. It 

 will further be noted that the number of unfruitful trees on the 



