406 Report or THe HorticurturRaL DePARTMENT OF THB 
So far as the influence of spraying in bloom upon the yield is 
concerned it is evident that this test with the Pumpkin Sweet 
is inconclusive, because there was very little fruit produced by 
either the treated or the untreated trees. 
Three trees of Baldwin were sprayed in bloom and three corre- 
sponding trees were not so sprayed. On August 16 the follow- 
ing notes were made. 
Row 38—sprayed in bloom. Tree 5: Lower limbs except on 
west and north are well loaded. The rest of the tree has a fair 
crop. Tree 6: A good crop and quite evenly distributed. Tree 7: 
A fair crop on south and yeh parts of the tree. The rest of the 
tree has a light crop. | 
Row 4—not sprayed in bloom.—Tree 5: Except on the north- 
west the tree is well loaded and the crop quite evenly distributed. 
Tree 6: A fair crop and quite evenly distributed. Tree 7; A 
light crop. 
On account of the variability in the yield of the different Bald- 
win trees which received the same treatment a larger number of 
trees should be tested in order to get satisfactory evidence as 
to the effect of the treatment on the yield. 
Tits EXPERIMENT AT HALLS CORNERS. 
Spraying in bloom was tested on Baldwin and Rhode Island 
Greening trees in the orchard of Thomas B. Wilson, Halls Cor- 
ners, N. Y. A row containing 14 Baldwin trees was sprayed in 
full bloom and the same number of trees in the next row which 
were not sprayed in bloom were selected for comparison with 
them. Five Rhode Island Greening trees were sprayed on one 
side only while in bloom and one was sprayed on both sides. 
The portions of the five trees which were not sprayed in bloom 
were to be used for comparison with the sprayed portions. The 
trees selected for the experiment have been planted 29 years. 
They are quite uniform in size and generally are in good health 
and productive condition. 
Treatment.—The first treatment was given to all of the trees 
