New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 213 
TapLe I.—Errect of Fatt SprRAYING wItH SULPHUR WASHES ON 
Peacu Lear Buns, Bossom Bups AND Biossoms. (OrcHarD I.) 
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482|.. 517 
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In comparison with the checks the average percentage of leaf 
buds killed upon the trees treated with the boiled lime-sulphur- 
salt wash is 86.1, of blossoms, 100.0; of leaf buds with the lime- 
sulphur wash, 27.1, of blossoms, 82.7; of leaf buds with the self- 
boiled lime-sulphur-caustic soda wash, 90.2, of blossoms, 99.8; 
leaf buds with the boiled lime-sulphur-caustic soda wash, 68.1, of 
blossoms, 95.0. 
From May 12 the sprayed trees made a growth which com- 
pared favorable with that of the checks. 
Owing to the failure 
