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BETTER FRUIT 



Time to Spray 



First application: When the buds are 

 showing coloT, but before they open. 



Second application: As soon as the 

 petals have fallen., 



Third application: 

 'husks" have fallen. 



As soon as the 



Fourth application: Three or four 

 weeks before harvesting. 



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r I ''HE time to spray is a most import- 

 -1 ant consideration, but no hard and 

 fast rules can be given since much will 

 depend upon the weather conditions and 

 an orchardist must use his best judg- 

 ment. For general insurance the above 

 schedule is recommended and should be 

 adhered to. In any event the first and 

 fourth sprays should be applied. If the 

 season is dry perhaps the second and 

 third may be omitted, but if it is rainy 

 they should by all means be included. 



. Blossom blight of che 

 an advanced stage of the trouble where the 

 fungus has worked back onto the stem. Note 

 the mold growth on some of the specimens. 

 This is the fungus which causes the disease and 

 the spores are produced on the blossoms 

 the same as on the fruit as shown in Fig. 1. 



Further, if rainy periods intervene be- 

 tween the third and fourth applications 

 listed above it would be a timely precau- 

 tion to spray whenever the danger aris- 

 ing therefrom becomes apparent. 



The control of the syneta leaf beetle 

 is probably of more importance in 

 avoiding loss from brown rot than is 

 realized by man}' growers. This insect 

 not only may. carry the spores, but as a 

 result of its feeding on the fruit and 

 blossoms infection is facilitated. It is 

 present in large numbers every season 

 throughout Western Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. Tile spray program should there- 

 fore include a poison for the syneta. 

 Lead arsenate at the rate of one pound 

 of powder or two pounds of paste to 50 

 gallons in the second application listed 

 above will be found effective. 



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Western Apple Industry 



(Continued from page 5) 

 first-class apples comes from the North- 

 west and awake to the fact that we have 

 some real competition to meet and it can 

 only be met by adopting the most up-to- 

 date and systematic standardized busi- 

 ness methods. We should grow larger, 

 better fruit and considerably more care 

 should be exercised in grading, sizing 

 and packing. There is not a brand of 

 apples that I now know of but what has 



