SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 4!) 



Bordeaux wa.s used with all insecticides and all sprayed 

 before bloom. Dates of application after bloom fell, May 4-5, 

 17-18, June 30, July 20. Part of them not sprayed but three 

 times, color of fruit better where spra3^ed four times, showing 

 that more spraying is needed for fungi than codling moth in 

 this case. Fruit picked October 2-3. No drops picked up till 

 fruit was picked. 



Question: How many times do you spray in a season? 



Mr. Cox: Four times after the bloom falls and once 

 before. 



Our land is all in sod, the grass is mowed and left on the 

 ground; I am nc\er troubled with vermin, unless it is mice 

 occasionally ; when the apple scab began to trouble, we took 

 special pains in spraying; we have so many banks and hills 

 in our orchards they are not as easy to get around on as are 

 your more level orchard lands, so we had to take special pains 

 to cover the whole of the trees, from top to bottom. Every- 

 body said we were ])utting too much on our trees, but our idea 

 is that the man who puts on as little as he can in sj)raying does 



