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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



SPRAYING DEMONSTRATION. 



Fig. 



2322. 



Spraying Demonstration by G. E. 

 Fisher, at Grimsby. 



Mr. George F. Fisher, Provincial Inspector 

 of the San Jose scale, has his hands full in 

 explaining- to fruit growers the best methods 

 of treatment. In an interview on the 30th 

 April he said the scale was rapidly spread- 

 ing^, and it was evident it had come to stay. 

 At first it had been said that the scale could 

 not endure our climate, but it was breeding 

 faster in Canadian orchards than in those 

 farther south, perhaps because the pre- 

 daceous insects which were able to keep it 

 in check were less hardy than the scale. 



Individual Work, Mr. Fisher says, is the 

 only hope for the fruit grower, for there are 

 always a few careless men who will neglect 

 their orchards, and no law can compel such 

 men to do thorough work. 



What shall we do with our big orchards of 

 large apple trees when the scale gets into 

 them ? 



It will be no light task, said Mr. Fisher, 

 should scale once appear in them as it 

 is sure to do sooner or later. You will 

 have to construct a high frame work on your 

 wagon, with a platform for one man to reach 

 the tops of the trees while another works 



from beneath. Every tree will have to be 

 treated annually, before the foliage appears 

 in the spring-, and it will be a very consider- 

 able expense. Mr. McCardle, of St. Cath- 

 arines, says spraying will cost him $400 to 

 $500 this spring-, treating his peach orchards 

 for the destruction of San Jose scale. 



It is the aim of the Department of Agri- 

 culture to encourage those who are willing 

 to help themselves in ridding their orchards 

 of this dreadful plague. My aim is to put 

 every man in a position to care for his own 

 orchard, so in time the industrious man will 

 prosper, while the careless fruit grower must 

 " g-o to the wall." 



Are township inspectors compelling treat- 

 ment ? 



They have the power to do so, if the town- 

 ship backs them up in such a course. Salt- 

 fleet Township Council has appointed fifteen 

 inspectors, who are already at work. Only 

 yesterday I visited them, furnished them 

 with hand glasses and gave them full instruc- 

 tions. They mean business. I have done 

 the same with the two inspectors appointed 

 by the Township of Grimsby. I am advis- 



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 ing Lime, Sulphur and Salt Mixture, 

 AT St. Catharines. 



