160 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



showing these slides I think it would probably be better to 

 bring out the main points of the experiments so that we will 

 not take the time up in passing over the slides. 



Summer Spraying and the Use of Lime-Sul- 

 phur Mixtures in Controlling Apple 

 and Peach Diseases. 



By Prof. W. M. Scott, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Washington. D. C. 



During the past five years prosperity has prevailed among 

 the apple growers of this country as never before. The crops 

 have been bountiful, the prices have been good, and orchard 

 property has almost doubled in value. Every one seems to 

 be feeling good over the situation, and prospective investors 

 have caught the fever. Lawyers and doctors, and even cap- 

 italists, are investigating the possibilities of fruit growing 

 and many of them are planting, or planning to plant, ex- 

 tensive orchards. The plans for the present season's 

 planting of new orchards are so extensive that the nur- 

 serymen are unable to supply the demand for trees. 



What the effect of this increased acreage will be 

 upon the future apple industry is an open question. It 

 seems evident that the production of apples in this country 

 will be enormously increased and thai the prices for this 

 fruit will rule lower than they have during the past few 

 years. The writer is of the opinion, however, that there 

 is no danger of a serious overproduction, and that there 

 will always be a good demand for good apples, while the 

 poor stuff, so common on our markets to-day, will not pay 

 the expenses of handling. It should be the aim of every 

 orchardist to produce and market nothing but first-class 

 fruit, and if he does this he may reasonably expect to al- 

 wavs obtain good returns from his investment. 



Spraying is the one operation above every other or- 

 chard practice which determines the quality of. the fruit 



