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blight? That has been very serious for the last two years 

 with me. 



PROF. FARLEY : We have never had any good results 

 in attempting to control the pear blight by spraying. We 

 have depended inore oil cultural methods, i. e. to check ex- 

 cessive growth and on cutting out the blighted branches and 

 twigs. AVe find the pear blight, or fire blight, is very seri- 

 ous on both apples and pears, being most serious on our 

 lighter soils where the trees are making a very rank, vigor- 

 cms growth. We also find it more serious during a dry 

 period, than during a wet period. There are no absolute 

 remedies, so far as spraying is concerned, as it is a bacterial 

 disease and not caused by either an, insect or a fungus. 



]\IR.,MANN: I wanted a little more information on that 

 soluble sulfur. I find it one of my best friends and a great 

 deal better to use than lime-sulfur or oil. I have completely 

 controlled some very badly scaled trees. It seems to me it 

 i^ one of those things we want to know about. 



THE PRESIDENT : I would like to ask for any experi- 

 ence any of you have had with the soluble sulfur in the dry, 

 powdered form, because I find we get a great many incjuiries 

 at the college in reference to it. Has any one else besides 

 ^Ir. Mann had any experience? 



• A' MEIMBER: I would like to say I got' some of that 

 '■- sdluljle sulfur and put it on according to directions, but I 

 looked out not to go over all my trees, because I was not 

 sure of it, and it burned the foliage worse than the Bordeaux 

 mixture ever did with me. But I had arsenate of lead Avith 

 it, and they tell me that is what made the burning of the 

 foliage. 



THE PRESIDENT: They put out a powdered soluble 

 sulfur with poison which is supposed to be all right. 



:\IR. DAVENPORT : I have tried that soluble sulfur for 

 several years, and had similiar results with the summer 

 spray, where I used it with arsenate of lead. Practically al- 

 ways got burning. But in using it alone as a winter spray 

 for San Jose scale, T certainly have had good results. Of 



