New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 315 
period during which the experiment was carried on was one 
of extreme fruitfulness for the apple in western New York and 
some fruit was harvested in each of the twelve years, excepting 
in 1903, giving a high average of productiveness for the orchard 
during the period. 
Taste IJI— AverAce YIELD oF APPLES PER TREE, WITH AND WITHOUT 
APPLICATIONS OF PoTASH AND PHOSPHORIC ACID. 
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YEAR. ie 3 ‘ 2 : 3 L 2 v 
~ To 2) pet 
3 S 2 $ 2 5 2 5 Rint Was 
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1893.. fruits | none OFOS V2 OT TEDL PesnoO 2.58} 20D 5.98 0.14 
P8004 ess ws 2.07] 2.94) 0.74} O.58| .6.44| 2.80) 5.41 4.11) 8.64 5.85 
1895.. 6.88] 9.81 5.43} 3.94) 6.89) 7.52 Bie Lay tats: 6.47 6.35 
TSO OSes el 25.26) 24.10; 20.64) 19.77) 30.56) 21.37 19.14) 23.78 19.87 13.40 
TRO aee et, 3.29]. 2.69 1,41 1.523)0 125471" 11), 24 2.06 1.09} 8.68 6.93 
DSS aie Waite S.22) .t.O02, 2.96|" 2.70) 9.98). 4.66 6.94 7.92 4.12 1.40 
1899.....5. 2, 80) Mok OG nO. 26) 9t2 40) 128 248 7212 1.98 0.44 4.46 Znie 
1900 17282) 15,62)" 13,96) 10-38) 15.260) 10.38 12.94 16.30 10.62 Tee 
1901 Boosie 4.00). 421 60 LG), 62202 o2290 1.34 0.04 1.80} 0.48 
the x Se toe THOS) Lor (Sl) bi O41 LO 162) 519290) 17.22) )-15 68 918.80) © 11.56) 910-48 
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1904.......] 20.74 18.48 20.64) 19.12) 20.52) 16.46; 24.18) 23.96) 12.66 9.16 
Annual av. | 
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In order to make comparisons of the annual averages per tree 
the figures given by Beach in Bulletin No. 140 for the first five 
years of the experiment are published as Table IV. 
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TABLE 1V.—ANNUAL AVERAGE YIELD OF APPLES PER TREE FOR FIVE YEARS, 
With AND WirHout APPLICATIONS OF PoTASH AND PHOSPHORIC ACID. 











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