Nzw York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 651 
RD 
NuMBER oF TREATMENTS NECESSARY. 
Investigation of 1894, 
In order to determine this point it was desired to conduct the 
experiments of 1894 on an extensive scale, the same as in 1893, 
in order to avoid erroneous conclusions which are liable to appear 
when only a few trees are included in an experiment. 
Through the kindness of Messrs. E. Smith & Sons, Geneva, 
N. Y., the pear orchard of about 42 acres which was used 
for the experiments of 1893 was again placed at the disposal of 
the Station for experimental purposes in 1894. The writer wishes 
here to acknowledge his indebtedness to them for this courtesy 
and especially to Mr. W. A. Smith whose cordial co-operation in 
all the plans of the experiments has assisted materially in secur- 
ing the results that were obtained. 
The pear orchard in which the experiments were conducted is 
located not far from the Station grounds on the upland about 
two miles west of Seneca lake. The original trees are nearly 
80 years old. Vacancies have occurred at different times and 
their places have been filled with trees of the same or other kinds 
of pears, or with plums. Occasional trees of the following varie- 
ties, therefore, occurred in the experimental plot, as indicated in 
the accompanying plan, namely: Anjou, Bartlett, Bosc, Clairgeau> 
Lawrence and Sheldon. 
