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the value of an orchard that has been burned. They vary so mucli 

 that the evidence in court don't amount to much. I suggest some 

 action along this line to establish a scale of values by which trees 

 of a given age may have standard rating. 



On motion of Mr. Tippin, a committee of three, consisting of 

 Mr. Tippin, W. D. Maxwell and T. H. Todd, was appointed to con- 

 sult over this matter and report at the next meeting. 



Prof. Scott, Virginia — I was invited to attend this meeting. I 

 saw that the program was full, but the Chairman assured me of a 

 few minutes to talk on Bordeaux mixture. The Department at 

 Washington is working in South Missouri in co-operation with Mis- 

 souri Fruit Experiment Station; also is making the same experi- 

 ments in Benton county, Arkansas, to see if it can obtain the sams 

 results. I have a chart showing work done in Virginia on Albe- 

 marle Pippin on the bitter rot. This is a very distinctive disease 

 and causes heavy losses. Four counties in Illinois alone report a 

 loss of one and one-half millions. Loss was very heavy in Missouri 

 and Arkansas the same year. The whole crop was lost in Virginia 

 the same season. 



From experiments made in Virginia, this disease can be abso- 

 lutely controlled. The chart is the result of work on large tress, 

 very uniform in size. They were sprayed at different dates and 

 throughout the season. First, can bitter rot be controlled? How 

 many applications necessary? When should they be made? Two 

 applications for bitter rot, made June 12 and 27, saved 67 9-10 of 

 this fruit. Plat, where four applications, at intervals of two weeks, 

 had 96 5-10 sound fruit, another test of five applications gave little 

 better results, as did six sprayings. The trees left unsprayed were 

 scattered through the block and were all lost. 



Nothing accomplished by spraying when bloom is open. Poison- 

 ing the bees is one good reason why this should not be done. When 

 work was delayed, until July 10 was date of first application. Re- 

 sults show 86 6-10 fruit saved. Two weeks later — that is, begm- 

 ning July 25 — was almost fatal. Question was asked if could 

 spray four times, when is best time to begin? 



Prof. Scott — Hard to give exactly, as the fungus is so depend- 

 ent on weather conditions — hot, moist weather will develop it. I 

 would say begin June 15 in Virginia, or six weeks after the petals 

 fall. 



Give four or five applications following at intervals of two 

 weeks. I am a thorough advocate of spraying, but wouldn't spray 

 for something I didn't have. If never had bitter rot, or no special 



