No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 177 



Couditiou of trees prior to demonstration: Apples, very close tops; 

 peaches, open, well pruned, liealtliy; apples in sod; peaches cul- 

 tivated. Verj little San Jos6 Scale present. 



Pruning demonstration given March 23 and 24, with supplement- 

 ary pruning April 7th to Ilth. 



Length of time, demonstrator, 4 days, laborer's time not recorded. 

 Attendance at demonstration, March 23rd, 40; March 24th, 2. 



Cost of pruning: lU days at |1.50=.|15.UG. 



Spraying for Codling Moth and plant diseases given May 11 and 

 12, and June 2nd, with supplementary spraying May 21st and 22nd. 



Attendance, May 11, 22; June 2, 12, 



Materials used, Bordeaux (3-4-50) and arsenate of lead (3 lbs. in 

 50 gallons); 100 gals, for apple; 50 gals, for peach. Apple* 3-4, 6, 50; 

 peacht 2-2, 3, 50. 



Results. Very few moths escaped the first spraying. Some foli- 

 age damaged but followed by healthy growth of wood and foliage. 



Length of time, demonstrator and laborer, each 1^ days. 



Cost of material, |1.91. 



General results, good. Had not previously produced apples, but 

 this season there were some to sell. Continued during 1909. 



Berks County. 



Orchard at County Home, Shillington, Pa. 



Demonstrator, E. C. Bowers. 



Number of trees in selected plot: 1 young apple, 49 old apple trees. 



Condition of trees prior to demonstration: Much San Jos6 Scale 

 present, also Scurfy and Oyster Shell scales. Some canker and 

 some crown gall present. Heads high, open, healthy. Damaged 

 by removal of lower limbs in 1907. Five years without cultivation. 

 Sprayed with Lime-sulfur in 1907. Trees in demonstration plot had 

 no spraying prior to 1908. 



Pruning demonstration given March 16, 1908, with supplementary 

 pruning on March 17, 18, 19 and 20. 



Length of time: 12 hours for demonstrator and 21 hours for 

 laborer. 



Attendance at pruning demonstration, 41, evening meeting 39. 



Spraying for San Jos6 scale given March 25th with the supple- 

 mentary sprayings on March 26th and 27th. 



Attendance, 20. 



Length of time, demonstrator, 6 hours, and laborer, 12 hours. 



The materials used for scale were 85 lbs. sulfur, 2 bushels lime, 

 making 250 gallons of solution. 



Cost of materials, |3.05. The results, good. 



Spraying for Codling Moth and plant diseases done May 12th and 

 26th, with supplementary spraying May 13th, and 27. 



Attendance, 10. 



Length of time, demonstrator and laborer, each 13 hours. 



First spraying: 115 gallons Bordeaux on State plot, 135 gallons 

 on balance of orchard. Second spraying: 25 gallons Bordeaux mix- 

 ture (Formula 4-4-50.) 



•Three pounds of arsenate of lead, four pounds of Bluestone, six pounds of lime, and fifty 

 gallons of water. 



tT'wo pounds of arsenate of lead, two pounds of bluestone, three pounds of lime, and fifty 

 gallons of water. It proved too strong for peach foliage. 



12—7—1908. 



