r88 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Results of Spraying Experiments in 1911, 

 on Apples and Peaches. 



By Dr. G. P. Clinton, 



Botanist, Connecticut Experiment Station, New Haven. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



•You will find this a very conservative report. I feel 

 safe, because I believe that Connecticut is a conservative 

 state, and more especially since 1 have heard Mr. Hale 

 speak to-day. He is becoming" more conservative. He 

 would not even predict the future of the apple crop in Con- 

 necticut. A man who makes bold predictions, however, 

 frequently overlooks the exceptions, and sometimes the 

 exceptions are greater than those that follow the rule. 



Nature of Experiments. This paper is a report of ex- 

 periments by the writer and Dr. Britton, with the help of 

 their assistants, during the past two years, in various apple 

 and peach orchards in different parts of Connecticut. We 

 can give in this place only a general idea of the experiments 

 and the results obtained. The Connecticut Experiment 

 Station, however, expects to issue soon a report giving a 

 more detailed account. The chief aims of the investigation 

 were : First, to find, if possible, some fungicide for apples 

 less likely to produce russeting of the fruit than Bordeaux 

 as ordinarily used; and second, to determine the most feas- 

 ible methods of spraying peaches for the prevention of scab 

 and rot. If the results have any claim for merit, this does 

 not rest upon originality of methods or a desire to advocate 

 a spray of our own or others' devising, but rather upon a 

 detailed examination of the action of a considerable number 

 of sprays of difTerent types under varying conditions. 



Experiments were conducted in seven apple orchards 

 in 1910, and in nine in 1911. Three peach orchards were 

 used each year; and miscellaneous spraying experiments 



