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Table 46. Showing the Percentage of Peach Bloom Killed 

 on the Basal End and the Outer End of Twigs by the 

 Freeze of April 3, 1908, When the Temperature 

 Went to 24° F. 



Variety 



Basal half of twigs 



Number 

 Buds 



Percentage 

 Killed 



End half of twigs 



Number 

 Buds 



Percentage 

 Killed 



Oldmixon 



Oldmixon 



Oldmixon 



Elberta 



Elberta 



Elberta 



Crawford's Early. 



Ortiz 



Sneed 



Sneed 



Sneed 



Kalamazoo 



Family Favorite . . 

 Family Favorite . . 



Golden Gate 



Dewey Cling 



Dewey Cling 



Elberta Seedling . . 

 Elberta Seedling. . 

 Connet 



Total No. buds 



Average percentage killed. 



159 



426 

 648 

 374 

 121 

 163 

 95 

 623 

 503 

 354 

 251 

 579 

 483 

 256 

 129 

 106 

 171 

 151 

 1850 

 395 



8367 



70.44 



11.03 



15.12 



19.78 



38. 



52.1 



5.26 

 46.70 

 14.25 

 45.48 

 23.1 

 32.29 

 26.70 

 22.22 

 85.2 

 14.1 

 12.2 



5.9 

 11. 

 11.1 



27.24 



363 

 598 

 828 

 603 

 205 

 143 

 155 

 553 

 492 

 413 

 186 

 529 

 431 

 192 

 72 

 109 

 111 

 216 

 980 

 507 



8257 



84.39 



41.97 



67.23 



44.92 



69.2 



71.3 



25.16 



55.50 



65.44 



53.75 



50.5 



54.23 



63.80 



66.14 



50. 



73.4 



17.1 



73. 



16.3 



43.1 



53.68 



Of course many of these blooms were not yet fully open and 

 a much larger percentage of the flowers were fully open on the outer 

 half of the twigs than on the basal half, as the following table will 

 show: 



Table 47. Showing Percentage of Bloom Fully Open on the 

 Basal Half and the Outer Half of Twigs 

 by April 4, 1908 



