222 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Control Our Foes," by Mr. A. T. Henry. It gives me much 

 pleasure to introduce one of our good young growers who is 

 making a success in the fruit business. 



Spraying to Control Orchard Foes. 



By A. T. Henry, Wallingford. 



Ladies and Gentlemen and Friends: 



Your officers have asked me to say a word on 

 the preparation of the lime and sulphur mixture. This 

 is an important topic at this time, as we regard spring spray- 

 ing as the most important of the year,' because of the effect 

 on both the buds and apples, and while Mr. Repp and some 

 of the other growers in the South may use oil. we like lime 

 and sulphur. Of late years the prepared lime and sulphur 

 mixture has come before the public quite extensively. These 

 mixtures are put up in concentrated form and find quite a 

 sale. They come in barrels. There is no sediment in them 

 to clog the pump, and everything works very nicely in that 

 way. They are somewhat expensive, although for a man who 

 has to use only a barrel or two, it will hardly pay him to make 

 up the concentrated lime and sulphur at home, but for a man 

 who has to make rather more, the three to six dollars a barrel 

 extra which he has to pay, when he uses it liberally, is some- 

 thing which ought to be counted in. I should sa}^ that when 

 a man uses over ten barrels, the cost is something which he 

 ought to take into consideration. We have used the concen- 

 trated lime and sulphur, and have made it ourselves for the 

 last two years. In the first place, it is easy to make and it has 

 the same advantages as the material that you buy. It can be 

 made up ahead of time, one barrel can be diluted from six 

 to eight times and so saves a good deal of boiling. A person 

 with a small apparatus can cook up a quantity, and when he 

 gets through he will have from six to eight times as much 

 as if he had cooked regular lime-sulphur. I think that one of 

 the most serious objections to the use of oil is the fact that it 



