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then for the next spray cease that and take up this sulfur 

 and arsenate, you will have trouble: I have. I wouldn't 

 want to use that strong Bordeaux after the petals drop, but 

 I have for rust, etc., and found the other trouble of complete- 

 ly stripping the set of fruit, as well as some leaf injury. I 

 wanted to get a combination that wouldn't produce injury 

 or be affected by the weather, that would hit all these bugs 

 and fungus diseases, but I haven't got it yet. I have had 

 trouble, as this chemist from Rhode Island says, and they 

 probably have had the same thing in the west. They are 

 mighty careful of their fruit; they want that fruit just as 

 fine and near perfection as they can get it, and they have 

 trouble with combined spraying. 



THE PRESIDENT. I would like to say, the West is 

 still having trouble. I have here some Hood River apples I 

 picked up in one of the Boston stores, which are covered 

 with scale, and also have flaws in them, the first western 

 apple I ever saw that had sea'". 



MR. PUTNAM. Yesterday a scientist told us that we 

 must plant our apples in mixed plantations in order to secure 

 the great benefit of cross-fertilization, and Dr. Felt tells us 

 that we must plant in blocks in order to aid in controlling 

 the codling moth. If we plant in small blocks, will those be 

 large enough blocks to be of use in controlling the codling 

 moth? 



DR. FELT. It is a little difficult to answer that ques- 

 tion, because I doubt if there is any exact data. I made the 

 suggestion for the reason that in some orchards I have seen 

 alternate setting in the rows, and some of my friends have 

 had a good deal of difficulty in controlling the codling moth 

 under those conditions, I couldn't attribute it to any other 

 feature than that mixture of varieties. I didn 't mean to make 

 that recommendation in opposition to the advice of a compe- 

 tent horticulturist, but I did mention it as one of the factors 

 which might make spraying a little easier for the control of 

 insects, from the entomologist's standpoint. It is up to the 

 fruit grower to judge which is best for himself — mixed or in 

 blocks. Planting varieties in alternate groups of two or four 

 rows would probably harmonize this difficulty. 



MR. STAPLES. Is there any advantage in Bordeaux 

 mixture as a fungicide, for instance for the scab, over the 



