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trees have come into bearing, but the next few years will show a tre- 

 mendous increase. 



To obtain the greatest benefit from such work, it is absolutely es- 

 sential that the growers cooperate with the Association by sending in 

 each season, the complete records from their trees. Do not wait for 

 a request from the main office, but send what information you have at 

 once and keep it up. The Association is called upon constantly for 

 information regarding varieties, and it is impossible to give an in- 

 telligent up-to-date answer unless complete records are before them. 



From the notes which I have made during the past two months, the 

 following list shows the varieties of budded trees which are fruiting 

 and the age that they started to bear: 



Local Thick Skin Varieties 



Blakeman 



Challenge 



Dickinson 



Lyon 



Miller 



Sharpless 



(top worked tree on 12-year root). 



Imported Varieties 



Fuerte 



Grande 



Merito 



Perfecto 



Sinaloa 



(top worked on 10-year root). 



Thin Skin Varieties 



Azusa 



Carton 



Chappelow 



Ganter 



Northrop 



Harman 



Different Characteristics of Growth 

 I am sure most of us did not realize when we planted our first 

 budded trees, that there would be such a marked difference in their 

 growth. In nearly all cases, the originals were seven or eight years 

 old before our attention was attracted to them by their first fruits, and 

 at this age were so large and well covered with foliage, that few opinions 

 were formed. 



We have several distinct types — the tall, slender, sentinel trees 

 like the Lyon which could be planted as close as fifteen feet and have 

 plenty of room for many years of growth; the trees of long branched 

 open growth as the Blakeman and Meserve, and those of wide spread- 

 ing, heavy growth so well represented by the Taft. There are many 



3 years 

 3 years 

 3 years 

 2 years 

 5 years 

 2 years 



. .2 years 

 2-3 years 

 . .|4 years 

 . .3 years 

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. . 2 years 

 . . 3! years 

 . .3 years 

 . .3 years 

 2-3 yearsi 

 . . 3 years 



