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dealt with in this Journal and orchard inspectors have so persistently- 

 disseminated information, that the best methods are now available to every 

 one engaged in commercial fruit-growing. But the old bug-bear of the- 

 weather is every now and then being raised by those who' do not take- 

 the trouble to properly prepare the mixture or neglect to apply it at the 

 proper time, and the present season has been held up as one which inter- 

 fered considerably with the success of spraying. No doubt the weather 

 has been such as to give every encouragement to the growth and spread of 



2. YATES UNSPRAYED. 



fungus parasites and the heat and humidity combined have aggravated the- 

 mischief caused by them when left unchecked, but it is evident that when 

 success has been attained against such fearful odds; -the value of spraying- 

 is thereby all the more enhanced. 



I have therefore simply chosen for illustration one or two instances where 

 the results of spraving were all that could be desired, notwithstanding 

 that the orchards were sitr'^' ^-^ in localities very favourable to this disease^ 

 as shown by the phot(/^^'' °"- r^^: .junsprayed trees and their produce. 

 (Figs. 2 and 5.) ) 



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