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exercise almost as great a stiiinilatino- effect as the lime and 

 sulphur does on peach and therefore 1 usually recommend it. 

 On plum the lime and sulphur wash does almost as well as it 

 does on peach. , 



Practically, experience has shown that a well made lime 

 and sulphur wash, with or without salt, and a soluble oil like 

 "Scalecide" diluted with 15 parts of water will ser\'e ecjually 

 well as killing agents against the scale, properly applied. 



Proper application means that the spray must be driven in 

 particles as tine as possible with as much force as can be de- 

 \eloped with the apparatus in hand so as to reach into all 

 crevices, under all shelter and through all plant hairs. 



The larger the. tree the more difficult the task and the 

 greater the necessity of duplicating the treatment. 



The lime and sulphur washes are cheap per gallon of spray 

 mixture; they assist in controlling certain peach diseases; they 

 are corrosive to man, to animals, to pumps, hose and machin- 

 ery of all kinds; they are difficult to prepare properly, require 

 time and outfit and must be applied very soon after they are 

 made. They make spraying a Ijurden and are not likely to 

 appeal to the man who has only a few trees or plants to take 

 care of. 



Soluble oil of the ''Scalecide'" type costs more per spray 

 gallon, but one gallon does IVii times as much work. There 

 is no time lost in preparation, the material is not offensive to 

 handle, does not corrode skin or metals and does not attack 

 rubber nearly so much. A barrel of material mixed up today 

 can be used tomorrow or the day after and it is more penetrat- 

 ing than any other material that is equally effective. It is a 

 material that appeals to the owner of a few trees or plants and 

 can be used in city and village gardens by any one with any 

 sort of apparatus. While it requires equal care to accomplish 

 perfect work in the orchard it leaves a greater margin for the 

 careless worker because of its creeping and spreading powers. 

 It is not so lasting as the lime and sulphur and should a rain 

 come within 24 hours I should consider re-spraying advisable. 



A few words as the time of spraying. The brood that 

 hibernates is that which is born at just about the time when the 

 foliage of the peach is fully ripe and ready to drop. The scale 



