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first flowers opened on the 27th. Bloomed very full, but rather 

 irregularly, some petals dropping May 7th, when some buds were not 

 yet open. 



A heavy set of fruit was made, and on May 19th sprayed with 

 arsenate of lead, one pound in twenty gallons, repeating at the rate 

 of one pound in fifteen gallons, on the 29th, until the foliage dripped. 

 The fruit developed normally until, August 3d, the tree was almost 

 breaking under its load. Left directions to thin, which were mis- 

 understood, and almost half a barrel of unripe fruit was removed. 

 On the 19th I had the balance taken off, almost a barrel being har- 

 vested. Though unripe when picked, the fruit matured very nicely 

 in the cellar and was all used. But it is not a Gravenstein, and just 

 what it is I could not determine. There was practically no codling 

 moth and only a speckling of scale. So far as condition and appear- 

 ance went the fruit was first-class, but it was undersized. 



As to scale, the tree was not badly infested in 1901, and received 

 no radical treatments; the March application of Kerosene-Napthol 

 was scarcely to be credited with much effect, and yet very little scale 

 was seen June 2oth. Sprayed from one side with fish-oil soap, one 

 pound in four gallons of water, and up to the middle of August 

 very few larvse or recent sets were noted. 



August 19th, just before the fruit was removed, I noted that 

 the upper portion of the tree was becoming speckled, and as leaf- 

 hoppers were making themselves conspicuous, I sprayed with Rose- 

 Mcotine, two ounces in one gallon of water, to note its effect. With 

 that end in view I literally soaked the tree, drenching scale larvse 

 and leaf-hoppers equally. When all was dried off none of the insects 

 were any the worse for their bath, and in the early evening sprayed 

 with fish-oil soap, one pound in seven gallons of water. This seemed 

 to be quite as harmless as the Nicotine, and I let matters go without 

 further interference. 



October 1st, the foliage was beginning to bro-mi up, but all was 

 yet fast and good. The trunk and main branches and most of the 

 lower part of the tree were free from scale, but upward and outwardly 

 there was more infestation. On the 21th the foliage was beginning 

 to thin a little, and I sprayed with "Scalecide," one part to twenty 

 parts of water, covering quite thoroughly. 



Tree 30 — Grimes' Golden Pippin. This tree was sprayed with 

 "Kill-0-Scale," one to twenty of water, October 11th, 1904, and 



