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SPRAYING THE APPLE ORCHARD. 



are often dwarfed and cracked and in any case are ren- 

 dered unsightly and their market value is greatly reduced. 

 Aside from the direct injury produced by the scab, it 

 breaks the skin of the fruit and thus opens the way for the 



Fig. 26.— Result of spraying Mackintosh Red apples with Bordeaux mixture for the 



scab at Walpole, N. H., in 1906. 



