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rather heavy soil and too close together; these were thor- 

 oughly sprayed three times with Bordeaux and poison. To 

 test the value of the Bordeaux for the scab, I had in the 

 orchard three trees of the same variety on high ground in 

 the outside row, where there was plenty of light and air. 

 All conditions most unfavorable to the development of the 

 scab. These I left unsprayed with Bordeaux. In spite of 

 their favorable condition, two-thirds of the apples were so 

 scabby as to be worthless, while the trees unfavorably 

 located, but sprayed, were as fair as oranges, and pro- 

 nounced by the buyer the best he had ever seen. 



One more illustration to show the effect in ridding fruit 

 of insects. A few years ago I had strawberries in one 

 orchard and as the weather was very wet when we should 

 have sprayed and as the work was delayed, fearing to 

 injure the berries, the orchard was left unsprayed. I sold 

 my fruit that year, guaranteeing it perfect. That from 

 the sprayed orchard sorted out only one barrel out of 

 eleven — and those were good seconds, that brought $1.50 

 per barrel — that were not absolutely perfect; while the 

 unsprayed orchard, only separated from the other by 

 a picket fence, yielded only two barrels out of three that 

 would go into the guarantee. Besides, the ground was 

 covered with windfalls, while in the first orchard hardly 

 any had fallen. 



I think therefore, that spraying pays, if done intelli- 

 gently, at the right time and thoroughly, and if not done 

 this way it had better not be attempted. 



Mr. VanAlstyne answered a number of questions per- 

 taining to spraying, after which a recess was taken until 

 1 :3o P. M. 



