SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BKITISH-GROWN FKUIT. 229 
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few were afterwards blown off by the wind), and the whole 1900 crop off 
each tree was exhibited, with the following results : — 
No. 1^ No manure. Crop, 2G fruits averaging a little under 4 ounces 
each. 
No. 2. A complete artificial manure containing nitrogen, phosphate, 
and potash. Crop, 20 fruits averaging 4| ounces each. 
No. 3. Nitrogen and potash as No. 2, but no phosphate. Crop, 21 
fruits averaging 4^ ounces each. 
No. 4. Nitrogen and potash as Nos. 2 and 3, and three times as much 
phosphate as No. 2. Crop, 25 fruits averaging 7^ ounces each. 
No. 5. Same as No. 2 with some iron added. Crop, 18 fruits averag- 
ing 4 ounces. It was very interesting to note that the presence of iron 
Fig. 122. ~A Fixe Pineapple. {The Garden.) 
had not heightened the colour in any way, and that the most highly 
coloured apples of the series were on No. 1, the unmanured tree. 
The trees will doubtless get a little more into line as the experiment 
becomes older and the effect of the original soil and wood gives way to 
the manures and the new wood grown under their influence. Still, if 
they are put in this order : — 
1. No manure, 4 ounces ; 
3. Nitrogen and potash, 4^ ounces ; 
2. Nitrogen, potash, and phosphate, 4^ ounces ; 
4. Nitrogen, potash, and 3 phosphate, 7^ ounces, 
the effect of the phosphate is evident. Why the phosphate in No. 2 did 
not bring up the weight more is not quite clear, but presumably the 
extra two parts of phosphate was necessary to do this. 
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