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not sprayed lost about half of its fruit by rotting ; nearly every one of 

 them had a moth. 



My sprayiog was done in May, with London purple — one pound 

 to 160 gallons of water on part, and one pound to 200 gallons on part. 

 The first year I sprayed, I used one pound to 100 gallons of water. 

 The next year I used one pound to 150 gallons. This year, mostly one 

 pound to 200 gallons. I sprayed twice in May, about 10 days apart. 



Mr. Young sprayed a second time, six days after the first spraying, 

 and fhen 10 days later sprayed a third time. His orchard, nine acres, 

 produced 1100 bushels of apples. Another point : I had two very 

 large trees in my garden ; I sprayed them, but could not reach the top 

 of the trees. In the top of the tree tbey were badly affected. Where 

 I sprayed, the apples had no moth. Those in the top of the trees fell 

 first. 



D. A. Robnett — My tomatoes had a black spot upon the blossom 

 end. They rotted before they were tit to use. I sprayed them with 

 Cannon's Fruit Protector. This stopped the rot. 



Mr. Holsinger — In thinking of this question it struck me that we 

 ought to classify it into two parts : Why do we spray ? and what do 

 we spray for? There is no doubt whatever in my mind that spraying 

 is a panacea for fungi. It seems to me entirely impossible to kill the 

 codling moth by spraying. In the case of foliage-eating insects it is a 

 complete remedy; but I don't think we have ever killed a codling moth 

 in this way. My orchard this year had 10,000 bushels of apples free 

 from moth. Mr. Bspenlaub's, sprayed, were faulty. 



Mr. Murray— I have never sprayed for anything but the codling 

 moth. White arsenic gave good results. Lately I have used London 

 purple, one pound to^lOO gallons of water. We will never get the full 

 benefit of spraying until it becomes general. S'praying every other 

 tree would be like killing the chinch-bugs from every other hill of corn. 

 The bugs would soon reinfest the hill from those around. If my neigh- 

 bor doesn't spray, my orchard will suffer from the insects he has 

 allowed to breed upon his trees. Results show that spraying has been 

 beneficial. I sprayed twice this year. I began as soon as the blos- 

 soms dropped, and sprayed again ten days later. If this spray is 

 washed off by rain it must be applied again. 



Mr. Lilly — I have had only one year's experience. In some or- 

 chards not sprayed I have found perfect fruit, and in some orchards 

 sprayed I have found imperfect fruit. There were more failures than 

 successes. 



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