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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Repp : Well, I never had an}- experience with that, 

 either. But I know that we almost lost one of our orchards 

 with lime and sulphur. That is what made me go back to 

 crude oil, and we have stayed there ever since. I never tried 

 it only that one year. Of course, we use crude oil on peaches, 

 too. One of my neighbors has got 140 acres, and he has been 

 spraying his peach orchard for ten years. 



Mr. Ives: Leaving the question of the benefit to be de- 

 rived from the destruction of the San Jose scale out of it al- 

 together, what other advantages are there in using the oil? 

 I suppose the original intent was that }0u used it for the San 

 Jose scale. 



Mr. Repp: Then I would not use it. You have got to 

 keep the scale down if you are going to do anything with your 

 fruit. I use it for that. Of course, if you have got the pear 

 psylla, then you better use it. 



President Rogers : We have heard from Mr. Repp on 

 his methods, and it is certainly very much appreciated. He 

 has spoken of certain results which he obtains from the use 

 of crude oil and also pyrox. I will give a few minutes now 

 for anyone to tell us the advantages of lime and sulphur as 

 a summer spra}' or winter spray, as opposed to his miethod, 

 if they would like to. 



A ]\Iember : Mr. Repp says that the crude oil will not 

 injure the trees if it is put on in the right way. Can he give 

 us any standard so we will know what quantity to put on ? 



Mr. Repp : The main idea in using the crude oil is to 

 see how little you can put on and still have enough to do the 

 business. That is how I believe a good many have killed 

 their orchards. They put on too much. Just a flash of the 

 oil is enough. It does not need to be put on until it drops 

 ofif the trees. j\Iost people want to see it drop ofif the tree, 

 or they think they haven't got any on. You just want a flash 

 of the oil. You can spray a tree five years old by just throw- 

 ing that misty cloud of oil into the foliage as you go by. Most 

 growers will stand there and spray the tree until it is all cov- 



