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The tree, No. 5, sprayed with modified eau celeste showed only 11.8 j^er 

 cent, of scabby fruit, while the unsprayed trees had 87.5 per cent. No. 5a, 

 which was on lower ground, received two applications less than No. 5, and 

 bore nearly twice as much fruit, had 40 per cent, that showed traces of 

 scab. We have no means of determining to which of these causes the 

 difPerence should be attributed, but from the effect in other cases it is 

 quite likely that the large crop of fruit borne by the tree, had more effect 

 than either of the others. 



The effect of the scab, so far as the value of the crop is concerned, is two- 

 fold. ( 1 ) The size of the fruit is reduced, and ( 2 ) the presence of scab to 

 any extent renders the apples unsaleable as first-class fruit, and they can 

 only be disposed of as seconds or, if badly affected, for cider. 



The average of the results obtained this year show that the apples 

 affected by scab are about ten per cent sinaUer than those unaffected, 

 making a difference of a bushel of apples upon most of our trees. 



