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590 Report oF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
duced full crops sooner than have. the | planted trees. With 
seventy-nine varieties top-worked on bearing trees the average 
length of time after top-working before the first fruits were pro- — 
duced has been 5.72 years. The average number of years between 
top-working and fruiting is shown for each class in the fohoneps | 



table: 
Average nae 
Number of ; ber years be- 
varieties CLASS. tween top- 
averaged. working and 
fruiting. 
aay h eis | Karly) summer 2 ha SU db oe a 4.44 
+ A oe SUMMER ey ie aa ca ee 3.66 
alien aks! Neils Barly; far era a Ra oN en a Ade eg 5.82 | 
IRR orate eS Ntiae USE RINDI ORAS ae A OR Si hin! of ately tants Weegee a ee ee 5.87 | 
EAM fe Maid se Barly winter (.'o25 fice De cite Meld sak te eee 5.70 
lacie ey ah WV ANGER, reese Pe PIR ee Cit Wie es Gre 6.47 
eteia te aiki x iets | Bate Winters hie ok eb oe rn en, 6.43 | 
It is interesting to note that in this table the average number 
of years between top-working and fruiting is least with the early 
summer and summer apples; it increases pretty constantly with 
early fall, fall and early winter varieties and is greatest with 
the winter sorts. 
Some nurserymen hold the opinion that summer pears are 
more apt to bear in the nursery row than are winter pears. It 
has also been remarked that early cling peaches, like Amsden, — 
Alexander and Waterloo begin fruiting at a very early age. From 
such limited data it would be unwise to draw general conclusions, 
yet in spite of many individual exceptions there seems to be 
considerable evidence to support the opinion that as a class early 
orchard fruits come into bearing at an earlier age than do the 
late varieties as a class. 
: Yield of Apples in 1892. 
The following table compares the yield of the different varieties 
of apples that fruited at the Station in 1892, shows the orchard 7 
age of the trees and at the same time indicates which of the aie 
trees were planted and which were top-worked on bearing stock. ihe . 






Since the trees are not all of the same orchard age and since many 

