SUMMARY OF REPORT OF WILLIAM M. ORR, 



SUPERINTENDENT OF SPRAYING EXPERIMENTS, 



Conducted throughout Ontario, by direction of Department of Agriculture of Ontario, during 1897, 

 showing the kind of fruit sprayed and the gain made. 



The above table will show the indi- 

 vidual orchard sprayed, and in column 

 7 will be seen the results of spraying 

 each kind of fruit in all the orchards. 

 As an example, take Spy : it will be seen 

 this kind was sprayed in four places, at 

 Trenton 76%, Smithville 90%, Picton 

 90 %, and Wingham 80 % of good fruit, 

 or 336 barrels of good fruit out of a pos- 

 sibility of 400 barrels ; whereas those 

 unsprayed gave 18 barrels only, of good 

 fruit, out of a possibility of 400 barrels • 

 or, in the case of the sprayed, 84 % were 

 good, and only 4>^ % were good of those 

 unsprayed. 



All the kinds are shown in the same 



way, and the total of all kinds sprayed 

 show 2977 barrels of good fruit out of 

 3400 barrels, or 87 ^^ % ; while of those 

 unsprayed, only 380 barrels were good, 

 out of 3400 barrels or 1 1 %. In point of 

 range and gigantic proportions, nothing of 

 the kind, in the manner of this report, has 

 ever before been attempted ; and when 

 the method, quality, standing and disin- 

 terestedness of the authorities is consider- 

 ed, it leaves nothing further to be desired. 

 To put it mildly, the report is startling, 

 and should be one of the most awaken- 

 ing sensations the farmers and fruit grow- 

 ers have experienced for a long time. 



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