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the thinning of the fruit thoroughl\ that we should go to 

 pruning ? 



Mr. Castner: I think it would be a good idea. I do 

 not believe tliat you can ever prune a tree too much, that is, 

 of course, I mean to l>e reasonable abimt it. Never be 

 scared of getting off too much. 



Mr. Platt: What, in your opinion, are our best ap- 

 ples here to be used for box apples? 



Mr, Castner: Well, if I was in the business here in 

 New England, I would take many of your g-ood varieties 

 and put them up in boxes. You would get a better sale for 

 the goods. Of course, the culls and other low-grade fruit 

 fit only to send to the cider factor}- ought not to be put up 

 in boxes. People do not want them. 



A Member: Could you give us an idea of the ratio 

 of the amount of spraying that you do there compared with 

 the amount which is done here? 



Mr. Castner: Well, I think from what I have heard 

 we spray a little more than you do. We spray five or six 

 times. Our first spraying with lime and sulphur comes early. 

 We use it for the San Jose scale. The lime and sulphur mix- 

 ture has done the business for us. We spray for San 

 Jose scale just as the color is beginning to show in the 

 buds. Then is the time we use the 1 to 10 mixture. Next 

 we put on arsenate cf lead, 1 to 30. Ten to fifteen days 

 later we give another dose of arsenate of lead, and use lime 

 and sulphur for the scab and scale. Fifteen days afterwards 

 we give the trees another spraying, and then one each 

 month for three different months. Of course, we get more 

 codling moths than you do. We have two broods of worms, 

 eispecially if the fall comes on warm. We have a brood 

 which comes out the first of September, so we have to do 

 a little more spraying than you do. 



A Member : Isn't that pretty late for the codling 

 moth ? 



Mr. Castner: Well, we get it, but the spraying kills 

 them. 



