ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. ' 35 



The President: Would you like now to call up any of the 

 questions on the question list? Here is a question from the 

 box. "Do you advise spraying apples more than twice before 

 the blossoms open?" It does not say what you are spraying 

 for, whether it's for apple scab or something else. I should not 

 suppose anyone would need to spray apples more than once 

 before the blossoms open, for the canker worm, or anything 

 like that. I will ask iMr. E. AI. Ives for his experience. He 

 lias been one of our best managers in spraying. 



Mr. Ives : Some years ago when I first began to spray, I 

 used to spray once when the blossoms were first opening, and I 

 followed that up for three or four years, but I finally got all 

 over that notion and sprayed twice after the blossoms dropped ; 

 once, immediately after the dropping of the blossoms, and again 

 ten days or two weeks later putting in a separate spraying, but 

 not spraying before the buds opened. I think after you have 

 sprayed awhile you get rid of some of these fungous diseases, 

 and you do not need to put it on quite so early. I shouldn't 

 spray now until after the blossoming period, and I do not spray 

 more than once. I used to do it twice, and I would now if I 

 thought it was necessary. I do it once, and try to do it 

 thoroughly. 



The President : You are talking about spraying with 

 Bordeaux ? 



Mr. Ives : Yes, sir. 



The President : There is no doubt a great deal in that fact 

 that Mr. Ives speaks of, that after spraying a number of years 

 the quantity of trouble from fungous diseases is lessened, and 

 there is not so much need of it. 



Mr. Ives: And there is another thing; I find that I can use 

 a less amount of material, and use it weaker. I have been 

 working that down for some years. 



A Member : I consider it very important to spray thoroughly 

 before the blossoms open because you then not only control the 

 fungous diseases, or help to control them at that time, but there 

 are several other things which are kept down better by spray- 

 ing at that time, such as tent caterpillar, and some other pests. 



The President: Do you spray with Bordeaux? 



Answer: Yes. Distribute it in the orchard all about. You 

 ■cannot kill tent caterpillars after the blossoms open. That is 

 my experience. 



