The Bulletin. 49 



(Yadkin County) Courtney, N. C, November 14, 1911. 



Dear Sir : — I noticed no difference in tlie quantity of apples but vast differ- 

 ence in qualitj'. Fully 90 per cent on sprayed Ben Davis tree ripened without 

 specking, free from worms, while not 10 per cent of them matured on un- 

 sprayed trees. The same was true of the half-sprayed tree. The foliage re- 

 mained green on sprayed trees until killed by the late freeze, while unsprayed 

 trees were barren of their foliage. Had I spent $40 or $50 for spraying ma- 

 terial and work I would have realized several hundred dollars from my 

 orchard this season, whereas I only received a few dollars. 



Respectfully, D. T. Reavis. 



(Yancey County) Bald Creek, N. C, October 27, 1910. 



Dear Sir : — I can truly say there is no comparison between the sprayed 

 trees and those not sprayed. The bulk of my apples were killed by the last 

 freeze in spring. Where we did not spray they almost all fell off, and what 

 did not were spoiled by scab ; on the trees that were sprayed, what fruit was 

 not killed by the freeze hung on well and was smooth and nice, with few de- 

 fects, and the foliage is still green. Same on the half-tree that was sprayed, 

 while the half not sprayed the leaves and apples both dropped off. I am fully 

 satisfied. The only road out is to continue to spray — and spray heavy at that. 



With best regards, Yours, etc., C. L. McPeters. 



Discussion of These Results. — It will be seen that of all the reports 

 only two or three indicate disappointment, and the two things which 

 proved most troublesome to the tests were the late frosts and the tend- 

 ency of apples to rot in early fall. The rotting of fruit in early fall 

 can be controlled largely by summer spraying, as indicated on page 30. 

 But in all of these demonstrations we have depended only on spring 

 treatments, and have never given a summer spraying. The latest date 

 on which any of the trees in these demonstrations were sprayed was 

 May 29 (at Old Fort, in 1909). We cannot expect a spraying given at 

 that early date to completely protect the fruit from rot in late August 

 and September, so that occasional partial failure on that point is to be 

 expected. Yet even with these spring treatments the majority of reports 

 show that the sprayed apples rotted very much less than those not 

 sprayed. 



The two men who report absolutely no noticeable benefits are Mr. J. D. 

 Hodges, of Mocksville, and Mr. M. 0. Dickerson, of Rutherfordton, both 

 in 1909. It may be that we did not reach these places at just the right 

 time to give the treatments to best advantage. Many of our sprayings 

 have been given either just before, during, or immediately after heavy 

 rains. In this matter of hitting exactly the right time, the fruit grower 

 on his own place can do better than we, who must make our trips to suit ' 

 a number of different varieties in different localities. Only two com- 

 plete failures from so many tests is very gratifying. 



Then, too, these few failures will serve to show us that spraying isn't 

 perfect — that it w^on't do everything. There will come times when the 

 apples will rot or the Codling Moth will be destructive in spite of the 



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