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But another remedy, which is absolutely free from any objection 

 on this score, has been applied with remarkable success in Italy, where 

 it was recommended by the department and schools of Agriculture. 

 The brothers Belussi, near Conegliano, in the province of Trevise, 

 especially deserve great credit for the intelligent and persevering 

 manner in which they have experimented in this direction for a 

 number of years, until at last success has crowned their efforts. The 

 Messager Agricole contains communications on the subject by Prof. 

 Oerletti of the royal school of viticulture at Conegliano, Italy, report 

 by Mr. Dehirain, professor of agricultural chemistry at the school of 

 Orignon, France, and report by Prof. Velicogna of the imperial and 

 royal school of agriculture at Geritzia, Austria. These two gentlemen 

 were sent to Italy expressly by their schools to investigate the matter. 

 Their articles are too long to give you a complete translation of them. 

 They all agree, however, in reporting the most astonishing success of 

 the new remedy. 



This remedy consists simply of a lime wash or "lime milk," as the 

 French call it, which is prepared in the proportion of 2^ kilo, (about 

 6| lbs.) of fresh lime slacked in 100 litres (26| gallons) of water. With 

 this liquid the vines are sprinkled abundantly, and from the middle of 

 May until the middle of August this operation is repeated five or six 

 times. 



With this mixture no especial care need to be taken as it contains 

 nothing that is injurious to health, and even if some of the lime should 

 still adhere to the grapes when they are ripe, this could be easily 

 removed by washing the fruit in water. 



In speaking of the results of the treatment Prof. Velicogna says : 



" In every row of vines which had not been limed, but had been 

 sulphured energetically, and at several times on each vine and on each 

 cane not limed, the Perenospora (mildew) had made such ravages as I 

 have never seen before in our country. The 10th of this month, Sep- 

 tember, four-fifths of the leaves were lost. On some vines some canes 

 had no trace of foliage left. The grapes are few, badly nourished and 

 quite green. The shoots of this year are short, sickly and puny. 



All the rows of vines, every plant, every cane, which from the mid- 

 dle of May to middle of August, has been limed five or six times, are 

 •completely exempt from the Perenospora, not a trace of the disease. 

 The vines have conserved all their leaves, whitened by the lime, but 

 large and fully formed, and of a dark green color when they are 

 wshed. As everywhere else there are not a great many grapes, but the 

 bunches are fine, well developed, well nourished and black as ink." 



