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Charles Colburn, Ripley, sprayed his apple trees once, using Paris 

 green and the Bordeaux mixture. Trees which in former years 

 produced cracked fruit that dropped prematurely to the ground, 

 this year produced fruit that remained upon the trees and matured 

 in much better condition. Only about one and a lialf gallons of the 

 mixture were used per tree. The applications will be made again 

 in 1895. 



H. A. Blowers, Westfield, sprayed his trees with London purple 

 as soon as the blossoms fell to the ground, and repeated the applica- 

 tion about three weeks later. No marked difference could be seen 

 between the trees which were sprayed and those which were not 

 treated, but another trial will be made during the coming year. 



E. W. Skinner, Portland, sprayed his orchard about the middle 

 of June and again ten days later, using the Bordeaux mixture and 

 Paris green. Although there was an apparent benefit derived from 

 the treatments, the fruit being about one-third larger, better results 

 might have been obtained if earlier applications had been made. 

 The orchard will be more thoroughly treated next year as the work 

 appears to pay. 



F. W. Howard, Fredonia, says he made the first application to 

 his orchard about five days after the falling of the blossoms, using 

 the Bordeaux mixture and Paris green. This was repeated in about 

 ten days. In the fall the apples were of poor quality, the treatment 

 having done apparently no good. The cause of this failure can 

 scarcely be explained unless it is the fungicide was not applied 

 sufficiently eai'ly. 



Judge Barker, Fredonia, sprayed Baldwin, Greening, and Spit- 

 zenburgh trees with Paris green as soon as the blossoms fell, and in 

 about a week the trees were again sprayed, this time with the 

 Bordeaux mixture as well as with the Paris green. A third treat- 

 ment was also given the trees, only the Bordeaux being used. The 

 apples gathered in the fall were exceptionally fine. The trees were 

 loaded and the fruit was nearly perfect. This crop was undoubtedly 

 the finest it was my pleasure to see last fall. 



The orchard of Hon. S. F. Nixon was treated for the apple scab 

 and for the codlin moth. Work was begun late in the season, the 

 first application being made May 24th, the second May 31st. The 

 Bordeaux ^mixture and London purple were used in combination 

 for each treatment. The Bordeaux was made with the ferrocyanide 

 of potassium test, and the arsenite was the same as that used by 



