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given me at all times, and all who have contributed in even the 

 smallest degree to the success of my administration. I sin- 

 cerely hope the same spirit of cooperation that has prevailed 

 in the past will be accorded my successor, and I pledge my 

 hearty support in all his efforts to build up the fruit interests 

 of Maine. 



SPRAYING TO CONTROL INSECTS IN THE APPLE 



ORCHARD. 



G. E. Sanders, Field Officer for Nova Scotia. 

 Dominion Entomological Branch, Annapolis Royal, N. S. 



In talking on the control of insects in Maine apple orchards 

 I am not, of course, never having been a resident of Maine, in 

 a position to map out a complete iron-clad spray calendar. I 

 have worked on the life histories of several of your insects 

 found in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Illinois. Conditions in 

 Nova Scotia are probably more nearly like Maine conditions 

 than either of the other two, and on a number of your insects 

 I can possibly give you some information. In an apple orchard 

 we have a number of things to consider — fertilizing, pruning. 

 frost protection, spraying, thinning, cultivation, etc. It is al- 

 most impossible to say, offhand, which of these is most impor- 

 tant in any one locality. The more I see of orchards in various 

 localities the more I am impressed with the fact that each and 

 every problem, to give the result its greatest value, must be 

 worked out locally and its importance, in comparison with 

 others, weighed locally. For instance, in my home province, 

 Nova Scotia, a man can do pretty nearly anything he wants, or 

 neglect almost anything; but if he sprays thoroughly he can 

 depend on paying crops of fruit. I can show you orchards that 

 have never been pruned, others that have never been fertilized, 

 others never cultivated, etc. ; but in every case, if the orchards 

 have been sprayed thoroughly, the owner is making money out 

 of his fruit. But I know of no orchard, no matter how well 

 cared for otherwise, that is paying where spraying is not prac- 

 ticed. Last July, my good friend. Mr. Yeaton, your agrlcul- 



