134 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1908. 



ticular orchard. As a field for studies in variation, however, 

 the work is but just begun. Some interesting individual varia- 

 tions have been under observation for some time, and will be 

 used in further investigations. 



ORCHARD RENOVATION. — DIAGRAM OP THE ORCHARD.* 





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The accompanying table of annual yields (pages 137 and 

 138), gives the actual performance of the individual trees, during 

 the past five years. The actual yield, in barrels, from 78 trees, 

 not counting Gravensteins, vacancies, or the 10 trees in the out- 

 side row, for the several years is as follows : 



* From Bulletin 89, of this Station, p. 20. 



