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of the unpruned trees in number of blossoms did not result in a pre- 
ponderance of fruit. 
It happens that ' Newton Wonder ' and ' Beauty of Bath ' are the 
only two of the varieties planted in 1913-14 which have been tipped 
only one- third. Of the varieties planted a year later, ' Lord Derby ' 
and ' Norfolk Beauty ' are similarly tipped one-third. Neither of 
these, as will be seen from Table III., has behaved in the same way. 
The only other variety classed as " strong-growing " was ' Annie 
Elizabeth ' ; of this the trees were planted in the winter of 1916-17, 
and are thus still too young to have borne much fruit. It was, however, 
interesting to find them cropping in 1921 very much as the ' Newton 
Wonder ' trees cropped at the same age in 1918. 
A natural inference is, that if all varieties had been tipped one- 
third, like these " strong growers," others of them would have behaved 
in the same way as ' Newton Wonder,' i.e. would have produced a 
larger average number of fruits on the long-spur pruned trees. There 
would probably still have been a majority of varieties delayed in 
cropping by tipping and spurring ; it is most unlikely, for instance, 
that lighter tipping of 'Gladstone,' 'Bismarck,' 'Worcester Pearmain/ 
' Rival,' and ' Cox's Orange ' would not have delayed the cropping of 
these varieties at all, as compared with the unpruned trees ; they would 
probably have behaved more like ' Lord Derby ' and ' Norfolk Beauty/ 
(b) Weight of Crop and Size of Fruit. — From the market growers' 
point of view, the number of fruits, as shown in Table III., by no 
means gives a fair comparison between the unpruned and the long- 
spur pruned trees. For in every case, on an average of three years' 
crops, the fruit of the long-spur pruned trees has been larger than that 
of the unpruned trees. It follows that the average difference in favour 
of the unpruned trees shown in Table II. is much reduced when 
weight or bulk of crop is considered. Thus, while the 295 fruits 
borne on the average by each unpruned ' Allington ' tree (total of 
three years) weighed 41 lb. 2 oz., the 120 fruits borne by each long- 
spur pruned tree weighed 29 lb. Although the greater size of the 
fruit of the long-spur pruned trees is often very marked, however, 
there are still only two varieties — ' Newton Wonder ' and ' Beauty 
of Bath '—which have borne a greater total weight of fruit on the 
long-spur pruned trees. But in any estimate of the value of the 
crops, the size would be an important factor ; this will be clear from 
the figures of the average individual weight of all the fruit of all 
varieties over three seasons : unpruned, 2 '69 oz., and long-spur pruned, 
3*50 oz., i.e. nearly an ounce, or about 30 per cent, of the size of the 
fruit from the unpruned trees, in favour of the fruit from the long-spur 
pruned trees. 
In many cases this difference in the size of the fruit might be 
ascribed wholly to the lighter crops borne by the long-spur pruned 
trees ; but ' Newton Wonder ' clearly shows that this is not the only 
cause. For in spite of the larger number of fruits borne by the long- 
spur pruned trees, the weight of these fruits averaged 4^ oz. each, 
