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.gentlt'iiion have accoiiipli.slied a groat 

 work for the fruitgrowers of the Xorlh- 

 we.st, and it is his firm opinion tliey 

 will subniil a iilan that will be exceed- 

 ingly helpffil, not only to all fruitgrow- 

 ers but to all the marketing concerns, 

 in handling the coming fruit crops of 

 the Northwest. 



Codling Moth. — The very instructive 



research work done by Professor T. O. 

 Morrison, horticulturist for the State 

 of Washington, showing the loss from 

 codling moth to be about 30 per cent 

 for the year 1915, which appeared in 

 the January edition of "Better Fruit," 

 .should be read by every fruitgrower, 

 because it is certainly very convincing 

 evidence that freedom from worms can 

 only be secured by proper syra\ing 

 material and proper spraying methods. 

 The loss from codling moth last year 

 was so extensive that it ou.aht to be 

 evident to the fruitgrowers that thor- 

 ough spraying and good materials fi'om 

 reliable manufacturers arc absolutely 

 necessary. While it is true the fruit- 

 grower can occasionally omit some 

 spray without serious loss, he cannot 

 afford to take chance; therefore a good 

 thing for the fruitgrower to do who 

 wants a clean crop is to get recom- 

 mendation of the Experiment .Station 

 or follow his own methods if they have 

 been tried out and proved successful 

 over a number of years, and follow 

 the program throughout the season. 



Tying Fruit Trees. — Most fruitgrow- 

 ers postpone the tying of fruit trees 

 until late in the summer when the crop 

 i.s set and the limbs bent down with 

 the weight of fruit, when the operation 

 is very difficult. It is very difTicult to 

 tie the lintbs late in the year without 

 knocking off fiiore or less fruit, there- 

 fore it is the opinion of the editor, 

 founded on experience, that the inte- 

 rior framework of the tree should be 

 tied during the latter part of the win- 

 ter and spring, before the blossoming 

 period, for the reason that the work 

 can then be done without knocking 

 off the fruit and much more easily than 

 it can be done later in the year when 

 the tree is dense with foliage. Such an 

 initial tying of the framework seettis 

 advisable this time of year. Later in 

 the year the fruitgrower could tie up 

 the smaller branches and exterior 

 branches in such a way as may be 

 necessary on account of the crop being 

 heavv. 



Lack of Spray Materials. — Many han- 

 dlers of sprays, associations, selling 

 concerns and mercantile houses, owing 

 to the business depression and light- 

 ness of money, bought too conserva- 

 tively last year, not laying in a suffi- 

 cient quantity of many of the neces- 

 sary spray materials for the ditYerent 

 diseases and pests, consequently a 

 great many fruitgrowers were unable 

 to obtain just what they wanted in the 

 way of spray material and either were 

 compelled to go without si)raying or 

 use a substitute. 



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