EXPEEIMENT STATIOX REPOET. 647 



This is now quite a large tree and dominates its surroundings. It 

 is of no value as a nut producer, but it is rather a satisfactory sort 

 of shade tree for the position that it occupies. 



Teees 36 and 37 are out and no others were set into their places. 



Tree 38 — Baldivin Apple. Was treated October 14th, 1904, with 

 'Tvill-0-Seale," one to twenty of water, and on March 6th, 1905, 

 sprayed with Kerosene-Napthol, one part to ten of water, until fully 

 drenched. 



Started early in April, and by the end of the month was leaiing 

 out nicely and blossom buds were pink and ready to open. Some did 

 open May 1st, and on the 7th was in full bloom, a mass of pinky- 

 white, which had practically disappeared by the 14th, when a heavy 

 set of fruit was indicated. 



May 19th, sprayed with arsenate of lead, one pomid to twenty gal- 

 lons of water, and on the 29th renewed the application at the rate of 

 one pound in fifteen gallons. 



The tree developed normally until the end of June, when it was 

 heavily loaded with fruit and no scale could be observed, but during 

 the early part of July a little spotting of the fruit on the extreme 

 top of the tree called attention to the fact that my compressed air 

 sprayer, used in October, 1904, did not quite reach the top of this 

 tree and that a center of infection existed at that point. 



August 19th, had half a barrel of apples taken from the tree and 

 that still left too many. In the lower portion most of the fruits are 

 clean, but toward the top the tips show some of the apples to be quite 

 scaly or becoming so from the second brood of larvae. Some of the 

 apples look very handsome and there is very little "wormy" fruit. 

 In the evening, sprayed with fish-oil soap, one pound in seven gallons 

 of water, aiming especially at those high points that had been missed 

 by the late fall spray and where scale development was most marked. 

 Xo harm was done to the tree, and it was not possible to determine 

 that any had been done to the scales. 



August 26th, all the fruit was taken off, unripe to be sure, but 

 enough to make, with the lot of August 19th, a little less than one 

 and one-half barrels. Although undersized and not colored, the fruit 

 as a whole was fair, and such as was wormy was mostly entered from 

 points other than the calyx. 



The general condition of the tree remained satisfactory during the 

 balance of the season, the foliage adhering until early in November. 



