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tree and, possibly, the sooty fungus, where the apple needs 

 spraying for the scale, I am inclined to think we shall get 

 some benefit, indirectly, in helping us to secure cleaner fruit 

 of both peach and apple. 



As to codling moth and other insect work, Palmer worm, 

 which eats pockets out of the fruit when small, these can be 

 controlled by adding poison to the Bordeaux mixture while 

 spraying for the scab and sooty fungus. 



After Mr. Ives' paper, Air. N. S. Platt said : ]\Ir. Presi- 

 dent: This is a subject that demands attention from us all on 

 account of the prevalence of sooty fungus. It is a thing we 

 apparently have got to make a special effort to get rid of. I 

 should say Air. Ives' recommendations are right in line with 

 what would apparently be the best practice to pursue. This 

 is only the starting point of investigation on this subject. If 

 any of our own people or any visitors from other States can 

 tell us anything about it, we should be glad to hear from them. 

 President Gulley : We should be glad to have other infor- 

 mation brought out at this time. There is no cjuestion but this 

 is important. 



Mr. Fexn : I neglected to spray three Baldwin apples and 

 I suft'ered in consequence. The majority of the trees which 

 I did spray had clean, nice fruit, but the ones I did not spray 

 were in a condition such as Mr. Ives has stated. The outside 

 was shriveled and the apple did not look good. It showed 

 the damage caused by neglect to spray two or three trees. _ I 

 think the spraying is really going to be a benefit. It was my 

 pleasure to be present at a meeting of a Massachusetts society 

 last spring. There were some apples on exhibition there which 

 had been sprayed five or six times. Not a blotch was found on 

 those apples. Those growers are thorough believers in spraying, 

 I think the more of it we do the more we will get clean, bright 

 apples, and the}^ will certainly command a better price. 



President Gulley : Which was the most serious with you, 

 the black fungus or the scab? 



Answer : The black fungus. 



President Gulley: We have a few moments now, and if 

 there is anything you would like to bring up, you can do so at 

 this time. 



