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he very conservative. Any spraying of peaches must be 

 done very carefully and under certain conditions. 



Quest. How late can we spray with Bordeaux? 



There should be two sprayings. The tirst just as the 

 fruit is forming; then about two weeks later another spray- 

 ing. Some have to spray more than twice — the orchards 

 ■on low lands are infested more than those located where 

 there is a good air circulation. 



Quest. Is there any parasite that lives on the scale? 



Yes ; there is a predacious insect of the ladybug family. 



Quest. Is it necessary to spray for the brown-tail moth 

 more than once a year? 



Sometimes it is best to spray in August and use Paris 

 Oreen or Arsenate of Lime. The August spraying will catch 

 them if the infestation is great. 



Quest. Is it not easier to protect by cutting off the 

 nests than by spraying? 



I think the attacks of the broAvn-tail moth are going to 

 be rather intermittent. 



Quest. Does spraying have any bad effects upon the 

 "blossom ? 



I have never seen any bad results. 



Quest. Might there not be some device by which the 

 ■brown-tail moths could be killed at the time they settle on 

 the electric lights in such great numbers? 



This has been tried but does not seem to make any ma- 

 terial difference. They cannot get enough of them. 



Mr. Frost : ]\Iy remarks today have been applied only 

 to the fruit growing interests. The sbade tree spraying is 

 entirely different from fruit tree spraying. 



Pres. Clark : I want you to go home with your minds 

 made up to come next year and bring others with you, es- 

 pecially the young men. and the ladies also. 



Vice-President GTeorge A. Drew of the Connecticut Pom- 

 ologieal Society, who had wonderful success in bringing old 

 orchards iuto shape again, then gave a paper on 



ORCHARD RENOVATION 



There is a great revival of interest at the present time 

 in New England Agriculture, which to me seems to denote 

 the dawn of a new era. Instead of the old advice, go West, 



