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spraying is going back and forth and filling up. It isn't 

 while you are spraying. 



Mr. Henry. No. It is the time lost in going around. 

 It might pay. I wouldn't be surprised if it did. — If any of 

 you haven't used this form of sulfur I strongly advise your 

 looking into it, because it is a very nice form and will save 

 lots of money. 



A Member. What is it made from? 



Mr. Henry. Powdered brimstone, commercially pure. 

 The best is the cheapest, and the cheapest is the best. 



Mr. Davenport. Do you do any special spraying for the 

 curculio ? 



Mr. Henry. These other sprayings ought to take care of 

 that. The curculio isn't very serious with us. 



Mr. Davenport. In our section the curculio is the worse 

 pest on apples we have. 



(Professor Maynard Presiding) 



The President. We will consider the next question. 

 Owing to death in the family Dr. Whetzell is unable to be 

 here and therefore we can give the time to discussion and 

 ask further questions of the present speaker, or we will dis- 

 cuss any on the back of the program. 



Mr. Frost. Before we go to the question, I understand 

 that Mr. Henry has saved quite a number of his fruit buds 

 this year, and I would like to ask him if he can describe his 

 method of cultivation during the past year, for his peaches. 



Mr. Henry. I see there (pointing them out) some peach 

 buds, and there are quite a good many live ones on them. 

 Some of our varieties show a very good percentage and 

 some of them, the Crawfords are poor. These are not my 

 buds. They are some that yvere brought here ; but you see 

 there is enough there for quite a good sprinkling. 



In regard to cultivation, Mr. Frost asked me about tha?; : 

 I think that the speaker dropped one point this morning that 

 paid me for coming up here when he spoke in a way that I 

 never heard the expression used before, and I think it is a. 

 little bit the best. He said that the trees use the water that 

 comes up and not the water that goes down. Now, that to 

 me was a very important point and was certainly worth the 

 whole trip up here, and it explains why cultivation is so im- 

 portant. You cultivate the top of the ground, you just stir 



