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BETTER FRUIT 



February 



Scandinavia and the Baltic Market 



We have a good outlet in tlie markets shown on above map. We handle 

 apples only on a consignment basis. All consignments have our personal 

 attention. Have you anything to offer? Do not fail to write or cable us. 



ERNST C. LOHSE & CO.S EFT., Copenhagen 



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cned and has resumed its feeding, it 

 becomes more resistant to the sprays. 

 As far as the San Jose scale is con- 

 cerned fall spraying Is as elTective as 

 the spring application; but custom 

 decrees that the spraying should be 

 done in March. A single application 

 of 3-dcgree sulphur-lime, if given 

 with the utmost thoroughness, will 

 usually suffice to kill all the San Jose 

 scale. However, it appears that quite 

 lately certain strains of this insect 

 have developed more or less resistance 

 to the action of this spray. Sulphur- 

 lime destroys mainly by extracting 

 oxygen from the Insect, and so kills 

 by a sort of chemical suffocation. This 

 process, rapid at first, is continued 

 over some time. A few weeks after the 

 spraying, the action of the sulphur ob- 

 tained from the disintegrating sulphur- 

 lime adds to the destruction. Thus it 

 is that insects sprayed with sulphur- 

 lime may linger for weeks before 

 dying. Usually this spray will kill all 

 of the scale within a few weeks or 

 even days, but in some districts of the 

 Northwest, as well as probably else- 

 where, some few individuals retain a 

 remarkable tenacity of life and com- 

 mence their growth in the spring even 

 though coated with spray. It appears 

 that oil sprays are quicker in action 

 and even more destructive than sul- 

 phur-lime. For this reason they are 

 to be recommended, especially in those 

 districts where sulphur-lime has failed 

 to give satisfaction. The living San 

 Jose scale is provided with a yellowish 

 body juice. Shortly after death this 

 juice becomes oily in character and of 

 a deeper yellow color. After the oily 

 stage the insects dry out and darken. 

 A few weeks after spraying, therefore, 

 the effectiveness of the treatment can 

 be readily ascertained by rubbing a 

 knife blade flalwise over an infested 

 twig. The character of the scrapings, 

 whether juicy, oily or scurfy, will in- 

 dicate the condition of the insect. 



By way of a direct prescription, 

 under Washington conditions, the fol- 

 lowing treatment may be summarized: 

 (1) Spray in February or early March, 

 just as the buds begin to swell. (2) 

 Use preferably an eight-per-cent emul- 

 sion of crude petroleum oil, or sulphur- 

 lime, testing 3 degrees Beaume, i. e., 

 containing one pound of sulphur and 

 one-half pound of lime to every five 

 gallons of completed spray, which is 

 equivalent to a dilution of one to thir- 

 teen of standard (33 degree) factory- 

 made concentrated sulphur-lime. (3) 

 Use the penetration system of spray- 

 ing; keep the pres.sure high; spray 

 downward from a raised platform; use 

 only the Bordeaux nozzle attached by 

 a crook-joint, and then wet every 

 speck of surface of the tree. If thor- 

 oughness were practiced as well as it 

 is preached, spraying would cease to 

 be a continual costly drudgery. 



Harrison Nurseries, of Berlin, Mary- 

 land, are mailing out a very handsome 

 catalog illustrated in colors, with some 

 beautiful pictures of different varieties 

 of fruits. 



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