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was in the experimental stage. Then the fruit-grower had 

 no way to find out the varieties which were suited to his 

 locality j he did not hare the benefit of the "other fellow's 

 experience, and he was compelled to try out many sorts - if 

 not to his own profit, certainly to the advantage of the 

 apple industry in the State. Later on in the discussion, 

 we shall see that the total number of varieties mentioned 

 in the young orchards has decreased by 36 per cent. 



Varieties In Young Orchards . - Under this topic the 

 following question was asked: "Name the varieties in your 

 young orchards (not yet bearing) in the order of their com- 

 mercial importance, giving the approximate number of each." 

 The young orchards will range in age from one to seven or 

 eight years. One hundred and seventy -four of the fruit 

 growers who replied to my letter have young orchards. The 

 total number of trees reported in the young orchards is 

 260,124. This number slightly exceeds the aggregate of 

 trees reported in the old orchards. Doubtless the acreage 

 of the young orchards is considerably in excess of that of 

 the old orchards, owing to the fact that trees in the young 

 orchards are generally planted farther apart than trees in 

 the old orchards. 



A summary of the answers to the above question is 

 given in Table 2. The explanation of this table is exactly 



