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Georgia, and east and west to California. It has a great range 

 of adaptability, and the ability to come across better than any 

 other commercial variety we have. Now, we are using Elberta 

 in our crossing in New Jersey, to obtain new varieties, but I 

 think it will be some time before we get varieties that will 

 exceed that one in all its qualities. We have some of our most 

 interesting seedlings that are crosses between either the Belle 

 and Elberta and some other variety. 



Dr. Fowler. What is the best spray for brown rot, and 

 how often do you use it? I have a small orchard, and it was 

 nearly killed by brown rot last year. 



Mr. Blake. In my experience, thorough spraying with any 

 of the good summer sprays is the best recommendation to make. 

 We find self-boiled lime-sulfur a little bit the most effective 

 spray; but last summer our growers who dusted several times 

 late in the season after that wet period got very good results; 

 and some of our growers used the commercial mixture known 

 as "atomic sulfur." I believe either of those materials applied 

 thoroughly and at frequent intervals will hold it in check. Of 

 course, this thing was true: some growers two years ago did 

 not pick their orchards clean at ripening time, and they left 

 some peaches on to get very ripe for the local trade, and those 

 orchards gave the most trouble from brown rot last year. The 

 orchards that were picked promptly and clean did not suffer as 

 severely as the others, but I think it is in the thoroughness of 

 the spray and increasing the number of sprays in a bad season 

 that are the most important points in controlling the rot. 



Dr. Fow^LER. What is the name of the last spray? 



Mr. Blake. Atomic sulfur is a commercial material that 

 many of our growers use. 



Mr. Parsons. How many sprays would you recommend? 



Mr. Blake. Well, with us we would use three or four 

 summer sprays in a wet season like the last one, and I think 

 some of the men put on more, but we have a fairly long season, 

 and we have peach scab to contend with in southern New Jer- 

 sey every year. That is a disease that causes little black spots 

 to come on the fruit. We have that every year, and what our 

 growers did last season was to apply an extra spray. We had 

 that rainy weather after a period when we would ordinarily 



