399 Report oF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THD 
Date of 
Treatment. Condition of Bloom. 
Probably one-third of the blossoms have already dropped 
May 21.... : 
their petals. 
May 22.... Petals rapidly falling. 
May 23.... Ditto. 
; { : { 
aay gee Probably 95 per ct. of the blossoms have dropped their 
petals. 
Tree is practically out of bloom: Perhaps a dozen blos- 
\aditis are still In bloom. 
9 An occasional blossom may still be seen. No spraying of 
se this tree in bloom was made after this date, 
May 25.... 
On June 2 typical branches were selected and a record was 
made of the number of fruits which were found in the same 
way as was done with the McIntosh tree. The results are sum- 
marized in the following statement of the number of fruits 
which set on typical branches sprayed repeatedly in bloom com- 
pared with the number which set on typical branches which 
were not sprayed in bloom. 
TABLE X.—FRUIT-SETTING ON TYPICAL BRANCHES OF REINETTE DE CAUX. 
Sprayed Not ed 
repeatedly in seed dois 4 
Poon in bloom. 
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No. Per ct. No. Per ct. 
Whole number of clusters examined........... 217 169 
GCIIStErS WHiCh Bel NOntlUlts gs can cae cits new cle ole 207 95 9 5 
Clusters: which set A7fruitass 2b ocd teereape te ole 8 4 24 14 
Clusters which set '2 frultee.icc. gact5s bs nant ee 2 1 61 37 
OClousters Which S€L.0 1LUILS. +. + neh en te cee eee oe ae 0 0 53 31 
Clusters which set 4 fruits.............. Poee etre vai 0 18 i 
Clusters which set 5 fruits.........00......2.06 0 0 4 2 
Average number of fruits per 100 clusters on 
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The record of the yield of ripe fruit for the treated and 
untreated sides of this tree cannot be given because the wind- 
storm of September 11 and 12 mingled the wind falls from the 
different branches so that no accurate separate records could 
be made. All through the season this tree furnished a most 
striking object lesson of the effect which spraying in bloom may 
have upon the yield of fruit. The half of the tree which 
was sprayed repeatedly during the blooming season ripened prob- 
