The third qualit}' iu this and the following tables of results 

 of pear experiments means fruit cracked as well as scabby. 



A Louise Bonne pear tree was sprayed with 1 to 12 Bordeaux 

 mixture ou April 30, May 22, and June 15 and 30. Another 

 tree of the same variety was left unsprayed for comparison. 

 The pears, when gathered, showed the following result : 



An increase of 16 per cent of first quality fruit. Very many 

 of the pears were classed as second quality on account of their 

 small size. The following table shows the percentages of 

 scabby pears on the two trees : 



Unsprayed. Sprayed. 



Pear.s free from scab, 58 per cent. 98 per cent. 



" more or less scabbed, 42 " 2 " 



Giving an increase of 40 per cent of pears free from scab on 

 the sprayed tree. 



Five Lawrence pear trees were made the subjects of another 

 experiment. Three were sprayed with 1 to 12 Bordeaux mix- 

 ture and two were left unsprayed. The spraying was done 

 on May 2, June and 26, and July 26. The pears, when gath- 

 ered, showed the following result : 



Giving an increase of 17 per cent of first quality pears on 

 the sprayed trees. 



These pears were affected with two different species of fungus, 

 the scab, and what, for want of a better name, we have called 

 the ^^ moth patch." The latter gives the fruit a dirty, smoked 

 appearance, occurring sometimes in roundish blotches, but 

 frequently almost entirely covering the fruit. This disease 

 also affects some varieties of apples, e. g., the Greening and 



