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sprayed a portion of the orchard two different times, and the 

 results being that I have produced appks of a much nicer qual- 

 ity than those grown on the balance of my orchard on which no 

 spraying was done. I find them to be of a larger size, positively 

 free from wormholes and not affected with any blight whatso- 

 ever. 



*'I have also talked with and seen the fruit grown bj' others in 

 Chester and Londonderry, on whose orchards spraying was done, 

 and find the results to be the same as on mj^ own. 



"I feel very certain that those w'ho have sprayed and given 

 their orchards attention this year will make it a yearly practice 

 and believe it is safe to say that most all growers in our section 

 will see it to their advantage to spray their own orchards. 



"I make it a point to buy apples every year in large quanti- 

 ties, and find a much better market for fruit grown on trees 

 that have been sprayed (even at an advance of 50 cents to a $1 

 £1 barrel) from that grown on trees that receive no care. 



"Will say as regards drop apples that there was a very small 

 percentage when compared with those from trees not sprayed. 



"I feel that we are on the road to produce better fruit and 

 more of it in our section. 



"As per our agreement I enclose you record from my orchard : 

 Twelve sprayed trees, picked 49 barrels apples. Packing 43 bar- 

 rels (80 per cent.) No. Is, 5 barrels No. 2s, 1 barrel cider. Drops 

 from 12 sprayed trees, 6 barrels (11 per cent.), of which 2 sold 

 for No. 2 drops and 4 sold for ciders. 



"Twelve trees not sprayed. Picked 22 bbls. (65 per cent.) 

 apples. Packing 16 bbls. (47 per cent. No. Is), 5 bbls. No. 2s, 1 

 bbl. ciders. Drops fiom ^^2 1r<'(s not sprayed, 15 bbls. (35 per 

 cent.), of which 5 sold for drops and 10 sold for ciders. 



"(Signed) F. :\r. Moore." 



V. PROGRESS IN SPRAYING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



In Hullotin 131 in April we made the statement, "There are 

 probably not a score of men who spray regularly and intelli- 

 gently ill New Hampshire." Recent investigations have shown 

 this statement to have been practically true. During the past 

 two years there has been an enormous increase in spraying in 

 New TTampshire, and we have tlionuht it worth while to deter- 



