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The gross and net weights of fresh fruit and the weight of cured fruit are shown 

 by the following table : 



G-ross and net weights of fresh fruits and weight of cured fruit. 



PEACHES. 





Weight. 



Cured in— 



Total. 





Gross. 



Net. a 



7 hours. 



10 hours. 



Lot A (sulphured) : 



Tray 1 



Pounds. ! Pounds. 

 6.89 6.26 

 6.89 6.28 



Pounds. 

 1 25 



Pounds. 



0.04 



Pounds. 

 1.29 



Tray 2 



1.25 



















2.54 















Lot B (not sulphured) : 



Tray 3 



6.89 

 6.98 



6.27 

 6.28 



0.37 



1.27 



1.64 







1.44 



















3.08 













a After removal of stones and waste. 



A lot of infested peach twigs and leaves were exposed to heat on top tray, the 

 coolest portion of the evaporator, for five hours. 



W. A. Taylor, 



Acting Pomologist. 

 All the scales in this lot were dead. 



Nathan Banks. 



Experiment III.— Evaporation and Sun Drying op Vicar Pears and Ben 

 Davis and Baldwin Apples. 



On September 30 a basket of Vicar pears, badly infested with San Jose scale, was 

 divided into two equal lots, A and B, by weight, as in Experiments I and II, and 

 after being sliced into eighths, was spread upon trays. Lot A was spread on trays 

 2 and 3 and sulphured. Lot B was spread upon trays 4 and 9 and was not exposed 

 to sulphur fumes. Trays III-A-2 and III-B-4 were placed in the evaporator. At 

 the end of six hours most of the fruit was found cured and Avas removed, the bal- 

 ance being left until completion at the end of ten hours. The temperatures were 

 practically identical with those of Experiment II. Trays III-A-3 and III-B-9 were 

 placed in the sun for about eight hours each day on clear days, being exposed in 

 this manner for about ten days, until sufficiently cured. 



The gross and net weights of fresh fruit and weight of cured fruit are shown in the 

 following table : 



Gross and net weights of fresh fruit and weight of dried fruit. 



VICAR PEARS. 



Wei 



ght. 



After— 



Gross. 



Net. 



6 hours. 



10 hours. 



Pounds. 

 X 10. 14 



} 10.14 



Pounds. 

 9.59 



9 27 



Pounds. 

 f 0.75 



Pounds. 

 0.25 



f 0.63 



0.20 







Total. 



Lot A (sulphured) : 



Tray III-A-2 evaporated 

 Tray III-A-3 sun dried . . 



Lot B (not sulphured) : 



Tray III-B-4 evaporated 

 Tray III-B-9 sun dried . , 



Pounds. 

 1 

 1.02 



0.83 

 1.03 



On October 1, 1898, about one-half bushel of inferior Ben Davis and Baldwin 

 apples was divided into lots as in the former experiments and tested in the same 



