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TABLE XII.—FRvUIT-SETTING ON TYPICAL BRANCHES OF BALDWIN. 
Sprayed once in Not sprayed in 
bloom. bloom. 
No. Per ct. Noe Per ct. 
Whole number of clusters examined.... 81 49 A 
Clusters which set no fruit.......... ad 34 42 5 10 
Clusters which set 1 fruit......0..0..4: i 37 46 15 aE 
Clusters which set 2 fruits........... aa 8 10 17 35 
Clusters which set 3 fruits............ : 2 2 a Ah yey 
Clusters which set 4 fruits............ - 0 0 1 a 
Average number of fruits per 100 clus- 
MSO UNG. se. sconces cecteae ate %3 176 
This statement shows clearly that even spraying once in bloom 
may lessen very much the proportion of fruit which sets. Fig. 1, 
Plate LVII, shows a cluster from the Baldwin tree which was 
sprayed in bloom, as it appeared June 5. This illustrates the 
kind of injury which may follow the spraying of trees when in 
bloom. None of these blossoms have set fruit except possibly 
one of the latest on the outside of the cluster which seems to 
have swollen somewhat and might have developed into fruit. 
Fig. 3, Plate LVII, shows a cluster which was taken on the same 
day from the corresponding tree not sprayed in bloom. /This 
shows how abundantly the fruit set on these Baldwin trees where 
the blossoms were not hit by the spray. ; 
Plate LVIII, Fig. 1, shows a cluster from a Twenty Ounce tree 
sprayed once in bloom. The treatment killed the central blos- 
som but the later outside blossoms set some fruit. Fig. 2 shows 
another cluster of the same variety in which none of the blos- 
soms survived the treatment. The table shows the number of 
fruits which set on typical branches sprayed but once in bloom 
compared with the number which set on typical branches not 
sprayed in bloom. 
TABLE XIII.—FRUIT-SETTING ON TYPICAL BRANCHES OF PUMPKIN SWEET, 


Spraved once in Not sprayed in 
bloom. bloom. 
a ey Cc —_— —_ 
a Phe No. Perct. No, Per ct. 
Whole number of clusters examined.... 95 100 
Clusters which set no fruit............. 82 86 74. 74 
Clusters which set 1 fruit..... ye F 13 14 20 20. 
insters,which.set 2 fruits. whee... diss 0 0 Ha ray 
‘Clusters which set.3 fruits... 500.00... M 0 0 4 1 
Average number of fruits per 100 clus- 
EOTAC OU) UNC UD c's.e)s e's elssian ee ees tanes 14 33 
