EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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who buys them pays for the baskets. No other market in the 

 United States does it. They are graded in three or four 

 grades ; one man does that work. 



Mr. Platt : Do you take any special pains to prevent 

 your apple trees from losing their leaves during the summer? 



Mr. Repp : The Bordeaux mixture keeps the foliage 

 good if it is applied several times. 



A Member: What would happen if you didn't use it? 



Mr. Repp : The leaves would come off. 



The following question from the program list was called 

 for: 



Question : What are the comparative merits of lime- 

 sulphur mixture and the soluble and miscible oils? 



Mr. Repp : I know nothing about that ; we have only used 

 lime and sulphur twice, eight years and two years ago. I 

 have never investigated the other oils ; we have always used 

 the crude oil and it has been satisfactory. I would say this, 

 that we had a lot of trouble with the lime and sulphur ; it very 

 nearly ruined us ; the scale almost ate us up those years. 



A Member: Have you ever injured any of your trees 

 with crude oil ? 



Mr. Repp: I never lost a tree by the continued use of 

 the oil. 



A Member: What kind of oil do you use? 



Mr. Repp : It is a standard oil — the Standard Oil Com- 

 pany sells it; it costs, I think. 11 cents now. 



A Member : How is that applied ? 



Mr. Repp : With a Deming pump ; small nozzle and very 

 high pressure. 



A Member : Do you heat your oil ? 



Mr. Repp: We heat the oil with live steam to about 110 

 or 120 degrees and then put it on with high pressure when 

 there is a good wind. 



A Member: That is a hard question. I have put it on 

 when the thermometer was 15 and 20 degrees below zero. H 

 you heat it you can apply it all right; I don't see as there is 



