80 



X. H. AGR. EXPERIMEXT STATION 



[Bulletin 143 



out of three picked being saved by spraying. But under average 

 New Hampshire eonditions, it seems a fair estimate that about 

 one-fourth of the total fruit, or one-third of the fruit actually 

 picked is saved as perfect fruit, by spraying. Thi.s is shown 

 graphically in Fig. 11. Such a statement of the benefit derived 

 from spraying is not as striking as to say that but one apple in 

 one hundred of those picked was wormy, but the former state- 

 ment merely clearly states the facts, and only one in a hundred 

 of the picked apples may be wormy, and yet the real benefit from 

 the spraying not be as great as on other trees, where a larger 

 proportion of the picked fruit was wormj^ but on which the 

 spraying had prevented a large drop and thus secured a much 

 larger crop to pick. The old saying that "nothing will lie like 

 statistics" is well exemplified in considering the benefits of spray- 

 ing as often recorded and compared. 



THE CARE OF THE ORCHARD IN RELATION TO 

 CODLING MOTH CONTROL. 



The injury by the codling moth in the neglected orchard is 

 always noticeably more severe than in one which has been given 

 reasonably good care as regards the destruction of windfalls, 

 pruning and scraping the trees. Although this is a matter of 



NEGLECTED ORCHARD. 



ORCHARD CARED FOR. 



WORMY 



42 7o 



NOT WORMY 



^- 2 BBLS ^'^° 



ET VALUE. 



S2.00 



WORMY 



377. WORMY- I NOT WOl^MY 13 7o 

 DROPPED JOT. 



NOT WORNY 



3/4 BBLS 



NET VALUE 



$3.25 



13 7» WORMY/ I M(JTW6RKYK% 



.\- . ' '^ " . ., ^ - « .. 



DROPPED 2 7T. 



general observation, in 190G we made definite records to deter- 

 mine the difference in the injury in two orchards at Durham. 

 One of these had been given practically no care for several years, 

 and its condition was shown ))y the fiillon limbs and the ground 

 covered with np[t]cs. while in lln' oilier the trees had been scraped 



