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each. We had a good crop of 'J'riumph peaches, a variety that is very 

 susceptible to rot and hard to handle, but we harvested them in good 

 condition. In other sections cf the country where they had not the 

 adverse climatic conditions we have had, and where the fruit set full, 

 the percentage of No. i fruit outranked liquid sprayed orchards, both 

 in yield and in quality. During the last season, we used our Sal Bor- 

 deaux preparation exclusively in our work. In this preparation the 

 sulphate of copper is held in suspension until applied to the tree and 

 fruit, then nature furnishes the moisture to dissolve the bluestone on 

 the tree instead of in the compounding tank. We did not urge our 

 old friends, who have stood b}' us from the first, and some of them 

 now present, to use this specially prepared blue stone. We concluded 

 they knev/ as much and perhaps more, in regard to combining the 

 blue stone with lime than we did, and we wished to test its work on 

 our own ground. We laid the facts before them as we had found them 

 in the laboratory, sent them samples of the Sal Bordeaux, and allowed 

 them to use their own judgment. We believe we have the solution of 

 the difficult problem of combining the blue stone with lime in this 

 preparation, avoiding all chemical combinations until after the sul- 

 phate of copper has done its work. We sent samples of this com- 

 pound to various experiment schools including our own, requesting an 

 analysis to determine this point, whether it contained as much, or 

 more, or less sulphate of copper than the. 4-4-50 formula. We regret 

 to "Say that we v/ere not successful in this as none of the colleges 

 complied with oiir request. From our own experience, and that of 

 others, who used the preparation, we will increase the ratio of the 

 Sal Bordeaux in our formula next season. In the dry process, we have 

 gained a ver}' decided advantage over the liquid, from the fact that 

 the danger of burning the foliage and rusting the fruit is entirely 

 overcome, the only question to be determined is, the proper ratio 

 to use for best results, practical tests in the orchard can alone de- 

 termine this, but we can use the arsenic in dry form, of any required 

 strength, and on any kind of foliage; therefore, the question of ad- 

 justing the ratios is simply adapting the means to the desired end. 

 The simplicity, ease of application, and the total absence of the 

 danger element in the dry process appeal very strongly to the practical 

 grower. This point was very forcibly illustrated by a commercial 

 grower from Mississippi, who visited our booth at the World's Fair 

 in August. He returned to the Fair near its close, and coming to our 

 exhibit, after looking over the machines again, he said, "I want one 

 of your 'Cj'clones ;' since I was here before, I have read your book on 



