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demeanor, piiuishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars 

 nor more than fifty dollars for each offence; provided, how- 

 eve >% that nothing in this section " shall interfere with the 

 experimental work at the Ithaca and Geneva stations. 



Vermont (in section 5841) provides: "Spraying Fruit 

 Trees. — A person who sprays f niit trees when in blossom 

 with a solution containing less than three pounds of un- 

 slacked lime to fifty gallons of the solution shall be fined not 

 more than forty dollars nor less than ten dollars." 



Besides the above enumeration there are two States which 

 have attempted legislation. These are Connecticut and Wis- 

 consin. 



With respect to the conditions in Connecticut, it has been 

 reported that a bill was presented in the last session of the 

 Legislature, but the committee's report was unfavorable. At 

 present, however, there is no legislation on the Connecticut 

 statute book. It was also stated that most farmers under- 

 stand that it is not necessary to spray until the blossoms have 

 fallen, when of course the danger of killing the bees is past. 

 A few instances of earlier spraying, however, have been re- 

 ported, and some bees were killed. 



Concerning Wisconsin, it is learned that in Eebruary, 

 1911, a bill was introduced in the assembly, but its wording 

 would have utterly prohibited the spraying of fruit trees at 

 any time after the first year in which they blossomed. This 

 bill of course could not pass. 



From the numerous communications in regard to this in- 

 quiry which were received, many being from State entomol- 

 ogists, there is a general feeling that the education of the 

 horticulturist is of first importance. It is recogTiized that to 

 spray while a fruit tree is in bloom is undesirable for several 

 reasons. Spraying for the codling moth at this time is un- 

 necessary because the eggs have rarely been laid and the 

 larvae are usually unhatched. A later spray, when at least 

 two-thirds of the petals have fallen, will be quite as efficient. 

 Furthermore, it is being more and more recognized that to 

 spray the open blossom is likely to injure the sexual organs 

 of the flower and result in preventing the set of fruit. There 



