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Journal oj Agriculture, Yictc 



[lo Mar.. 1 91 1. 



In the stress of spraying operations in such a large orchard, of over 

 200 acres in extent, (Fig. i) some of the Vates apple-trees were left 

 unsprayed and the deficiency of leaves owing to the fungus and the fruit 

 not worth picking, show what would have been the condition of the rest 

 of the trees but for judicious spraying (Fig. 3). 



A Williams' Bon Chretien pear-tree, about twelve years' old and in full 

 bearing (Fig. 4) is also shown. The spraying was given when the blossoms^ 

 were at the same stage as in the apple and the formula used was 6.4.40. 

 Then the second spraying was given ten days later with 6.4.70. There 

 was no spot observable on leaf or fruit, even after the most careful 

 examination. 



The annual rainfall, over a period of ten years, varied from 

 23-5° to 35.96 inches, and during 1910 it was not so excessive in; 



