DEMONSTRATTOX SPR.W'IXG FOR THE C'ODI.IXC! MOTH. 



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one man to cover tlie tops of the trees com])letcly and direct the 

 spray downward. 



Results. — The following ta))les show the coni])arative results from 

 sprayed and unsprayed trees: 



Table I. — Comparison of sound and wormy fruit from 5 sprayed and 5 unsprayed trees, 

 Winesap variety, McHenry orchard, Afton, Va., 1907. 



Date of spraying and 

 tree nurriber. 



Sprayed Apr. 30, Mav 

 21, "June 24. .iulv 10, 

 .Tulv 25, Au^. 12. 



Tree 1 , 



Tree 2 



Tree 3 



Tree 4 



Tree o 



Windfalls. 



I'ruit from tree. 



Total 

 crop. 



Bushels. ' 

 19. 25 

 11.75 

 12. 75 

 8.25 

 11.00 



iVo. 

 37 

 26 

 42 

 43 

 56 



Trees 1 to 5 com- 

 bined 



Unspraved: 

 Check A. 

 Check B . 

 Check C . 

 Check D. 

 Check E . 



7.00 

 9.25 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 5. .50 



A, B, C, D, E, 

 combined 32. 25 



715 

 1,2.55 

 455 

 532 

 660 



No. 



168 

 180 

 126 



172 

 180 



No. 

 205 

 206 

 168 

 215 

 236 





No. 

 217 

 165 

 97 

 36 

 87 



826 , 1,030 602 ,13,031 ! 13, 633 



54 

 115 

 53 

 85 



62 



318 

 291 

 309 

 196 

 201 



849 

 812 

 728 

 503 

 676 



3,617 



3,986 2,253 



1,315 3,568 



22.99 

 18.60 

 29.28 

 25.08 

 18.81 



Table I shows an average of 94.50 per cent of fruit not wormy 

 from the sprayed trees against 22.29 per cent of fruit not wormj^ 

 from the unsprayed trees. This is a saving of 72.21 per cent of the 

 crop in favor of sprayed trees. 



Table II. — Comparison of sound and wormy fruit from 5 sprayed and 5 unsprayed trees, 

 Newtoun (Albemarle) Pippin variety , McHenry Orchard, Afton, Va., 1907. 



