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Pounds. 
eee esa nts cates osaky. witha t.0 01s 906 0 0a o tien 1.0 
MRCP emer ay ph Oy 5% Gui s Pe oiene eins Fong a 4 n sic eats ORDO 
ee TE ed Ie EA ae a Ree en Oo | 
ae ye PSE SS Fee on 3 sae Aaa aa ar EP 
MINE ED Si ca gn 220K, aka shake, tech PAGHRG\ Man #92 Re eS ae ee 0.5 
(8) Amounts or different constituents used by one peach tree.— 
On the basis of the results presented above, each peach tree uses 
on an average the following approximate amounts of plant-food 
constituents during the growing season: 
Pounds. 
Meee. aie yn es d's ee et sdties th Te eet Sake dehy 0.62 
ee DUOTIC HACIA 20:2. Seles oe ees DiPeSOCed! CAA GEAve on uta nr ald ted 0.15 
MA PC hie ess gin ah Fats 'e os RE WPF IER ae grt Rea sg gs 0.60 
PDE e AIM ek eA ns 2 gee Se LAS Tas eR ded ieta Raia e et ieee 0.95 
Meetesta. Pekan Oe. 2 Be hah i Oe ae yj aoe Serer act ot 28 1 TB0 
PEAR TREES. 
In the following table we give the results obtained with two 
varieties of pear trees, Kieffer and Angouleme, Duchess de. The 
Kieffer tree was 20 years old and the Duchess was 10 years old. 
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TABLE IIJ.—PLANT Foop USED IN ONE SEASON BY PEAR TREES. 















WRIGHT. 
° gen. (P;O];. (K.O). (CaO) ‘ (MgO) 
(ol ap COD a ID alk Ge A Soe PA ro a sed Wi 3 
Angouleme,..|Fruit...... Aeideene 55.38 48.06} 0.027 0.011} 0.070} 0.005] 0.007 
ieaotteths.. .. RG seer ee 267.38) 230.06) 0.123 0.044; 0.267] 0.032} 0.0387 
Angouleme...|Leaves........ 8.02 4.43) 0.061 0.011} 0.039} 0.099) 0.025 
etter’. a.c..2'- MeaVeR Ace ate 38.63 24.22) 0.248 0.038} 0.139} 0.413] 0.094 
Angouleme...|New wood..... 3.25 1.80} 0.011 0.004; 0.011} 0.031] 0.005 
Kaefier S43: New wood..... 9.75 5756); + 0.025 0.009} 0.022} 0.058} 0.014 
Angouleme...|/Total weight... 66.65 54.29) 0.099 9.026} 0.120] 0.135! 0.087 
WaeMer... . 253 Total weight...| 315.76) 259.84) 0.396 0.091) 0.428} 0.503] 0.145 



The data embodied in the foregoing table can be summarized 
in the following statements: 
(1) Weight.—The fruit constitutes about 65 per ct. of the 
weight of all the dry matter taken from the tree; the leaves form 
about 26.5 per ct. and the new wood, 8.5 per ct. of the water- 
