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he sprayed, ripened and colored up most beautifully, and this, mind 

 you, after the rot had appeared, while he lost his entire crop of the 

 same varieties that were not sprayed, amounting to 2,doo bushels. 

 In our own orchard, last season, we harvested a heavy crop of 

 Triumph peaches, Japan and English varieties of plums free from 

 rot, while the crops of our neighbors, who used the liquid spray 

 or did not spray at all, were practically lost. The United States 

 Government used the dry process last season on the peach crop in 

 Georgia, in a comparative test. Mr. Scott, who conducted the ex- 

 periments for the Government, informed us, that owing to the ab- 

 sence of rain in the locality in which he was conducting the ex- 

 periments the rot did not develop, the first time they had been free 

 from it in eleven years. He consequently did not get the data he 

 desired, but stated that the dry process was the only one, in his 

 opinion, by which the disease could be controlled. 



Our own experience, as well as the universal testimony of all 

 who use the dry conveyor, establish the following facts : The dry 

 conveyor is rapidly and easily applied, one man doing as much work 

 as three men with the wet conveyor ; it removes the element of 

 danger from burning the foliage, which is always present when the 

 wet conveyor is used ; dust sprayed trees yield from one-third to 

 one-half more fruit than similar trees yield under the liquid treat- 

 ment; fruit is larger and highly colored; all kinds of fruit treated 

 with the dry conveyor hang to the trees, no dropping; as sure as 

 the fruit sets, of whatever kind, it can be ripened and harvested, 

 barring providential causes beyond our control. There is no loss 

 from falling fruit in a dust sprayed orchard. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot: If this subject of dust spraying has been 

 improperly treated here I suppose I am responsible for it. When I 

 was at St. Louis last summer I ran across Mr. Johnson, who wrote 

 this paper, and I had a long talk with him about spraying, and after 

 talking with him perhaps an hour or more I made up my mind that 

 possibly it might be a good thing for him to prepare a paper setting 

 forth his claim for points of value in his method and letting our 

 people hear what he had to say. I went further than that. I bought 

 a sprayer, and if is now down in the fruit room below on exhibition. 

 You can examine it there and- see what it is for yourselves. I have 

 a few circulars, only a few, which I can spare, and if there has been 

 any harm done by the presentation of this paper I want you to lay it 

 to me. 



The President: I believe there have been some questions asked 

 in regard to spraying that might be answered at this time. 



Prof. Washburn : In answer to Mr. Shepherd, who asked for 

 information as to the comparative value of dust spraying and liquid 

 spraying, I would like to say a word. We own a dust spraying 

 machine at the station, and it throws a large quantity. They claim 



