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orchard of about 100,000 trees. The same schedule of treatments was 

 also adopted by Mr. W. C. Wright in his orchard of 60,000 trees and 

 by others iu the immediate neighborhood. Also at Marshallville, Ga., 

 the treatment was adopted by Mr, S. H. Rumph and other leading 

 growers, the total number of trees sprayed in this general section aggre- 

 gating about a million. 



At Barnesville, Ga., practically all of the large orchardists used the 

 combined spray, aggregating not less than 500,000 trees. At Baldwin, 

 Ga., some of the leading growers sprayed not less than 100,000 trees. 

 Messrs. IStranahan Bros., of Warm tSprings, Ga., have been spraying for 

 the past three years and were among the first large peach orchardists 

 to adopt the lime-sulphur treatment even before it was out of its experi- 

 mental stage. Also around Adairsville and at numerous other points in 

 Georgia spraying was adopted by the leading growers, at least 2,000,000 

 trees for the IState as a whole being sprayed. Considering all of the 

 Southeastern States it is probable that in this territory 3,000,000 trees 

 were sprayed during 1910. 



Considerable spraying has also been done by peach orchardists in 

 West Virginia, western Maryland, and Pennsylvania, including a total 

 of perhaps 1,000,000 trees. The treatment has also been adopted by 

 some growers in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, aggregating about 

 500,000 trees, making on a conservative estimate a grand total of 

 4,500,000 to 5,000,000 trees sprayed during 1010 with the self-boiled 

 lime-sulphur wash and arsenate of lead. 



We have been able to personally examine some of these orchards, and 

 have had reports from many of the orcharists regarding the results of 

 the treatment. So far as it has been possible to determine the results 

 have been uniformly satisfactory and the slight injury from the spray 

 comparatively unimportant. It seems rather remarkable that so many 

 growers in ditferent parts of the country should be so successful in using 

 a new treatment for the first time. This may be taken to indicate the 

 entire practicability of the recommendations. 



EFFECT OF SPRAYING ON THE QUALITY OF THE FRUIT. 



The good results from the treatment do not end with the control of the 

 curculio, scab, and brown-rot. The sprayed fruit is as a rule somewhat 

 larger, much more highly colored, and firmer than unsprayed fruit. 

 It keeps longer, carries to the market in better condition, and brings 

 better prices. A carload of Elberta peaches shipped from Baldwin, Ga., 

 on July 29 contained 106 crates of sprayed fruit and 324 crates of un- 

 sprayed fruit. This fruit was sold on the New York market on August 

 2, the 166 crates of sprayed fruit bringing |2.50 per crate, while the 

 324 crates of unsprayed fruit brought an average of |1.75 per crate, a 

 difl'erence of 75 cents per crate in favor of the sprayed fruit. 



The effect of the treatment is to fairly clean the fruit from disease 

 and to put it in a more or less sterilized condition, adding greatly to 

 its keeping quality. This superiority of sprayed as against unsprayed 

 fruit is one of the marked benefits and has been noted by all growers 

 who have adopted the treatment. 



On July 14 sprayed and unsprayed Elberta fruit in the Hale orchard 

 at Fort Valley, Ga., was picked and packed for a shipping test, but 



