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lime sulphur and three-fourths of a pint of nicotine, while the eastern 

 row was sprayed with nicotine while the buds were in the pink. 



The second application was made July loth to plots 2 and j,, 

 the " spray gun " being used as before. The preceding night it had 

 been raining and the trees did not dry off until 1.30 in the afternoon, 

 at which time spraying began. The apparatus carried easil\' to 

 the top of the trees though it overdrenched the foliage when the 

 limbs were within a foot or two of the nozzle. The best work was 

 secured at a distance of 6 to 10 feet from the trees and better results 

 could doubtless have been secured if the applications from the 

 platform had been supplemented by a man working from the ground. 

 The foliage showed injury from spray, evidently due to an excessive 

 amount and in August the ground was partly covered with fallen 

 leaves. There were used in the second spray 16 potmds of arsenate 

 of lead to 200 gallons and 5 gallons of lime sulphur wash. Ajjproxi- 

 mately 12 gallons of material were applied to each tree. The 

 work was completed about 3 o'clock in the afternoon with the 

 probaVjility of showers occurring within two hours. 



The setting of fruit was so light on plot 3 in ]3articular that it 

 was not considered worth while to give the third spraying earlv in 

 August. Consequenth^ the following data relates only to the 

 efificacy of one and two applications for the control of codling moth. 



The fruit was picked September 27th and classified by the Ento- 

 inologist and Mr L. J. vSteele of the local farm bureau. 



Kendall orchard, plot i (sprayed once) 1917 



