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leaf-hoppers have infected apple and pear fruit with the 

 destructive organism. 



A MEjMBER: What would be done to overcome straw- 

 berry leaf spotting? 



THE CHAIRMAN: Has anyone here had experience? 

 Mr. ]\Iargeson, What do you do for it? 



MR. MARGESON: I am not an authority on it. 



THE CHAIRIMAN: Our custom is to spray once before 

 the blossoms come out and once right after the blossoms, in 

 bad cases; usually that will control it perfectly. If you live 

 in a section where it is especially bad, it might be necessary 

 to increase the number of sprays. 



A ]\IEMBER: Hpray with what? 



PROP. PARROTT: Bordeaux mixture. 



A ]\IE]MBER: In disinfecting wounds in the winter, 

 what do you use ? 



PROF. PARROTT: I cannot answer the question be- 

 cause our New York fruit growers are not so ambitious as 

 to desire to do such Avork in orchards during freezing 

 \veather. 



A MEMBP]R : The reason we do that is because we do 

 not have so much to do then p.s in the spring. 



A MEMBER : Put 15 or 20 per cent, of alcohol in your 

 mixture. 



A ^MEMBER: We tried alcohol and it Irarnt bad, I did 

 iiot think it was practical on' that account. 



PROF. PARROTT : I do not think in the 16 years I have 

 been in New York, that that question has ever been asked, 

 but as a matter of fact most of our growers are not so am- 

 bitious as to want to dot-tor their trees in that kind of 

 w^eather. 



A MEMBER: Is not one gallon of limp-sulphur and four 

 pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water too 

 .strong for peaches to control leaf curl? 



PROF. PARROTT: In New York Ave Avould not dare 

 use that combination, or concentrated lime-sulphur solution 

 on peach foliage. Some groAvers once attempted to use one 



