SPRAYING FOR THE CURL-LEAF OF THE PEACH. 



to mv mind lacks also in not having 

 Clairgeau especially, and I might add 

 Boussock. Of course, not having seen 

 the display, I am not in a position to 

 compare with other competing col- 

 lections, and I readily recognise the dif- 

 ficulty any grower has in putting together 

 fine specimens in so many kinds. Would 

 it not be more profitable to do away 

 with so large a collection ? Ten varie- 

 ties would contain such a collection as 

 could be recommended a planter to 

 adopt, and in this way exhibitions would 

 be educative to a more practical degree. 

 We have many kinds that are so high in 

 flavor and desirable for the amateur's 

 dessert table, that we do not wish to 

 discard them ; but markets and their 

 demands must be considered, as we 

 must have dollars and cents. If we 

 must have large collections at exhibi- 

 tions, why not draw a line between these 

 and such collections as we can recom- 



mend for profit to the general planter 1 

 For a first of winter kind, I make 

 more money out of Drouard than al- 

 most any, after Anjou and Clairgeau are 

 gone. How is it with others ? Drouard 

 with me is a strong grower, regular 

 bearer, fruit good enough in flavor for 

 market, and it has size and good form 

 to attract the buyer. 



We can consciously drop a sigh to 

 think that the markets will not generally 

 give a price that will make it pay to 

 grow Seckel, Lawrence, Nelis and 

 Malines. But we must bow to the in- 

 evitable and produce what the markets 

 demand, for there is no sentiment there 

 for finest flavor minus quantity ! I^t 

 us strive to produce Clairgeau in size 

 and Seckel in flavor, and see if market 

 demand will smile upon us and reward 

 the effort. 



Alex. McD. Allan. 

 Goderich. 



SPRAYING FOR THE CURL-LEAF OF THE PEACH. 



DN nearly all of the Northern States 

 the crop of 1898 was greatly re- 

 duced by the work of the curl leaf, 

 except in the few orchards where a 

 proper use was made of fungicides for 

 its prevention. Many persons waited 

 until the buds had commenced to swell, 

 and report a partial loss of the crop, 

 but where the application was made 

 early in the spring, and was so thorough 

 as to soak the buds and branches, little 

 or no " curl '' appeared, and a crop was 

 secure. Even in the case of varieties 

 which, when left unsprayed, were so 

 severely injured that all of the fruit, as 

 well as the foliage, dropped from the 

 trees ; good results can be secured from 

 the use of a copper sulphate, copperas, 

 Bordeaux mixture or lye, but for a num- 

 ber of )ears a solution of copper sul- 

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phate at the rate of one pound to from 

 fifteen to twenty-five gallons of water 

 has given the best results. The treat- 

 ment may be given in the fall after the 

 leaves have dropped from the trees, or 

 at any time before the first of April for 

 the northern states ; after that date the 

 benefits will be less marked. The past 

 season, applications of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture after the blossoms dropped from 

 the trees, had little, if any, beneficial 

 effect, in lessening the injury from curl 

 leaf, although of considerable value in 

 preventing the scab and spot disease, as 

 well as the attack of brown rot, but in 

 other seasons when the disease has not 

 appeared until several days after the 

 leaves have opened, a marked benefit 

 has been noted. L R. Taft. 



Agriei Col.. Mich., Oct. 25, 1898. 



