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c-d uotii quite late in the season. Of course if it was abso- 

 lutely necessary we would spray and then later when the 

 fruit was harvested, we would wipe the spray material 

 off. Remember, that while the apple is growing, it is going 

 to throw off the spray material, but the minute it approaches 

 maturity any spray material that is put on then isn't going 

 to be thrown off, even though w^e may have a lot of rain. 



MK. AT WOOD of Connecticut; As to the question in 

 regard to using something to put on to protect his face and 

 hands from the lime sulfur, would say we have used vase- 

 line with very good success for two or three years. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I can second the motion myself in 

 regard to that. 



MR. CLARKE: I think this would help. I do not 

 think vaseline would do it alone. It is a very good thing 

 yet I think the best thing you can have wnth vaseline is a 

 pair of good mule skin mittens. They won't harden and 

 will protect your hands and wear the whole season through. 

 1 have used every kind of a glove, cotton or rubber glove. 



A ME^IBER : I would say in regard to this protection I 

 have tried vaseline. Two years ago I tried mutton tallow. 

 Now, vaseline for your hands I found did not wear, but the 

 mutton tallow would stay with you a great deal longer and 

 you would instantly tell when that was worn out. You 

 could have a piece in your pocket and you could easily 

 smear the ends of your fingers. Last year I went to the 10 

 Cent Store and bought a 15-cent pair of cotton gauntlet 

 gloves to put over these thin rub])er gloves to take the Avear 

 from that, and it was the most satisfactory thing I ever had 

 fc;r my hands. 



MR. SEVEY: I was very much interested in the 

 speaker's reference to red bug. 1 am wondering if the ef- 

 fects of the red bug and the curculio are the very same. 

 My experience last year was not very satisfact^ory, particu- 

 larly with Bismarck. I have been laying it all the time to 

 curculio but the description of the red bug seems to fit it 

 much better. 



