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with 7.72 inches rain in May. I do not think I would 

 spray for the peach curl. I used to think we must spray 

 for everything, but now believe that the peach curl will 

 take care of itself, and that you can save your money. 

 The peach is a "squint-eyed" thing, and 3'ou never know 

 just how to take it; it is apt to turn up wrong somewhere 

 if you go to fooling around it with the pump. 



I have seen hundreds and thousands of trees that 

 seemed to have every single leaf affected with the curl ; 

 yet in three weeks it was all gone, and the trees looked 

 all right. New leaves came out, the peach curl leaves all 

 dropped, and there had been no spraying. Peach-leaf 

 curl is a little different from any other fungus, and it will 

 take care of itself much better than most diseases. 



Q. What is your method of spraying ? 



Prof. Halsted : I would spray right in the face of 

 adversity and try and hit him between the eyes. I would 

 spray right in the season when the germs were growing, 

 and every other season, for that matter. In case of a 

 particularly wet season I would spray as many times as the 

 Michigan peach grower cultivates his orchard. 



Because it rained every other day, I would not wait until 

 the clouds rolled by and then begin spraying. These con- 

 ditions are all too favorable for the spread of the fungus. 

 The moist condition of the leaves and the not too strong 

 light, both tend to the development of this disease, and we 

 should have the fungicide on the leaves then, of all times. 

 Spray in the winter, spray before the buds open, then spray 

 afterwards, and if it is a rainy season, spray all the more. 



One of the best spra3ang machines I know of is the 

 pruning shears. The pruning shears and a sharp knife are 

 right up-to-date on fungous diseases. We must cultivate, 

 prune, thin and spray. 



There is a new mixture for spraying that I use, with 

 but little lime in it, so that it does not clog the nozzle. 

 You can do away with the lime by using another alkali. 

 Start with a single pound can of lye : let that be the unit. 

 This is better than potash, as it takes so long to dissolve 

 the potash. Add to the lye a certain amount of sulphate 



