128 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I908. 



Numbers 1-12 and 41-52, inclusive, have received no fertilizer 

 of any kind during the 10 years. The first mentioned trees were 

 cultivated, however, while the others were mulched, as shown 

 in the diagram. Numbers 13-24 and 53-64, respectively, are 

 Tolman. The remainder are Gravenstein, except as noted, and 

 numbers 42, 46, 50, 66, 70, 74 and 78, which are Tolman. 



Taking the orchard as a whole, there has been an average 

 annual growth of from 4^ to 7 inches. The unfertilized 



Annual Growth of Trees in Cultivated Area. 



Growth in inches.* 



1902. 1903. 



1904 1905. 



1906. 



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Condition of trees spring of 1907.f 



6- 8 

 6-8 

 8-10 

 6- 8 

 8-10 

 4- 6 

 8-10 



8 10-14 



9 8-10 



10 10-12 



11 6- 8 



12 10-12 



13 8-10 



14 8-10 



15 8-10 



16 4- 5 



17 8-10 



18 6- 8 



19 6- 8 



20 8-10 



21 10-12 



22 



23 10-12 



24 6 



25 6- 7 



26 6- 8 

 27! 12 



4- 6 



6- 8 



6- 8 



10 



12 



4- 6 



3- 5 

 5-7 



5- 7 

 6-8 

 1-2 

 3-4 



10-12 



4- 6 



6- 8 

 4- 6 

 7-9 



4- 6 

 8-10 



5- 7 

 8-10 



6- 8 

 10-12 



4- 6 

 10-12 

 6- 8 



4-6 

 1-2 

 2-3 

 3-5 

 4-6 

 



3-4 

 5-6 

 3-6 

 6-8 

 2-4 

 5-7 

 4-6 

 5-6 

 1-2 

 7-9 

 4-6 

 ' 7 

 2-3 

 3-4 

 6-7 



3-4 

 



2- 4 



3- 6 



6- 8 

 



1- 3 

 8-10 

 3- 6 

 8-10 



2- 4 



5- 7 

 3-4 



7- 9 



6- 8 

 7-9 

 6- 8 

 9-10 





 5- 8 

 8-12 



10 



6- 8 



6- 8 



7- 8 



10-12 

 10-12 



4- 6 



5- 7 

 7- 9 



6- 8 



4- 6 

 3- 5 

 8-10 

 6- 8 



3- 5 

 8-10 



5- 7 



5- 7 



6- 8 



4- 6 

 6- 8 



4-6i 8-10 i 



2-3; 4- 61 



6-8 8-10 



4-5 1 6- 8 



4-5 

 2-4 

 3-6 



3-6 



4- 6 



5-7 



3-6 



3 

 4-6 



6 

 4-6 

 5-7 



1- 3 

 1- 3 

 4- 6 

 

 4- 6 

 5-7 

 1- 3 

 1- 3 

 6- 8 

 8-10 

 6- 8 

 3- 5 

 6- 8 



2-4 

 



1- 3 



2- 4 

 4- 6 



"6 



5-7 



2- 4 

 4- 6 



3- 5 

 6- 8 



4- 6 

 8-10 

 3- 5 



3- 5 



4- 6 

 4- 6 



2- 4 



4- 6 



5- 7 

 6 



6- 8 

 5- 7 

 4- 6 



4- 6 

 1- 3 



3- 5 



5- 7 



4- 6 



2- 3 

 4- 6 



4- 6 



6- 8 

 1- 2 



3- 4 

 8-10 



4- 6 



7- 9 

 3- 5 

 7- 9 



5- 6 

 7- 9 



5- 6 



6- 8 

 6- 8 

 7-9 

 3- 4 



6- 8 



7- 9 



5- 7 



6- 7 

 5- 7 

 5- 6 



3- 5 



4- 6 



4- 6 

 8-10 

 4- 6 

 6- 8 

 



4- 6 

 6- 8 



5- 7 



6- 8 



6- 8 



7- 9 

 4- 6 

 6- 7 



4- 5 

 6- 7 

 6- 8 



5- 6 



6- 8 



Standing still. Not recovered from injury of 1904-5. 

 Practically dead; few blossoms. 

 Weak; few blossoms. 

 Checked by cold, 1906-7. 

 Partly recovered from injury of 1904-5. 

 Dead. 



Dying; few blossoms. 

 Good condition; vigorous. 

 Weak. 



Good strong tree. 

 Defective stock; failing. 

 Good type of tree. 

 Injured by mice 1906-7. 

 Fine tree; productive; vigorous. 

 Good condition. 

 Good condition. 

 Good condition. 

 Vigorous; productive. 

 Injured at base; defective stock. 

 Good condition. 

 Fine type of tree and fruit. 

 Young tree set 1906. 

 Very strong and vigorous. 

 Good tree. 

 Good condition. 



Fair condition; injured by mice, 1906-7. 

 Nearly dead. 

 Weak. 



Good condition. 

 Vacant. 



Nearly dead; defective trunk. 

 Part of tree dying. 

 Good condition. 

 Half of tree dead. 

 Dying; full bloom. 

 Doing well. 

 Doing well. 

 Doing well. 

 Good condition. 



Young tree, 1906; girdled by mice 1906-7; cions set in 

 stub, 1907. 



♦Fractions less than one-half are disregarded. 



tFor previous records see Bulletin 89 of this station, p. 5, and Bulletin 122, p. 



185, 



186. 



