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BETTER FRUIT 



Applying the Spray for Anthracnose 



By M. D. Armstrong, County Fruit Inspector Hood River County 



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I Anthracnose Serious | 



I The rapid spread of anthracnose in | 



I the Northznest during the fast year | 



I tnakes it necessary {or grotvers to take | 



I every precaution against it this fall | 



I before wet weather comes on. Where | 



I orchards have not received the A ugust | 



I or early fall application they should | 



I be sprayed just as soon as the apples | 



I are picked and every part of the hark | 



I surface on the tree covered. The pro- | 



I portions of Bordeaux to use are | 



I 4-4-50 for the early fall spray and | 



1 6-b-SQ for the delayed fall or tvinter | 



I spray. If lime and mlphur is tised | 



I the proportions should be 1-8. Grow- | 



I ers who will apply Bordeaux for an- \ 



\ thracnose will find Mr. Armstrongs | 



I recommendations both a time and \ 



I labor saver. — Editor. \ 



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THE preparation and application of the 

 Bordeaux spray is one of the disagree- 

 able sprays that the growers have and to 

 save time and patience, materials and meth- 

 ods for its preparation should be as con- 

 venient as possiljle. For large orchards per- 

 haps the most convenient plan is to have 

 two elevated tanics at such a height that 

 their contents can be run into the spray 

 tanks where the lime can be slacked and the 

 to fill quickly. The arrangement necessi- 

 tates a platform level with the top of the 

 tanks where the lime can be slaked and the 

 vitriol dissolved in other tanks or barrels 

 and then easily run off into the tanks for 

 the diluted solutions. Where two machines 

 are at work, one man can be employed con- 

 'stantly mixing and making ready the solu- 

 tions, so that all the sprayers have to do is 

 ;to drive under the pipes and run an equal 

 iamount of the lime and vitriol water into 

 the tanks with the agitators running. 



For the small orchard the equipment 

 need not be so extensive and as the most 

 trouble comes in the proper preparation of 

 the lime this operation should have careful 

 attention. Much time can be saved if a 

 large mortar box is provided in which a 

 considerable amount of lime can be slacked 

 at once. The amount will depend on the 

 size of the orchard and will be from one 

 to four or more barrels, according to the 

 amount used in a day. The box will have 

 to be built to suit the amount of lime 

 needed and should be large enough so that 

 the mortar will not be over 8 or 10 inches 

 deep. Plenty of water should be used and 

 care taken that the lime is not burned. If 

 two or more barrels are to be slacked it 

 should not all be slacked at once as a smaller 

 amount can be better stirred. The box 

 should be set level and the number of 

 pounds of lime used should be known. 

 After the lime is thoroughly slacked, which 

 will not be in less than a week, the surplus 



water can be drained off and the mortar 

 checked off into squares so that each block 

 will represent the number of pounds of 



September. 1921 



lime required to make a tank of spray. The 

 best grade of lime should be used, and if 

 slacked several days ahead of time, all par- 

 ticles will be slacked down to a paste and be 

 easily put through the strainer into the 

 tank. In mixing the vitriol and lime water 



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