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dollar a barrel out of the Aalue of his crop. \\q haven't 

 got it quite settled yet. 



A Member : What spray did you use in your own 

 orchai d ? 



Mr. Brown: I used Bordeaux and sulfocide. 



Question : At what strength ? 



Answer : 1-200 the first application. 



Question : The second application ? 



Answer : 1-200. 



Question: Just two applications? 



Answer : No ; three. 



Question : Did you use arsenical poison ? 



Answer : Paris green. 



Mr. Brown : I should like to ask Mr. Drew for his 

 experience; let's hear from him. 



Vice-President Drew : There are so many that have 

 carried on their experiments better than I have, there are 

 others better qualified to speak. 



Mr. Lupton : Isn't there just a little bit of danger that 

 we are too unanimous about lime-sulphur spray? We have 

 in Virginia a very bad apple disease known as bitter rot. It 

 comes late in the season, and we have about come to the con- 

 clusion that lime-sulphur spray will not control the bitter rot. 

 We have to get along on the bitter rot with Bordeaux. I 

 don't know whether you have it here in Connecticut or not; 

 doubtless Prof. Whetzel knows about bitter rot, and I would 

 like to ask him if he has ever tried lime-sulphur to control 

 bitter rot? 



Prof. Whetzel: I am delighted to say that we do not 

 have bitter rot in the state of New York, except on one va- 

 riety, and that is not a variety which is commercially valua- 

 ble. I believe this bitter rot is not a factor in apple growing 

 in the state of New York, and has not been up to the present 

 time. I think we are a little too far north. Lime-sulphur 

 has not been successful, and I think Mr. Lupton has made 

 a good point, and that is. we should not go lime-sulphur 

 crazy like we went Bordeaux crazv. Bordeaux used to be 



