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one part to twenty of water, applying thoroughly in the lower part of 

 the tree, but not on the upper shoots, which could not be reached by 

 the little compressed air sprayer used in the experiment. Next day the 

 foliage was bro^^^l-spotted, especially on the under side, and the 

 fruit was also brown-spotted where drops gathered. As against the 

 insects the effects were very good ; but the material is out of question 

 while fruit remains on the tree. 



October 24th, was yet in full foliage, without tendency to drop; 

 sprayed with "Scalecide," one part to twenty of water, but made an 

 imperfect job because of the wind. 



Teees 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are out. 



Tree 15 — Japan Golden Russet Pear. April 12th, buds were fully 

 developed and flower clusters beginning to show; on the 21st the 

 clusters were separating; on the 27th some flowers were open, and on 

 the 30th was in full bloom — a mass of white flowers. May 19th, 

 sprayed with arsenate of soda, one pound to twenty gallons of water, 

 to guard against codling moth, and on July 21st repeated the applica- 

 tion to head off a second brood. A good set of fruit was made, which 

 grew well for a time and then stopped ; some beginning to crack early 

 in August, when some leaves also turned yellow and dropped. Later, 

 when the drought was broken, growth was resumed, and soon the 

 branches began bending under their load. September 13th, they were 

 breaking under the weight of finer and better fruit than ever before, 

 and almost free from "worms."' Before the crop was off a number of 

 branches were broken by a high wind. August 22d, sprayed with 

 arsenate of lead, one pound in nine gallons of water, to test the 

 material. 



As to scale, very little was seen until the middle of July and not 

 much at any time during the season, none at all getting on the fruit. 

 October 15th, the foliage was yellow, ready to drop, some of it gone; 

 not much scale anywhere, and what there was, localized. The tree has 

 really outgrown the trellis and is neither standard nor trained at 

 present. Sprayed with "Scalecide," one part to twenty of water, from 

 one side only, but gave a fair covering to all but a little strip. 



Teee 16 — Japan Golden Russet Pear. The record for tree 15 may, 

 on the whole, answer for this as well. The tree is a little smaller, the 

 crop was not quite so good and there is perhaps a little more scale, 

 but in essentials there is little difference. The two trees together 

 turned in half a barrel of fruit, of no great value except to stew. The 



