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been shown will effectnall}' eliminate the msseting caused by Bordeaux. 



There have been various results this season with regard to the control 

 of codling moth and many of us have laid our poor results to the use of 

 arsenate of lead with lime-sulphur. The way I account for the general 

 poor results this year is not on the account of the use of arsenate of 

 lead with lime-sulphur but because the spraying was not done at the 

 right time. I believe that this is going to be an important point \\Vh 

 spraying the codling moth. The Government men doing work at Doug- 

 las watched the moth this season and found out that it came out three 

 weeks later. There were several growers in the vicinity who followed 

 their instructions with regard to the spraying for the moth and got 

 excellent results. In several cases both Bordeaux and Lime-Sulphur 

 were used with arsenate of lead for comparison and in each case the 

 results in the control of the moth were equally good. 



Of couree, getting good results with the Lime-Sulphur and Arsenate 

 of Lead together shows that Lime-Sulphur does not have any bad effect 

 on the Arsenate of Lead if they are used immediately after mixing. 

 One thing, however, in spraying with the Arsenate of Lead and Lime- 

 Sulphur, the person should use it as quickly as possible. There is a 

 chemical action between the two and if the mixture is allowed to stand 

 over night or for four or five hours there is apt to be a bad effect; but 

 in ordinary spraying just mix up your solution as you go along — the 

 Lime-Sulphur and the Arsenate, and jou will get very good results. 



We use the Arsenate of Lead at the rate of two lbs. to 50 gals, of 

 water. Most of the fruit growers that I know of have been using it at 

 that rate and with very good results. 



Now regarding the effect of Lime-Sulphur on other fruits : We tried 

 it on most all kinds of fruits and we found that it gave very satisfactory 

 results. We have about 150 varieties of apples in bearing and our fruit 

 was never better colored nor freer from russet and from the scab than 

 this year. 



And we have all the tender varieties. The use of Lime-Sul])hur on 

 plums improved them very much. We use it at the rate of one to fifty 

 on them. Some varieties that are ver-y susceptible to rot, such as the 

 Lombard and Victoria were more free from rot than ever before. The 

 Victoria which is the worst rotter of them all, by using the Lime-Sulphur 

 about three times after the blossoms at intervals of about three weeks 

 gave us fruit that we could pack without any rotten spots. Other 

 years this variety would probably have half of them rot near packing 

 time. 



Another advantage in spraying with Lime-Sulphur on plums is that 

 you can use it later than the Bordeaux, as it does not stain the fruit as 

 does the Bordeaux, and therefore can spray later. This is quite an im- 

 portant fact in seasons when the rot is bad. Of couree, under 

 ordinary conditions you would not have to spray later than the usual 

 time. 



Our crops of almost everything else Avere more or less of a failure 

 so that we could not get very telling results so far as the spraying was 

 concerned. We had, however, some Flemish Beauty trees that we were 

 never able to keep free from the scab until this year, when we used 

 Lime-Sulphur one to fifty on them, and when I saw that we kept these 

 Flemish Beauty trees so free from disease and the color of the fruit so 



