STATE POMOI^OGICAL SOCIETY. I33 



Last fall, the reports were sent out again, asking many of the 

 former questions and in addition, spray materials, trees re-set 

 and the cause of death. 



Twenty- four of the original contestants failed to send in any 

 data and have been dropped from the Hst. 



The second year reports proved very interesting and in gen- 

 eral were satisfactory. The cost of handling again furnishing 

 the disappointing feature. 



Four hundred sixty-nine (469) were killed during the first 

 year; no by mice, 132 by winter-killing and canker, 38 by 

 failure to start, 25 because of poor stock, 12 by poor root sys- 

 tems, 35 by unknown causes, 37 by snow and ice, 16 by deer, 

 50 because of the extremely dry season, 4 by carelessness in 

 driving, i by scale, i by borers, i by rabbits, 4 by tarred paper 

 and 3 because of woolly aphis. 



This loss must comprise nearly 1-12 of the total number of 

 trees and plainly indicates that the locations were either very 

 unfavorable or that the method of handling was at fault. 



The cultivation methods were very similar to the first year; 

 most of the orchards being cropped to garden truck, corn and 

 potatoes. 



There were not as many who practiced spraying as had been 

 anticipated, especially the sprays for aphis. These lice were 

 prevalent in nearly all the orchards and were damaging the 

 growing tips to a great extent. As the spray is simple to 

 make and easy to apply, the fact that it was not used is the more 

 surprising. 



Sixty-nine (69) o^f the orchards received no spraying what- 

 soever. Bug death was used in two, Paris green in two, lime- 

 sulphur in thirty-eight, whale oil soap in six, arsenate of lead in 

 thirty-four, kerosene emulsion in nine, tobacco infusion in 

 eleven, Pyrox in twelve, Bordeaux Mixture in sixteen and 

 Bordo Lead in one. 



THE OUTLOOK. 



The inspections this season have shown that only a compara- 

 tively small number of the orchards will offer keen competition 

 for the prizes. 



