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as it should have done. I sold three bushels to a cannery- and they told me 

 these were the only apples they found with no worms in them. Foliage on 

 this tree is now fresh and green. Two other trees of the same variety, right 

 near the one sprayed, have foliage all off, and did not get an apple from either 

 one fit to use. 



The Magnum Bonum tree — half sprayed and half not — showed marked dif- 

 ference in the fruit on the sprayed side; the fruit on the side that was sprayed 

 was much larger and finer. The foliage on that side is now fresh and green ; 

 on the side not sprayed, nearly all off. 



Respectfully yours, J. W. Spainhour. 



For proof of the results at Mr. Spainhour's place the reader should 

 examine Fig. 2 of this Bulletin, on page 10. 



Poors Knob, N. C, October 13, 190S. 



Dear Sir : — Your work here was very satisfactory, as the foliage is yet 

 green, while the trees nearby that were not sprayed have lost most all their 

 foliage. The fruit is much larger and nicer and less infested with worms. 

 The half tree that was sprayed is bright and green and the fruit is fine, while 

 the opposite side (not sprayed) has lost very near all its foliage. All parties 

 that have seen those trees say there is a great difference between the trees 

 that were sprayed and the ones that were not. * * * * 



Yours very truly, R. B. Lowe. 



Lenoir, N. C, October 7, 1908. 



My Dear Sir : — In regard to the apple trees your department sprayed last 

 spring and summer. The foliage is still (October 7th) green and healthy, and 

 the apples still hanging on the trees, sound and free from worms and bitter 

 rot. 



The variety sprayed is my seedling — Dula Beauty. One-half of one tree was 

 sprayed, and the other half which was not sprayed shed its leaves and fruit 

 more than three weeks since, and the fruit is on the ground rotten ; and that 

 is the condition of a large part of my orchard. I hope that the demonstration 

 on my place will emphasize the importance of spraying to obtain sound fruit. 



It is no longer an experiment. Respectfully, J. A. Dula. 



Dana, N. C, November 11, 1908. 



Dear Sir: — Business has prevented an earlier report on the final outcome. 

 The Limbertwig apples have been gathered and marketed, and I am sure that 

 the trees that were sprayed gave double the real value that three other cor- 

 responding ones (unsprayed) gave. More apples and better apples are the 

 result. 



The trees held a green foliage for about three weeks longer than those that 

 were not sprayed, and the apples were almost free from worms and defects. 

 The color was very much improved and the size larger and almost twice the 

 number of bushels on the trees sprayed than there were on the same number 

 of other trees not sprayed, of the same varieties, and grown under the same 

 conditions.- Yours very truly, Jonathan Case. 



Sylva, N. C, October 8. 1908. 



Dear Sir : — The sprayed apple trees show the benefits of spraying more 

 definitely now than they did when I made my last report. At this date (Octo- 

 ber 8) the foliage and fruit are far better than other trees (unsprayed) of the 

 same variety near by. 



We have had several hard frosts this month, yet the foliage is still green, 

 luxuriant and dense; the apples are cleaner, larger and still growing. The 

 sprayed trees are very much better in every way. 



Yours respectfully. George P. Miller. 



