The Bulletin. 



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August (1908) had an estimated crop of over 6 bushels to the tree. 

 Three years before the tree was so badly infested that it seemed impos- 

 sible to save it. The tree was cut back severely and the remaining stubs 

 thoroughly treated with Lime-sulphur Wash, and has been sprayed with 

 it once each winter since. The tree is still slightly infested. The owner 

 has no expectation of exterminating the Scale, but he is holding it in 

 entire control and is making money from his orchard. 



Fig-. 9. — Peach tree cut back to stub two years before, now making- new 

 top and filled with bloom. Moore County. (Photo by Sherman.) 



Ready-made Remedies for San Jose Scale. — While every fruit grower 

 should know from actual practice how to make up and apply any spraying 

 material which he may need, yet it should be remembered that there are 

 firms constantly at work on the discovery and manufacture of materials 

 Avhich will do the work satisfactorily and which can be sold in form 

 ready for immediate use. There has been a great flood of remedies 

 for San Jose Scale placed on the market, some of which contain lime and 

 sulphur, and some of which contain oil in such a form as to mix readily 

 with water and to be not dangerous to the trees if directions are followed. 

 We make no effort to test all these remedies — if we did so we could do 

 little else. Our growers are advised to depend at first on the home- 

 prepared remedies which are known to be good; but they may test these 

 other remedies on a few trees, as they see fit, watching the effects care- 

 fully for a year, and decide for themselves which remedy they prefer to 

 rely on for the years to follow. 



