The Bulletin. 



23 



During 1908 we conducted a number of public demonstrations in the 

 spraying of apple trees with the Bordeaux Mixture and Paris green,^ in 

 order that the fruit growers might see the exact process of preparing 

 the material and spraying it on the trees, and that they might watch the 

 trees through the season and notice the results. These tests were con- 

 ducted at the following places : 



Stokes County, in orchard of J. W. Spainhour, at King. 



Alexander County, in orchard of K. B. Lowe, near Poors Knob. 



Caldwell County, in orchard of J. A. Dula, near Lenoir. 



Henderson County, in orchard of Jonathan Case, at Dana. 



Jackson County, in orchard of George P. Miller, at Sylva. 



In all cases the material used was the Bordeaux Mixture and Pans 

 green, and three applications were given, as nearly as practicable at the 

 following times : 



First application in late winter, before buds opened. 



Second application immediately after the blossoms fell. 



Third application from two to three weeks after the second. 



This is exactly in accord with the directions which we have been send- 

 ing out from this office for years. 



In each case three trees of good bearing size and age were selected for 

 the work, and all treatments were given exactly as should be done in 

 regular orchard practice. Not a single thing was done nor a single 

 implement used that is not entirely practicable for the ordinary fruit 

 grower of moderate or small means. We simply put science to a test on 

 a practical job, and it justified the claims made for it. 



At several places one of the trees was sprayed only on one side, the 

 other side receiving only such of the spray as was accidentally blown or 

 thrown upon it. This was done to see if we could demonstrate the dif- 

 ference between the sprayed and unsprayed halves of the same tree. 



The dates on which these three sprayings were given can best be shown 

 by the following table: 



We requested two separate reports from the owners — the first in July, 

 to show the effect and condition at midsummer, and the other in October, 

 to show the actual result at harvest. 



In every case, every report, whether in summer or in autumn, showed 



most favorable results from the spraying. From, the ten reports received 



we quote the following: . 



1 King, N. C, October 7. 1908. 



Dear Sib:— The foliage and fruit on the Winesap trees were fine— the fruit 

 almost perfect and the foliage at this writing (October 7th) is fresh and 

 Green On the Maiden Blush tree the fruit was fine, but did not keep as well 



