356 State Horticidturcd Society. 



LIMOID AND KEROSENE FOR SCALE. 



On page 911 we read an article on scale bj^ F. H, Skillman. 

 After the experience we have had with the scale in one of our 

 peach orchards, it is impossible for us to agree with the writer in 

 all he says. We differ in regard to the K.-L, mixtures. We have 

 been intimately acquainted with Prof. C. P. Close for several years, 

 and know whatever he gives to the public can be relied on. He is 

 a careful and thorough investigator. He has always claimed that 

 if the K.-L. mixtures are properly made and thoroughly applied, we 

 need not fear the scale. According to his directions, we sprayed 

 our peach trees with 20 per cent. K.-L., and the results were far 

 better than we dared to anticipate. We succeeded in completely 

 eradicating the scale. Surely, if Mr. Skillman had properly mada 

 and thoroughly applied the K.-L., he would have obtained different 

 results. Too much stress cannot be laid on properly making the 

 K.-L. mixtures. Many of the failures can be charged to the men 

 who make the mixture. Instead of violently churning the K.-L., 

 they simply stir it a little and let it go. No wonder many people 

 fail to kill the scale when they use K.-L. Every fruit grower 

 should be thorough in all his operations. Too much care cannot 

 be taken in making and applying all mixtures. By closely observ- 

 ing we find that the majority of our fellow fruit growers in this 

 section have not succeeded in holding the codling moth, scab, scale, 

 etc., in check, because they either do not properly make or do not 

 thoroughly apply the mixtures. 



Delaware. F. M. Soper & Son. 



— From Rural New Yorker. 



HORTICULTURAL TALK. 



(By Edwin H. Rlehl.) 



Everbearing Strawberries. — That a variety possessing vigor 

 and health, together with the nature to produce a good crop of fruit 

 in late summer or fall, would be of great value to strawberry grow- 

 ers and those who adm.ire the fruit, is a fact which all must admit. 

 Numerous attempts have been made in the past to produce such a 

 variety, but until very recently no satisfactory results were ob- 

 tained, although a good deal of disappointment was experienced by 



