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bore a few apples, but every apple was perfect, showing that by a 

 proper use of the Bordeaux mixture we can raise apples in the off 

 year. 



Third Test. — I had one Strawberry tree from which I had not 

 had a perfect apple in nine years. I sprayed it. Tliis was its off 

 year (18D4) but every apple was large and perfect. The same can 

 be said of the old-fashioned Holland Pippin. 



Fourth Test. — One tree of my Kings was left untreated. The 

 apples were worthless, while those treated gave results equal to the 

 best, though a little undersized, owing to the heavy crop. 



Fifth Test. — One tree of Twenty Ounce was left untreated. 

 The apples were covered with scabs and checks, making them 

 entirely worthless, while those on the treated trees were extra large,, 

 and smooth as glass. 



Sixth Test. — One tree of Eoxbury Kusset was left unsprayed. I 

 can safely say that three- fourths of the apples were fit only for 

 cider, the balance only passable. The Russets from the treated trees 

 were not so smooth as the other varieties. I find them to be more 

 susceptible to the scab than other varieties, and have concluded they 

 should be sprayed five times. 



Seventh Test. — I have one old standard pear tree, 25 feet high, of 

 the old White Doyenne or Yirgalieu variety. I have not had a 

 single perfect pear from this tree in twenty-five years. This year, 

 after being treated according to the Cornell spray calendar, it was 

 loaded, and there was not one imperfect pear on the tree. I called 

 the especial attention of Professor Bailey to that tree, and he con- 

 ceded that he could not find a single imperfect specimen upon it. 

 Over fifty other fruit growers who visited me during the season 

 gave the same testimony. 



I can safely say that in size, quantity, quality and keeping prop- 

 erties, these tests show at least ninety percent, in favor of spraying. 

 In one block of twenty-five hundred dwarf Duchess pear trees, set 

 four years ago, I sprayed twice, leaving one row. In riding along 

 the road during the growing season any one could see a difference in 

 the foliage. That on the unsprayed trees fell early, while that on 

 the treated trees held on till after the second hard freeze ; and the 

 trees showed a growth from a fourth to a third more than the 

 unsprayed. 



