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Tasie III.— (Continued.) 


STATION. County. Maximum, Minimum. | Average. 
Ins. Ins. Ins. 
MAGANACHUAKE srs oie -'e,b eles Brankiine cane ston hae 4.31-1901 0.01-1903; } 2.79 
HaratOga OPTINGS,) 0 ove... SATavO’ ae ssceacgs Aaa Ca 4.97-1901 0.44-1903. 2.56 
MCHENECHAGY-, luci. avce oche.s ois Schenéctady..« .1 stom 6.11-1901 1.92-—1900 } 3.73 
Beraukete ere. tus. cores @ he SCUTOl Ke wee can euie trie areysns 8.30-1898 0.50—-1903. 3.81 
SAAR EATUIG ccc car wier ».s\'s 3 5 16h 0d OAUATICE. etre ate 5 ts 4.11-1906 0.29-1903. | 2.56 
SOME MALI CON ed herck ous cueenr SUOl Ria ra aerate. 7.95-1906 0.80-1902 3.46 
SOUL CANISCEO acho victors ak SteatDermysrr-repeike meres 5.15-1901 1.52-1905. } 3.21 
SOUGH OLthi@ut. 0.142. > oy. Delawarecrtsc.u cc.ets 5.33-1897 0. 25-1903. 2.81 
WOMEN SCHOO shirts 6. oF SSE Rts SCANS cats he tees 5.03-1901 0.10-1903 | 2.75 
SADE T MITA Soares ase ages aohede vas Sard tog@annw eats busses 5.55-1906 0.44-1903. | Zio 
MiLalese COMNELS 4 ttron tae e CLIO Rar Meme eee etee s tree 4.48-1901 0.17-1903. | 2.893 
SER CRISCE ee niee. or Vee oe ene 4 Onondagar.. sy. tasws 3.48-1904 0.28-1903 2.27 
MCOMGETORS, nate esters ister ces cle ESSEX AS tL See cash ee 4.06-1901 0.52-1903. Balt 
WIOIASSIA coweeee Be SNF, 0S, osc 0 5s Chamtaugwane meat .< 5.07-1899 1.47-1903 3.30: 
Wappingers Falls......... Dutchess n%./ Mahe 7.65-1898 1.84-1905 4.71 
WGCTLO Wale oe ee oe eMOLSON ies ccichs spear. wus 4.38-1906 0.49-1903. 3.24 
Waverly... .0...1..0 0... Sibel Whale hate 5.96-1901 | 0.76-1903 3.02 
WiedGewoods \... 2. ss vee PB OCIIT VIEL erat Seared sks 5.31-1904 0.87-1903 3.23 
eRe ete: Sie fas, vipa asa 2 PELamaitomh: wi. ee Aeyeee ie 4.59-1901 | 0.09-1903 2.63 
MESPEDeINe i. a PUD SIT Ve tie toe oa a, « 5.47-1901 0.22-1903 2.69 
Westheld arise S 2. odd: Ghautaugua Gala hier: 4.30-1899 2.44-1900 3.63 
VUENCUMA TIS obs setae 8, Greene pa. we tan kod: 5.30-1896 0.92-1903 2.85 



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* From data of four years only. 
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TEMPERATURE AND THE SETTING OF FRUIT. 
It is impossible to disassociate cold with frost and rain from 
cold weather unaccompanied by either of these phenomena, since a 
temperature low enough to be harmful to blossoms is usually asso- 
ciated with one or the other. Except where otherwise mentioned 
in the summaries regarding rain and frost it may be assumed that 
these elements were accompanied by cold. But it must be under- 
stood that a low temperature, even though it does not touch the 
frost point, nor is accompanied by rain, is often disastrous to the 
setting fruit. The injurious effect is probably due to the preven- 
tion of the growth of the pollen tube. 
There is no definite information, so far as the writer knows, as 
to what is the minimum temperature for the germination of pollen 
of the different fruits under natural conditions. Mr. N. O. Booth, 
Assistant Horticulturist at this Station, who has had much experi- 
ence in germinating pollen in the laboratory, says, roughly speaking, 
that the pollen of our several fruits germinates best indoors with 
a temperature cf from 60°-70° F.; that it makes a feeble grawth 
from 50°-60° ; and does not grow as a rule, at a lower temperature 
than 50°. As would be expected there is some variation with the 
several fruits. 
A period of cold weather seriously checks the development of 
fruit blossoms and even after the advent of warm weather the 
