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blossoms failed to set yet enough did set to provide a consider- 
able crop of fruit. | 
Yield of fruit—The Greening trees under experiment suffered 
the loss of so much of their fruit in the wind storm of September 
ii and 12 that no record could be made of the yield of the part 
sprayed in bloom as distinct from the part not sprayed in bloom. 
So far as could be determined by inspection only, there was no 
decided difference between them. 
The Baldwins suffered much less loss of fruit during the wind 
storm referred to than did the Greenings. Since the trees of 
this variety which were sprayed in bloom were in a separate row 
from the trees with which they were to be compared, the amount 
of the drops could be ascertained and the record of their yield 
was therefore kept. 
The amount of all the windfalls is included in the record of 
the total yield of fruit as given in the following statement. It 
appears from this statement that the drops amounted to about 
one-third of the total yield. An inspection of the fruit both 
before and after it was picked led to the opinion that.the color of 
the fruit was better where the trees were not sprayed in bloom 
than it was where they were sprayed in bloom, but in size and 
quality there was no decided difference. 
TABLE XVIII.—YIELD OF BAIDWIN APPLE TREES. 
Not spravedin bloom. Sprayed in bloom. 
Total bushels picked from 14 trees.... 129 127. 


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PL OPALSDUSHOIS TODS. 'sie.< an ve ising took 66 61.1 
OCH TCL ON lee Ok abe ia ola ce wee cael 195 188.5 
Average yield per tree... 6. cp escecasee 13.9 13.5 
From this it appears that the average yield per tree was two- 
fifths of a bushel less where the trees were sprayed in bloom than 
where they were not so treated. The trees sprayed in bloom 
averaged 62 bushels No. 1 picked fruit while the corresponding 
trees not sprayed in bloom averaged 64 bushels. Did thinning 
of the fruit by spraying in bloom have the same effect as thin-- 
ning by other methods, and cause this larger yield of No. 1 fruit 
