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MR. FROST : Temperature shouldn 't make a particle of 

 difference ; there is so small a percentage of water that it 

 should stand any temperature indefinitely. 



QUESTION: How about liine-sulf ur ? 



MR. FROST: That should stand any temperature, but 

 you might get a little more erystalization. 



]MR. SMITH: In keeping oil, isn't is necessary to have it 

 air tight. 



MR. FROST : Yes, it is better. 



THE PRESIDENT : I just want to suggest to the audi- 

 ence that to-morrow morning is our spraying session, and 

 we also have on the back of the program here, on the third 

 page, a long list of questions suggested I want to make the 

 suggestion that we carry the spraying question over until 

 to-morrow morning. If you want to bring up any of these 

 questions on the program, we might do that now. 



]MR. F. A. SMITH : I want to ask :\Ir. Clarke how they 

 control foliage diseases on currants. 



3IR. CLARKE : We have been using lime-sulfur, and 

 also a home-made Bordeaux. I think the home-made Bor- 

 deaux is by far the best. . It is the cheapest, and, as far as 

 we know, the best. 



THE PRESIDENT: Some one called for Question No. 

 9: "To what extent should we thin our apples?" Will any 

 one volunteer, or shall I call on Mr. Fred Smith? 



MR. F. A. SMITH: I am very sure you can't thin them 

 -enough to save the trees from breaking without propping, 

 l}ut I believe it is a mighty good thing to do, and you can't 

 overdo it, especially on the young trees while they are get- 

 ting into bearing. You ought to give a good deal of con- 

 ;Scientious attention to thinning, and I believe it will pay 

 very well indeed to do it. It is a profitable operation. 



:\IR. MUNROE MORSE: I would like to ask if it costs 

 any more the season through to thin the apples and then 

 harvest the crop, or harvest them all together finally. 



]MR. SMITH: I think the results from proper thinning 

 are so much better that it is a very profitable operation. 



