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the yield of the Twenty Ounce not sprayed in bloom was not 
recorded so that no comparison can be made with the corres- 
ponding trees which were sprayed in bloom other than was made 
August 17 as noted above. 
Two of the R. I. Greening trees which were not sprayed in 
bloom had a light bloom. Since there were no corresponding 
trees with light bloom in the row which was sprayed in bloom 
these two trees were not taken into account in making the aver- 
ages for the table. 
It appears from this table that Tompkins King sprayed in 
bl-om yielded 1$ bushels less fruit per tree than corresponding 
trees not sprayed in bloom, yet the amount of marketable fruit 
was not diminished. The R. I. Greening trees which were 
TABLE XIX.—YIELD OF TOMPKINS KING AND R, I. GREENING APPLE TREES, 
Not sprayed in bloom. Sprayed in bloom. 
Name of variety No of trees Average bushels No. of trees Average bushels 
under test. per tree, under test. per tree. 
TOmpmins King. .. .. 0. 1 2 
A ee 9.25 9.00 
0 ee ee 3.00 8.25 
MTURUEM cohGls io 4on oe 0 4 0's «0 15 Pris) 
MPTCVOE, aie ores cls o's o's ovo’ 2.00 50 
uc WS) Os re 15.00 13.50 
R. I. Greening........ 2 
Oi 9 By ee 9.38 9.88 
Ws wee ss oe bie tie e's 2.50 1.75 
Reale as c's ves ss 0 8.75 1.75 
a a 2.00 3.00 
SeGERIVICIG. «065 6 c/s. 17.63 16.38 
sprayed in bloom yielded 1} bushels less per tree than trees not 
so sprayed, but the loss of the marketable fruit was only one- 
fourth bushel per tree. In these cases, as with the Baldwin trees 
in Mr. Wilson’s orchard, spraying in bloom thinned the fruit and 
the thinning done in this way seemed to produce results in some 
respect similar to those obtained when the young fruit is thinned 
by hand, that is to say the total yield was decreased but the yield 
of marketable fruit was but slightly lessened or was even some- 
what increased. The experiment with the Hubbardston at Mr. 
Bradley’s, however, gave contrary results, and further tests are 
needed to establish a safe general conclusion on this point. 
