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dition of the fruit in the orchard of W. T. Flournoy of Marion- 

 ville. This orchard received from three to five applications with a 

 gasoline sprayer, and the fruit is almost entirely free from the 

 apple worm and scab. A few others have used dust sprays, which 

 have given fairly satisfactory results against the codling moth, 

 but is of no value against the bitter rot, which in some seasons 

 has practically ruined the crop. 



Among the orchards visited at Bentonville was that of Capt. 

 George Lincoln, in which Prof. W. M. Scott of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture has been carrying on spraying experi- 

 ments for controlling this disease. The effects were very 

 marked, and the results appeared conclusive. Where trees 

 were left unsprayed as a check, it was impossible to 

 find a single fruit upon the trees that had not been attacked and 

 ruined by bitter rot; but where they were sprayed with Bordeaux 

 of the usual strength, on July 1, and twice afterward, at inter- 

 vals of two weeks, it was equally impossible to find anything but 

 healthy fruit upon the trees. 



BEN DAVIS THE KING. 



The Ben Davis apple is, of course, the kind that is almost uni- 

 versally grown in the Ozark region, more than nine-tenths of the 

 trees and perhaps 95 per cent of the crop being of that sort. Some 

 of the growers, however, are substituting Gano, on account of its 

 higher color. Rome Beauty, Ingram, Jonathan, Grimes Golden and 

 Missouri Pippin are the other sorts most commonly noted. 



The region seems to be well provided with canning factories, 

 evaporators and cider mills for the working up of the surplus and 

 cull fruit, and, in addition to the large demand for apples in the 

 southern states, the east, through which shipments can be made to 

 Europe from the gulf ports, promises to look after all of the ap- 

 ples that can be raised. 



ADVANTAGE FOR APPLE GROWING. 



For apple growing this section seems to have many advantages, 

 such as large areas of land where this fruit seems to thrive ; a mild 

 climate, which makes it possible to work in the orchards at plowing 

 and pruning during the winter; cheap and fairly reliable help; 

 good shipping facilities and a growing demand for first-class fruit. 



On the other hand can be mentioned the price of the land, 

 which is even higher than is charged for land equally adapted 



