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of a full crop was obtained. Since there were no unsprayed 

 trees of the same varieties, it is impossible to detemiine accurately 

 the benefit done by the spraying ; but Mr. Powell is of the 

 opinion that had the trees not been sprayed the crop would have 

 been a total loss. 



A Member: I should like to say, Mr. President, that I have 

 used a diluted solution of copper sulphate. I have used it on 

 Japan plums and on peaches as strong as four ounces to one 

 hundred and fifty gallons without damage, and then again I got 

 damage from that proportion. I never have had any damage 

 from two ounces to fifty gallons. The results were not as posi- 

 tive because it will not remain on the branches as well. In the 

 weather that you get the worst rot it is not likely to stay there. 

 You can put the spraying apparatus into a field and keep it there 

 all the time. It is very easy to use. Even if you have to use 

 it, or put it on every day, it is worth experimenting with, because 

 it is so nice to use. I think good results would follow if that 

 solution was used more generally in Connecticut. 



Mr. Hale : I am glad that this paper has been presented, 

 because to my mind it is one of the most concise and practical 

 statements of the situation that we have ever had. A few years 

 ago it was a very common thing for some of our scientific friends 

 to recommend us to spray in the summer for monilia, and the 

 consequence was that a good deal of trouble was brought about. 

 Many of you know of the serious results in our orchards by the 

 dropping of the foliage. My plan here in Connecticut has been 

 to gather the affected fruit as fast as it has appeared. In handling 

 an orchard of any considerable size you will most always have 

 labor that cannot be used throughout the orchard. And if you 

 keep a little more than you want it can be used very usefully to 

 gather such fruit. I think it is a very good plan to make it a 

 point to go over the orchard and gather all the decayed mumni}- 

 specimens. It is our practice in Georgia to go over our orchards 

 every day. All the rotten and decayed fruit is picked and burned 

 every day. It is considerable of an expense, but we believe it 

 pays. Last year there was an excessive amount of rain, and in 

 the season of 1900 it caused probably a loss of 40 per cent, of 

 the Georgia fruit crop by rotting upon the trees. It grew many 

 spores in the trees and although we picked it faithfully through 

 the growing season, at the end there was an abundance of it in 



