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one position for a considerable time before the water commenced 

 dripping from the leaves. The nozzle could be held in the hand, 

 dispensing with the pole, and b}' waving it to the right and left the 

 foliage of the tallest apple trees in the orchard could be wet in one or 

 at most two minutes, with very little waste of the liquid. 



As the apples began to drop in August, the windfalls were collected 

 and examined, under the sprayed trees, and those not sprayed, 

 and the number of sound and worm}' fruits counted. Oct. 5 and 6 

 the remaining fruit was picked, and assorted, and counted in the 

 same wa^'. The whole number of sound and worm}- fruits yielded 

 by each tree and the per cent (fractions omitted) of wormy fruits 

 upon each was as follows : 



SPRAYED TREES. 



Tree No. 1, Fall Pippin 



3, ' 

 " 5, ' 



7, 

 " 9, • 

 " 11, R. I 



Greening. 



S o 



1755 

 1429 

 707 

 129 

 178 

 186 



a 2 



225 

 129 

 49 

 27 

 48 

 39 



11 



8 

 6 



17 

 21 

 17 



Average per cent of wormy fruits from spra3'ed trees, 13|. 



TREES NOT SPRAYED. 



•Tree No. 2, Fall Pippin 



" 4, " 

 " 6, " 

 " 8, R. I. Greening 



'5 o 



331 



617 



393 



1591 





292 

 247 

 309 

 618 



a u 



47 

 29 

 40 

 25 



Average per cent of worm}' fruits from trees not sprayed, 35^. 



