THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



igan in 1905. It was noted generally that 

 those who sprayed had apples — those who 

 sprayed the best had the most and best 

 apples. There is an outside row of apple 

 trees along this farm — also a continuation 

 of the row that belongs to the former own- 

 er. iMr. Wadsworth's part of the row 

 hung full of fine fruit — there was NONE 

 on the rest of the row. Everyone who 

 went by could see the lesson, and this 

 lesson was a subject of general comment. 

 I do not know the figures, but Mr. Wads- 

 worth did well on his crop that year, es- 

 pecially as there was such a short crop in 

 the state. 



Last year (1906) this orchard, with the 

 same care and thorough spraying, had an- 

 other large crop, if anything greater than 

 the year before. The apples were bought 

 by a local buyer on the tree, for $2,150. 

 The "freeze" came and while many of 

 the apples were injured, the buyer, it is 

 understood, still came out more than even. 



It is being realized more and more in 

 this section that we must spray or get out 

 of the business, especially now that San 

 Jose scale is gradually getting into our or- 

 chards. 



Outlook Farm, Bangor, Mich. 



Spraying an Essential to Success 



By L. R. Bryant 



Former Secretary Illinois Stite Horticultural Society 



IN our orchard practice, spraying is con- 

 sidered as one of the essential things 



to be done as regularly as the season 

 comes around, with even a little more at- 

 tention as to the exact time than with the 

 other work. 



It is no "fad"with us, and we certainly 

 do not do it for the fun of the thing, but 

 because experience has proved that it is 

 necessary for the production of good fruit. 



There is too much poor fruit produced 

 in proportion to the good— too much of the 

 No. 2 grade, a little too good we think for 

 the cider mill and still it is No. 2, and we 

 must sell at a low price and help cut the 

 prices on better fruit, and worst of all it 

 gluts the market at times. 



Nice fancy winter apples can, we find, 

 generally be sold at good fair prices, and 

 the problem then is how to grow as large a 

 proportion of them as possible. Spraying 

 we consider one of the essentials, although 

 spraying alone will not always produce a 

 fancy crop. 



It has by no means reached the point of 

 an exact science. Some seasons the effects 

 are better than others, some seasons it is 

 much less needed than others; but no pru- 

 dent orchardist can afford to neglect it, be- 

 cause he cannot foresee what the season is 

 to be. 



Orchard spraying not only makes better 

 fruit when properly done, but it makes 

 healthier trees. Orchards regularly sprayed 

 with arsenites and Bordeaux mixture are 

 not troubled with the canker worm, and 

 their foliage is fresher and as a rule hangs 



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on longer in the fall. Riding on the cars 

 through what is called "the apple-belt" 

 of southern Illinois, I have seen orchard 

 after orchard, in the month of Sep- 

 tember, almost bare of leaves, while occa- 

 sionally one was seen which was green 

 and healthy. By common consent it was 

 agreed that the orchards with healthy fo- 

 liage were the ones which were sprayed 

 and otherwise well cared for, and that those 

 with the deficient and unheathy foliage 

 were unsprri\ed. While the trees with the 

 heathy foliage may not always produce 

 paying crops, you may set it down as a 

 pretty sure rule that those with poor foliage 

 never do. 



It has got to the point where the suc- 

 cessful commercial orchardist must spray, 

 and I am not sure but the grower of small 

 fruits as well, although I am not so well 

 prepared to speak regarding them. If that 



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time has not already come, be assured it 

 soon will. 



I will not take time or space to give di- 

 rections and formulas, as these can be had 

 for the asking, but one word of advice, if 

 the work is new to you. Follow the rules 

 and directions given by the horticultural so- 

 ciety or experiment station of your state, 

 and do not experiment or use new or un- 

 known compounds until you have had some 

 experience; and do your work thoroughly 

 and at the proper time. Buy only the 

 standard makes of pumps and materials 

 and let all knapsack pumps and "squirt 

 guns" alone for anything except garden 

 work. 



In communities where no one has many 

 trees it would seem that it would be a 

 profitable business for some one to thor- 

 oughly post himself on the subject and 

 procure an outfit and go around and spray 



