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sprayed just before the buds open, with the full strength of 

 lime-sulfur, and also added Blaek-Leaf-40 to destroy scale 

 and aphis. Is it proper to spray at that time with the full 

 strength of lime-sulfur, 1 to 9, say? 



PROP. FARLEY : We have sprayed just as the tips of 

 the leaves are showing, with lime-sulfur at scale strength. 

 It may injure those tips, but it will not hurt the bud. As 

 the buds develop and expand, the tree will very soon over- 

 come the injury that is done by spraying. If you should de- 

 laj' that spraying until just before the blossom buds open 

 and then apply the concentrated lime-sulfur at 1 to 9, you 

 would get very serious injury. 



A MEMBER: It seems to me this is a pretty important 

 question, whether we Qan save one spraying of our trees by 

 spraying with the full strength or lime-sulfur at 1 to 9 just 

 before the buds open, and destroy the scale and the aphis, 

 and thus save one spraying. But we don't want to do that 

 if we are going to injure our trees or the crop of fruit, and 

 if any one knows anything about it, I think it is pretty im- 

 portant to hear from them, 



MR, STOCKWELL : In regard to spraying with 1 to 9 

 for the scale, I had one tree that I left and did not get 

 around to spraying it until I could see the leaves opening, 

 and I thought I would either kill or .cure, so I put on the full 

 strength when I could see the form of the little blossom 

 buds, and I never saw any injury to that whatever. 



THE PRESIDENT: Our experience has been just as 

 ]\Ir. Farley says, that where you spray after the tips of the 

 leaves show, you do injure those tips. It seems to me the 

 question the gentleman raises, as to whether you can spray 

 the buds without injuring them, can be answered by saying 

 that as long as the buds grow I don't believe there is the 

 slightest danger in spraying with the ordinary scale 

 strength. AVe have delayed spraying until the aphis had 

 liatehed and until tlie tips showed, which usually comes 

 about the same* time. The same amount of heat that will 

 bring the bud will also hatch the aphis. If you can get a 



