STATE HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 67 



Mr. Cad well — I have an orchard of 170 acres, and found it 

 necessary to spray, this season, for both canker worms and codling 

 moths. When the wind was blowing, the tops of the trees 

 could not be reached with the spray nozzle. The operator therefore 

 took it off and broke the stream into a coarse spray by placing his 

 thumb on the nozzle. By this means the tops of the highest trees 

 can be reached, and the water will drip down through the leaves, 

 wetting them thoroughly. I use two tanks such as steam threshers 

 use for hauling water, and in driving to the orchard the London 

 Purple is well mixed with the water. In 1887, I tried spraying on a 

 small scale and was so well pleased with the result, that this season I 

 sprayed my entire orchard, and had an immense crop of fruit, which 

 I sold considerably above the the market price. There are places 

 in my orchard where there was not one per cent, of waste, and 

 scarcely two per cent, of second grade fruit. T consider the danger 

 to animal life very small. While we were spraying, a dog drank from 

 a leakage of the tank and received no harm. 



Mr. Dunlap — As we had no fruit, and consequently few worms 

 last season, I concluded that we should have few this year and, 

 therefore, did not spray my orchards and had good fruit. 



Mr. Beeby — I sprayed my orchard and had fine fruit. My 

 neighbors, who did not spray, also had good fruit. All orchards 

 were remarkably exempt from codling moth this year. 



Mr. Pearson — I wish to ask Mr. Hammond how many gallons 

 of the solution are required for an ordinary-sized tree? 



Ansiver — One gallon, if properly applied; but more may be used 

 with safety. 



Mr. Pearson — Is the early dropping of apples arrested by spray- 

 ing? 



Mr. Hammond — As far as it is caused by codling moth — and 

 much if it is caused by their work — yes. 



The President appointed the following gentlemen as a commit- 

 tee to award the special premiums offered by the Alton Southern 

 Horticultural Society: C. N. Dennis, Arthur Bryant and Frank Cad- 

 well. ^ 



