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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



Spraying Experiments in Falmouth Orchard. 



Plot. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 



16 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



How Sprayed. 



■^^J'^J'^lPer cent'per cent'Per cent 



and 2 

 by Wt 



Russet 

 iMedium 



Gravenstein. 



L-S, 1,2,3,4 



L-S, 1,2,3,4,5 



L-S, 1,3^4 



No spray 



L-S, 1,3, 4, 5 



L-S, 2, 3, 4 



L-S, 3, 4, 5 



L-S, 2, 3; B, 4, 5 



B, 2; L-S, 3,4; B, 5 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4, 5 



No spray 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4; L-S, 5 

 B, 2, 3; L-S, 4,5 



No 



fruit 



94-68 



85-65 



11-25 



79-39 



64-93 



5-13 



No 

 fruit 

 71-43 



No 

 fruit 

 21-57 

 78-02 

 92-13 

 80-95 



0-00 

 0-08 

 0-00 

 0-19 

 000 

 0-00 



35-37 



0-00 



58-75 

 67-17 

 61-70 



Russet 

 Bad 



000 

 0-00 

 0-00 

 000 

 000 

 000 



1-22 



0-00 

 1-76 

 0-43 

 5-28 



Russet 

 Total 



Per cent Per cent 



Scab Scab 

 Medium Bad 



37-21 

 25- 18 

 17-82 

 27-85 

 12-89 

 33-92 



100-00 



48-02 

 96-81 

 96-33 

 96-98 



0-98 

 0-55 



46-87 

 3-59 

 6-29 



43-86 



45-69 

 0-00 

 108 

 1-51 



000 

 000 

 7-26 

 0-11 

 0-00 

 19-30 



0-00 



4-20 

 000 

 0-00 

 0-00 



Per cent 

 Scab 

 Total 



3-52 

 4-88 

 87-E5 

 15-85 

 20-54 

 83-63 



6-10 



75-76 



11-99 



6-91 



8-68 



Plot 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



11 

 12 

 13 

 15 

 20 

 21 

 22 



How Sprayed. 



Per cent 

 No. 1 

 and 2 



By Wt. 



Per cent 



Russet 



Medium 



Per cent 



Russet 



Bad 



Per cent 

 Russet 

 Total 



Per cent 

 Scab 

 Total 



Golden Russet. 



L-S, 1,2,3,4 



L-S, 1,2,3,4,5 



L-S, 1,3,4 



No Spray 



L-S, 1,3,4.5 



L-S, 2,3,4 



L-S, 3, 4,5 



L-S. 2, 3; B, 4, 5 



B, 2; L-S, 3, 4| B, 5 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B,4, 5 



No Spray 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4; L-S, 5 



B, 2, 3; L-S, 4, 5 



Spy. 



L-S, 1,3,4 



No Spray '. 



L-S, 1,3,4,5 



L-S, 3. 4, 5 



B. 2; L-S, 3; B, 4 



B, 2; L-S, 3; B, 4; L-S, 5 



B, 2,3; L-S, 4, 5 



90-00 

 94-25 



■- 89-48 

 36-96 

 86-49 

 71-90 

 70-59. 

 85-20 

 87-28 

 80-68 

 45-22 



No fruit. 

 68-71 

 78-72 



88-55 

 34-67 

 79-81 

 25-73 

 76-67 

 86-09 

 81-68 



0-00 

 0-00 

 000 

 0-00 

 000 

 0-00 

 000 

 0-00 

 0-00 

 0-00 

 0-00 



0-00 

 000 



0-00 



000 



0-00 



000 



18-18 



1013 



15-76 



000 

 000 

 000 

 0-00 

 0-00 

 0-00 

 000 

 2-43 

 0-41 

 6-42 

 000 



5-75 

 1-53 



000 

 0-00 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 0-27 

 0-88 



0-00 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 2-43 

 0-41 

 6-42 

 000 



5-75 

 1-53 



10-09 



-31 



5 SO 



3-48 



49-49 



37 07 



54-93 



4-83 



4-53 



5-24 



60-79 



9-80 



24-71 



30 00 



6-52 



11-97 



1201 



51-66 



24-44 

 15-31 



2-30 

 62-81 

 13-09 

 65-68 

 13-13 

 7-20 

 6-78 



SPR.\YING EXPERIMENTS IN THE BRIDGETOWN ORCHARD. 



The first spray used tested 1-01, the second 1-0095 and the third and fourth, 

 1-009 specific gravity. ''Niagara brand lime-sulphur was used. 



The Bordeaux mixture was made according to the usual formula (i.e.) 4 pounds 

 copper sulphate, 4 pounds lime, and 40 gallons water. Arsenate of lead at the rate of 

 6 pounds for 100 gallons was used in all the sprays. 



y Kentville. 



