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Massachusetts without injuring the trees?" 



"The time in New York would be Apr. 11-15. You can^ 

 put on the lime sulfur wash or oil preparation up to the 

 time your buds become swollen and the leaves are about 

 one-half inch long." 



Mr. Race: "What would you call high trees?" 



"About twenty feet high." 



Mr. Race: "Will you send formulae to any one?" 



"Yes, to anyone who sends us a postal card. 



Mr. Miller: "Is it advisable to use the lime sulfur 

 wash if trees are not infested with San Jose Scale?" 



"I am inclined to think you would get your money 

 back. Mr. E. L. Morrill of Kinderhook sprays his pear 

 trees with lime sulfur wash because this application gives 

 him better 'fruit." 



Mr. Hutchins. "Suppose there is an orchard without 

 any of these scale, how does the scale reach it?" 



"It can be carried in many ways. Let a man drive 

 into an infested orchard and then drive to one of your trees 

 and hitch there and there is a chance that the scale will get 

 on the tree ; it is also blown from one tree to another but 

 only for a short distance. The principal distribution is from' 

 men and animals and more particularly from birds. Take 

 a city like this, — Prof. Hodge estimates that about 90 per 

 cent of the trees in Worcester are infested by scale. This 

 I presume is true and the scale carried by the English 

 Sparrow. ' ' 



Mr. Moore: "As regards the distribution of the scale 

 being almost invariably from the English sparrow, the 

 farmer's don't have one English sparrow where they have 

 one thousand robins. They are a nuisance. 



Question. "Can this formula be used after the tree is 

 more advanced? Is it a good idea to use it in June?" 



"Yes, it is a good idea to use it then, but it is much 

 better to use it earlier. You must spray many times if you- 

 try to spray during the summer. I believe it would pay to 

 go, over a badly infested orchard two or three times before 

 the leaves appear rather than to take the chance of getting 

 rid of them later." 



A committee of five was appointed to bring in list of" 

 officers at afternoon session. 



Pres. Whitney then introduced the Hope Farm man' 



