42 The Bulletin. 



(Stokes County) King, X. C, October 7, 1908. 



Dear Sir: — The foliage and fruit on the Winesap trees were fine — the fruit 

 almost perfect, and the foliage at this writing (October 7th) is fresh and green. 

 On the Maiden Blush tree the fruit was fine, but did not keep as well as it should 

 have done. I sold three bushels to a canner, and they told me these were the only 

 apples they found with no worms in them. Foliage on this tree is now fresh and 

 green. Two other trees of the same variety, right near the one sprayed, have 

 foliage all oS', and did not get an apple from either one fit to use. 



The Magnum Bonum tree — half sprayed and half not — showed marked diff'er- 

 ence in the fruit on the sprayed side; the fruit on the side that was sprayed was 

 much larger and finer. Ihe foliage on that side is now fresh and green; on the 

 side not sprayed, nearly all otf. Respectfully yours, 



J. W. Spainhoitr. 



(Yadkix County) Courtney, X. C, Xovember 14, 1911. 



Dear Sir: — I noticed no difierence in the quantity of apples but vast diff'er- 

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

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

 trees. The same was true of the half-sprayed tree. The foliage remained 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 material 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. Ihe 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 defects, 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 ten- 

 dency 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 25. 

 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 can not 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 re- 

 ports 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 Moeksville, and Mr. M. O. 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 



