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by the tipping and spurring (figs. 30 and 31, 34 and 35). Table III. 
shows the average number of fruits from a tree in 1919, 1920, and 
1921. 
Table III. — Average Number of Fruits matured by a Tree. 
(Eight Trees in Each Group.) 
Unpruned. 
Long-spur Pruned. 
19 19. 
1920. 
1921. 
3-Year 
1 otai. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
3- Year 
Total 
Allington 
55 
IOI 
139 
295 
7 
3i 
82 
I20 
Beauty of Bath . 
n(?) 
38 
19 
68 
• 3°(?) 
42 
31 
103 
Bismarck 
18 
3 
100 
121 
O 
3 
1 
4 
Cox's Orange 
54 
3 
157 
214 
4 
1 
45 
50 
Early Vic. (Crab) . 
73 
96 
228 
397 
5 
9 
127 
141 
„ (Par.) . 
48 
79 
224 
35i 
12 
13 
97 
122 
Gladstone (Crab) . 
7(?) 
16 
134 
158 
1 
7 
9 
(Par.) . 
I2(?) 
34 
226 
272 
3(?) 
2 
16 
21 
Grenadier (Crab) . 
25 
83 
83 
191 
4 
20 
43 
68 
(Par.) . 
28 
70 
80 
178 
10 
28 
49 
87 
James Grieve (Crab) 
25 
11 
86 
121 
6 
2 
25 
33 
(Par.) 
8 
10 
93 
in 
8 
3 
48 
59 
Lane's P. Albert . 
25 
4i 
28 
94 
1 
8 
25 
33 
Lord Derby 
16 
29 
120 
165 
3 
7 
60 
7i 
Newton Wonder . 
16 
96 
27 
139 
16 
60 
69 
145 
Norfolk Beauty . 
4 
6 
33 
43 
1 
1 
4 
5 
Rival . 
8 
35 
62 
106 
3 
6 
32 
4i 
Worcester P. (Crab) 
11 
32 
245 
289 
5 
6 
28 
39 
(Par.) 
13 
67 
187 
267 
7 
5 
35 
47 
Average . 
24 
44 
120 
188 
7 
13 
43 
63 
The two exceptions to the general rule of delayed cropping of the 
long-spur pruned trees are ' Newton Wonder ' and ' Beauty of Bath/ 
The latter is hardly worth considering, since none of the trees have 
yet produced even a moderate crop — 'the highest yet recorded in any 
one year (1920) from the long-spur pruned trees works out at less 
than 25 bushels per acre. 
The case of ' Newton Wonder ' (figs. 32 and 33), however, is ex- 
tremely interesting. The difference between the two treatments in 
number of fruits a tree is, of course, small ; it would probably be 
somewhat increased if the 1918 crop could be included, but unfortun- 
ately the number of fruits was not then recorded ; the average weight 
was 10 oz. from unpruned trees and 3J lb. from long-spur pruned trees. 
But although this result appears unique, it is simply an extreme 
case of a tendency present to some extent in nearly all varieties. 
It happened that the long-spur pruned ' Newton Wonder ' trees 
(tipped one-third) produced a considerable quantity of blossom, even 
as early as the fifth year from planting — far less, it is true than the 
unpruned trees, except in 1921 — and also that the improvement in 
the setting of the blossom caused by the tipping and spurring was as 
great as in any variety ; the result being that the great preponderance 
