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should be treated with a disinfecting solution such as formaldehyde 1-10, 

 then when the wound is dry, paint with white lead. 



Question: Do you think orchards in sod would be more likely to 

 have it? 



Answer: Yes, because of the drain on the soil moisture by the sod. 



Question: Is it in large apples more? 



Answer: Yes, but I have seen it on small apples also. It is more 

 a tree and branch problem than one limited to the size of the fruit. The 

 trees with apples poorly spaced suffer most from bitter pit, and in such 

 trees the large apples are produced. It is not alone dryness that causes 

 it, but unevenness of water supply in that a certain amount of flesh is 

 produced more than the water supply provides for. I do not know of a 

 year when I have not seen some bitter-pit. 



Question: Isn't very little experimental work being done along this 

 line? 



Answer: Experimental work in this country is being handled by the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Their experiments are carried on in 

 the West. A very extensive experimental project was carried on in 

 Australia. The generalness of the disease and the lack of specific cause, 

 makes control work aside from general recommendations, difficult. 



Question: How about canker on King apple trees? 

 . Answer: King is subject to black-rot and subject to fire-blight. I 

 think from the description you have just given your trouble is black-rot. 

 If the canker is such that the bark scales off, exposing the wood, it without 

 doubt is black-rot and the things you describe are the preliminary signs 

 before the limb dies. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT, JANUARY 1, 1921 TO 

 DECEMBER 1, 1922. 



Total Receipts $2195.16 



Total Disbursements 342.78 



Amount on hand December 1, 1922 1852.38 



Report adopted. 

 Meeting adjourned. 



