50 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



want to use the Golden Rule in packing fruit. You want to pack it 

 just the same as you would want to buy it, not from a religious stand- 

 point but from the buyer's. 



A Member: There were some that were afraid to commence packing 

 under the new ruling, but I know several who had no hesitation in pack- 

 ing and no complaint was ever made. 



Q. Will it pay to make more than one picking of winter apples? 



Mr. Case: More than one picking? Yes, if they are properly thinned, 

 but in orchards that are not properly thinned it is absolutely neces- 

 sary. There is the Northern Spy and Wealthy — a great many varieties 

 need several pickings. 



Q. Who has had success with "Pyrox", Niagara "soluble sulphur", 

 "Scalecide", prepared Bordeaux paste, etc. 



Mr. Case: The soluble sulphur we used last year; we used the lime 

 sulphur and soluble both, tested them side by side, and we intend to use 

 the soluble sulphur entirely next year. There is a little difference in 

 the cost of the soluble sulphur. It is a little dearer, but it is a little 

 more pleasant to handle. 



A Member: It is not good for the codling moth. 



Mr. Case: No, lime and sulphur is not considered an insecticide; it 

 is a fungicide. 



A Member: What will it kill besides scale? 



Mr. Case: I know Mr. Teets said they could kill aphis by using one 

 to 50 and soaking the trees, so I started out by using lime and sulphui" 

 and soaked the trees and never harmed them a bit. Then I used one 

 to 40 and never harmed them a bit, and then one to 33 and one to 25. 

 Anything below forty scorched the fruit. I think there are very few 

 insects that it will by contact, but I like it for a fungicide. 



Mr. Munson : How about the Bordeaux Paste? 



Mr. Clark : We used the paste this spring in comparison with the 

 home mixed Bordeaux, and also with the lime and sulphur, and the 

 results were very inferior. 



Mr. Munson: Did you try it on grapes or apples? 



Mr. Clark : No, we have no bearing apples. Our trial was on peaches 

 for leaf curl. 



Mr. Roach : I would like to ask about the prepared Bordeaux in the 

 dry form. 



Mr. Munson : We used a paste this year in the vineyard and it is 

 very easily put on. It is a preventive, and we got a good crop of 

 grapes. It is very much easier put on than the home mixed. I didn't 

 know of any powder. 



A Member: 1 also wish to say we got that for the purpose of trying 

 it out. We used 49 gallons of water that spring, and we also tried it 

 at 42 gallons, and we tried it in comparison with lime and sulphur 

 and the home mixed Bordeaux and the results were very inferior, so 

 we stopped using it. 



Mr. Sherwood: I would like to ask Mr. Case or Mr. Farnsworth 

 if they would use lime and sulphur for spraying before the leaves were 

 out. I used to use the Bordeaux, but now I use lime and sulphur. 



Mr. Case: I believe it is advisable to go back to Bordeaux mixture 

 for some things. The trouble with the Bordeaux is that you will rust 

 your Greenings and your Baldwins, while you hardly ever rust with 

 lime and sulphur, and we consider it the best fungicide on apples. We 



