191 5 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 37 



Spraying Economy, Etc. 



Conliimed from page 8 



get along without at least applying two 

 sprays for the codling moth. In some 

 years good results are secured without 

 the third spray, yet there is little ques- 

 tion but that the third spray for the 

 codling moth will more than pay for 

 itself, and especially if there were 

 many worms the previous season. 

 Often the grower who is accustomed 

 to omitting the third spray is con- 

 fronted with the appearance of stings 

 and blemishes on his apples late in the 

 summer, and which necessitates culling 

 severely. Our own experiments during 

 the summer of 1911 gave from 5 to 1.5 

 per cent wormy fruit with the three 

 sprays applied thoroughly and to trees 

 which bore a high per cent of wormy 

 fruit in 1913. 



Selecting the Spray. — There are many 

 dilferent brands of spray materials on 

 the market. Consequently the grower 

 has a wide latitude from which to 

 choose his spray. Moreover, we see 

 every year an increasing number of 

 new sprays on the market, and which 

 undoubtedly have merit. These should 

 be encouraged if they give any better 

 results or possess marked advantages 

 over the old and tried sprays. It would 

 be better, however, for the first year to 

 try out the new spray on a moderate 

 scale and check it up with the older 

 spray. Growers are often inclined to 

 blame the spray material for their lack 

 of success, even when the thorough- 

 ness of application has been neglected, 

 cither with or without the owner's 

 knowledge. 



In choosing a spray, its past record 

 .should be the point most emphasized, 

 whether secured by the prospective 

 purchaser or by someone in whom he 

 has confidence. It is also well to give 

 a spray credit for being all right until 

 the contrary is proved. One should not 

 select a brand of arsenate of lead be- 

 cause it contains a high arsenic content, 

 supposing it to be better, and without 

 regard to the way the arsenic has en- 

 teretl into combination with the lead. 

 It is better to use an "Ortho" arsenate 

 containing 12 per cent of arsenic oxide 

 than one of another combination with 

 the lead and having 3 or 4 per cent 

 more arsenic oxide. The former is not 

 so apt to give uj) free arsenic in the 

 l)resence of neutral or alkaline solvents 

 and thus produce injury to the foliage. 

 It is also advisable, especially when 

 acid arsenates are used, to combine one 

 pound of lime to each pound of the 

 arsenate of lead in the spray tank, in 

 order to lessen the danger of burning. 

 This danger is negligible when either 

 lime-sul])hur, alonuc sulphur or iron 

 sulphide is combined with arsenate of 

 lead to be used against the codling 

 nioih and ajjple scab, or codling moth 

 and apple mildew. 



I'or the pur])ose of comparing the re- 

 sults of the use of arsenate of lead, s(dd 

 both in the paste and powdered form, 

 an ex])eriinent was conducted in the 

 Boise Valley during the season of 191 I 

 which had for its object a comparison 

 of results from the practical applica- 



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