TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. i^y 



quantity. The lime and sulphur contained three pounds of 

 arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water. The next day we 

 could go out and find the injury. 



Mr. Castner : No doubt you might have put it on too 

 heavy. 



A Member : Do you think it is safe in a locality like 

 this? Isn't it better before the buds open to put on the 

 lime and sulphur? 



Mr. Castner: Well, not knowing your conditions, I 

 should say yes. 



A Member: A^Ty experience is that you can use it just 

 before the buds open without any injury. 



Mr. Castner: I never used it in the spring stronger 

 than 1 to 9. 



A Member : That is a great deal stronger than 1 ta 

 30, but if you use it just before the buds open, then you 

 are perfectly safe with arsenate of lead. 



A Member : Can we use it 1 to 30 before the buds 

 open ? 



President Rogers: Yes, 



Mr. Castner : A good many people in spraying go on 

 the principle that if a little is good a whole lot is better. 

 Therefore they put on too much. Last year every apple tree 

 on my place was sprayed just before blooming time. I 

 wanted to get it done before they opened. They were 

 sprayed with 1 to 9 of lime of sulphur. After the petals 

 dropped I went over it with 1 to 30. 



A Member : I tried the lime and sulphur and also 

 tried the Bordeaux. I had a tree where I used the lime and 

 sulphur on one side and on the other Bordeaux, and I got 

 the same burn on both. 



Mr. Castner : We could say much more about Bor- 

 deaux. We have given it up entirely. 



A Member: That is all you use then, simply lime and 

 sulphur and arsenate of lead? 



Mr. Castner : Yes sir. 



Question: Would you advocate spraying after the 

 apples are picked ? 



