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the insect are located upon the side of this snout. It is a small insect, 

 but capable of doing quite a good deal of damage, especially to plums. 

 I will say in regard to a remedj- for these as an apple insect, that if when 

 yon are spraying for the codliu moth or apple scab, you should put some 

 poisonous matter into the mixture at the proper time you would destroy 

 them. In spraying for the apple scab one might, at the proper season 

 when these insects are upon the wing, put some arsenical compound with 

 the Bordeaux mixture and make a double spray, spraj'ing for the fungus 

 and these insects also. 



Ques. Is it necessar}" to spray three times for the codlin moth? 



Ans. I do not think it is customary to spraj^ more than once or twice for 

 the codlin moth. For the apple scab they spray several times with Bordeaux 

 mixture. I know some have sprayed once, and then again in two or three 

 weeks, covering the first and the last appearance of the insect, as they 

 are on the wing for about two weeks. I think this would be a good idea. 



Ques. How early do you spraj' first? 



Ans. Just as the blossoms are dropping. And then if j-ou should 

 spray a little later, before the apple turns down, when it is about the size 

 of a pea, you probably would get the most of them, although after the 

 closing of the calyx you cannot get at the eggs. After the apples turn 

 down it would do no good at all to spray. If you should spray to-day 

 and there should immediately follow a heavj^ shower of rain, it would be 

 a good idea to spraj- again. But the best waj-, if j-ou can manage it, is 

 to spray when there is no prospect of rain. But it would be better to 

 spray at just the right time and take the chances of spraying again if a 

 hard rain came immediately after. 



PLUM CULTURE IN MAINE. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. V^iNTOX. At a meeting of this Pomological Society held in Bangor 

 which I attended, a Mr. Lowe of Bangor gave us a talk upon plums. He 

 was then the most noted plum raiser in the State. I liave tried to raise 

 plums in all possible ways, and have failed and had to give it up. I was 

 so interested in his talk that as soon as I could get at him privately I 

 asked him why I could not raise plums. He said, "What kind of soil 

 have you?'' I described my soil as well as I could, and he said, "I see 

 your difficulty; you cannot raise plums on that kind of soil; it is impos- 

 sible. I have a soil that is peculiarly adapted to plum culture and tliat is 

 really the secret of my success. There is but little sucli soil in Maine." 

 What do you think about this? 



Mr. Luce. I think he was entirely mistaken. I think there is anj- 

 quantity of soil in Maine on which plums can be grown. 



Ques. Is there a kiud of soil that is better adapted to growing plums 

 than any other? 



