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deal of difficulty in mailing- the material stick with the low 

 pressure. In Massaclmsetts we are forbidden to use a certain 

 t\"'pe. so we tried the high pressure on asparagus, and we 

 found that by throwing the material in the air against the 

 wind we got a stream up about 100 feet, and with the wind, 

 even about 150 feet, and then throwing it into the air and 

 letting it drop, we made it stick perfectly to the asparagus. 

 I believe that is the only way high pressure can be of any 

 value as against low pressure, even on apple trees. 



I am not convinced that Bordeaux is to be given up in 

 spraying apple trees. I see just as bad results with some 

 cases of lime-sulphur on certain varieties, as I do Bordeaux, 

 both in Connecticut and Massachusetts. And I would state 

 that I examined in Pomfret with Mr. Brown, and Mr. Drew 

 in Greenwich, orchards, and from what I have seen this year, 

 I believe Bordeaux can be used safely on certain varieties, 

 and lime- sulphur on certain other varieties. I think results 

 should be waited for another year. 



I am also convinced, myself, that the russeting of the 

 fruit is due more to climatic conditions than it is to spraying', 

 for I found fruit was russeted worse on low land, especially 

 near the seacoast, than on the highlands. I believe the russet- 

 ing may be increased by some of the materials, especially 

 Bordeaux. Last week I was in Massachusetts, that is. up 

 near the Vermont line, way up in the mountains, and they 

 had very little russeting. Many of them used Bordeaux and 

 arsenate of lead several times, and they told me there when 

 the fog hung over the orchards, the fruit was russeted, and 

 where they didn't get any fog on top of the hills, even where 

 they sprayed with Bordeaux, there was no russeting. In our 

 own orchards in Littleton, Massachusetts, we sprayed half 

 the orchards with Bordeaux and arsenate of lead, and the 

 other half we sprayed with nothing but arsenate of lead. 

 Where the Bordeaux was used, the russeting was little wor.-e 

 than where the arsenate of lead was used. And orchards in 

 that same town were not sprayed at all, the Baldwins were all 

 russeted. ^^'e used Bordeaux and arsenate of lead on apples 



