STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Fig. 



Figure 7 represents the form made 

 by the Field Force Pump Company, at 

 a cost of $14 00. There are several 

 other pumps not greatly unlike this, 

 which sell at about the same price. 

 The Eureka, manufactured by Adam- 

 son & Son, Washington, D. C, is an 

 excellent pump, but is more expensive 

 than the others, costing $21.00. The 

 knapsack sprayers are specially valu- 

 able in the small fruit and vegetable 

 gardens, for spraying currant bushes 

 or potato vines. 



CONCLUSION. 



I have given you in a general way the results of the past season's 

 work in combatting two of the most serious orchard pests. \Ye 

 have seen that almost without exception the indications are that bv 

 tile judicious use of Paris green, the work of the apple worm ma}' 

 be laiiiely controlled. This conclusion is not based on a single 

 ixilated experim(-nt, but on the average of several lest?!, conducted 

 under ditlerent conditions, in various orchards. There is no ground 

 for fear in the use of the sprayed fruit after maturity, but caution 

 should be u<ed at all limes. 



We have also i-een that b}' the use of some of the compounds of 

 copper, the attack of the apple scab maj' be held in check. That 

 the amount of "No 1" fruit, may be increased in this way to a very 

 maike I degree, ranging from ten to sixty-five per cent. 



Jt is not our purpose to relinquish the work at this point. There 

 are many prolilems still to solve. It is hoped, however, that the 

 results already accoinplishtd will be the means of inducing man}' of 

 our orchardists to undertake some ol this work lor ihemselves. 



DISCUSSION. 



Prof. CoMC. I have watched with great interest the progress 

 made in spraying fruit trees the past season. The experiments made 

 in Mr. Pope's orchard under the direction of Prof. Munson were 

 caiefully conducted, and the figures the professor has given you 

 may be safely accepted as not showing more than was actually 



