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orchards near by were unproductive. Other fruit-growers of 

 Gasport and vicinity noticed the results of this spraying in 1898, 

 and substantiate the reports. In 1899, therefore, this grower 

 sprayed as much of his larger orchard as he could when the trees 

 were in full bloom, and the results of 1898 were duplicated. 

 Xever did he have a larger crop and finer fruit. In 1900, this 

 orchardist sprayed again when the trees were in full bloom. He 

 '' aimed to spray every blossom well." '' I had twice the amount 

 of apples — over 2,000 barrels — the quality the best I ever had, 

 so that I am convinced more than ever that spraying in the 

 blossom is the time to do it." 



Adjoining him is an orchard of nearly the same age and vigor. 

 Until 1808 the two orchards had been about equally productive, 

 with perhaps a little difference in favor of the former. In 1899 

 the latter grower sprayed all his trees before they had bloomed, 

 but not during the blooming season. Although the trees 

 bloomed as full as the neighbor's that year, they bore but 

 a scanty crop, and the fruit was somewhat inferior to that from 

 the neighbor's trees which were sprajed when in bloom. 



Another apple-grower of Gasport sprayed his trees for the 

 first time in 1899. Being then skeptical about the value of 

 spraying, he made a few experiments. Four of these tests are 

 of interest here: (1) Thirty-six trees of Twenty Ounce were 

 sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green when in full 

 bloom. They bore 224 barrels of Ko. 1 fruit, an average of 6;^ 

 barrels per tree. (2) Five trees of the same variety which were 

 sprayed after the blossoms had fallen bore five barrels of No. 1 

 fruit, or one barrel per tree. (3) Three times as many market- 

 able fruits matured on one side of a row of King which was 

 sprayed while in full bloom as on the other side which was 

 sprayed after the blossoms had fallen. (4) The low^er limbs of 

 one Baldwin tree were sprayed while in full bloom, and the 

 upper limbs five days later when most of the blossoms had 

 fallen. Only the lower limbs of this tree produced first-class 

 fruit. (5) Five trees of Twenty- Ounce were sprayed on one side 



