RESULTS. 



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Table T. — Tkiihi )na.ri)nii77i and uiiniminn li'tniunilnresand prrripifntion at CharlntteRviUe, 



]'a., for Jinic, Jn/i/, a)i<l Aiignst, 190'). 



HK.su r.TS. 



The results, as indicated below, are due entirely to spraying-, no effort 

 havino- been made to cheek the rot bv any other measure. No mum- 

 mies or cankers were removed, and the apples that became infected 

 were allowed to remain on the trees until the crop was picked or until 

 they dropped. Those that fell to the ground were left under the trees 

 until picking time. The hands that worked in the orchard were spe- 

 cially instructed not to remove any of the diseased apples from the 

 experimental block. The object was to test the value of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture under the most adverse conditions, and all possible sources of 

 infection were left undisturbed. 



On July 10, specimens of bitter-rot apples, some of which are shown 

 in Plate I, could be found here and there in the orchard, especially on 

 unsprayed trees, and two weeks later (July 21) each tree was exam- 

 ined by walking around it and looking for infected fruits. The dis- 

 eased fruits were counted, and a general idea of the condition on that 

 date may be conveyed by the following summary of the notes made at 

 that time: 



On each of the checks (A to E) 100 to 250 affected fruits were 



