The Question Box. 19 



The only object in spraying the trees when in bloom is to prevent 

 the appearance of the scab fungus. 



Mr. Mills. — If you want to destroy our best friend — the honey 

 bee — spray the trees when in blossom. I know an instance where 

 a large number of colonies were thus destroyed. If you 

 will continue the practice of spraying your trees while in bloom, 



I will guarantee that you will not have a honey bee in your neigh- 

 borhood five years from now. 



To Mr. Hale. — How many acres of peaches are you growing? 



Answer. — I have 2,100 acres of bearing peach trees in Georgia 

 and about 200 acres in Connecticut. I planted the first commercial 

 peach orchard in Connecticut 30 years ago. It contained 100 acres. 

 Since that time more than 2,500,000 peach trees have been planted 

 in that State. My first peach orchards in Georgia were planted 



II years ago. 



ABOUT SPEAYS AND SPEAYING INSECTS AND IN- 

 SECTICIDES—SOME INSTBUCTIONS. 



Question. — Can beans and peas be sprayed in any way to keep 

 bugs out of them? 



Mr. Smith. — Not for the weavil ; but you want to treat the beans 

 and peas after they have been thrashed. Get a 25-cent bottle of 

 Carbon bi-Sulphide, put a little in a saucer, set it in the mouth of 

 the. bags or bins and cover tightly. It throws off a heavy gas 

 which settles all through the beans or peas and kills all animal life 

 in them. But one must be careful in handling it, as it is not only 

 poisonous but very explosive ; so do not go near it with fire. 



Question. — How can you prevent apples becoming wormy ? 



Mr. Chapman. — Spraying with Paris green, a few days after 

 the blossoms fall, will, as a rule, kill the worms. 



Question. — What poison shall we use to kill the canker worm? 



Mr. Smith. — White arsenic, or Paris green. The arsenic is 

 mixed with soda and is fully effective as is Paris green, will re- 

 main in suspension better and costs less. Very many of the or- 

 chardists in the vicinity of Geneva used it in place of Paris green, 

 last year. If you are going to spray to kill the canker worm, do 

 it just as the foliage begins to come out. 



Question. — What remedy do you suggest for lice on currant 

 leaves ? 



Mr. Smith. — Whale oil soap is the best remedy I know. It 

 should be sprayed on as soon as the lice appear. 



Question. — When plums rot one year will they necessarily do it 

 the next? What causes it, and what is the preventive? 



