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BULLETIN 703, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTJEE. 



Table I. — Tomatoes set oiit in field Apr. 11, 1916. Applications of sprays and 

 dusts made Apr. 25, May 5, May 15, May 24, June 2, June 12, June 22, July 3, 

 and July 13. No. 3 not sprayed after May 2.^. No. 4 not sprayed after 

 June 12. Nos. 5, 6, and 7 not sprayed, and No. 9 not dusted, after July 3. 

 Hay-vesting began June 14, ended Aug. 3. 



EARLIANA VARIETY. 



No. 



Material used. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 appli- 

 ca- 

 tions. 



Total 

 weight 

 toma- 

 toes. 



Weight 

 wormy. 



Per 



cent 

 weight 

 wormy. 



Total 



num.ber 



toma^ 



toes. 



Num- 

 ber 

 wormy. 



Per 



cent 



wormy 



1 



Check 





Pounds. 



266.7 

 297.5 



216.9 

 359.4 

 262.5 



229.1 



238.2 



303.1 

 348.4 



Pounds. 

 73.1 

 61.0 



49.8 

 63.4 

 29.2 



24.8 



23.2 



30.2 

 21.1 



27.4 

 20.5 



22.9 

 17.6 

 11.1 



10.8 



9.7 



9.9 

 6.0 



1,413 

 1,718 



1,441 



1,862 

 1,415 



1,392 



1,385 



1,786 

 1,468 



436 

 357 



368 

 344 



177 



157 



145 



170 

 105 



30.8 



'} 



THnrrlpaiiv Tnixtiire, 4-4-.nn 



9 



4 

 6 



8 



8 

 8 



9 



8 



20.7 



3 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead , 1 .V pounds to 50 gallons 4r-4- 

 .■iO P.nrdpanv Tnivtnre 



25.5 



4 



Same as No. 3 



17.9 



S 



....do 



12.5 



6 



Commercial Bordeaux and arse- 

 nate of lead mixture, 1 pound 

 to 6 gallons water 



11.2 



7 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead, IJ pounds to 50 gallons 

 water 



10.4 



8 

 9 



Dusted with 9 parts powdered sul- 

 phur and 1 part commercial pow- 

 dered arsenate of lead, by weight . 



Dusted with commercial powdered 

 arsenate of lead, undiluted 



9.5 

 7.1 



GLOBE VARIETY. 



Check 



Bordeaux mixture, 4-4-50 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead, IJ pounds to 50 gallons 4- 

 4-50 Bordeaux mixture 



Same as No. 3 



Commercial Bordeaux and arse- 

 nate of lead mixture, 1 pound 

 to 6 gallons water 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead, IJ pounds to 50 gallons wa- 

 ter 



Dusted with 9 parts powdered sul- 

 phur and 1 part commercial pow- 

 dered arsenate of lead, by weight. 



Dusted with commercial powdered 

 arsenate of lead, undiluted 





203.8 

 236.8 



36.8 

 23.8 



18.1 

 10.0 



1,180 

 1,252 



211 

 126 



9 



4 

 8 



190.6 

 221.4 



13.0 

 11.6 



6.8 

 5.2 



1,120 

 1,073 



86 

 51 



8 



317.5 



19.2 



6.0 



1,468 



92 



8 



254.2 



16.8 



6.6 



1,318 



74 



9 



275.2 



16.8 



6.1 



1,331 



75 



8 



249.6 



10.9 



4.3 



1,474 



46 



17.8 

 10.0 



7.7 

 4.7 



6.2 



5.6 



5.6 

 3.1 



Table II. — Tomatoes set out in field Aug. 14 and 15, 1016. Applications of 

 .sprays made Sept. 2, Sept. 12, Sept. 22, Oct. 2, Oet. 12, Oct. 23, and Nov. 2. 

 Harvesting began Oct. 24, ended Nov. 15. 



EARLIANA VARIETY. 



No. 



Material used. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 applica- 

 tions. 



Total 



weight 



tomatoes. 



Weight 

 wormy. 



Per 



cent 

 weight 

 wormy. 



Total 

 number 

 tomatoes. 



Num- 

 ber 

 wormy. 



Per 



cent 



wormy. 



1 



Check 





Pounds. 



41.2 



100.1 



109.5 

 113.9 



108.7 

 80.5 



Pounds. 

 9.3 



27.8 



16.9 

 19.3 



1.5. 5 

 11.3 



22.5 

 27.7 



1.5.4 

 16.9 



11.2 

 14.0 



588 

 849 



1,012 

 1,122 



1,147 



880 



113 

 241 



144 



188 



139 

 112 



19.2 



2 



Bordeaux mixture, 4— 4-.50 



7 



7 

 7 



7 

 7 



28.3 



3 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead, 3 pounds to 50 gallons 4-4- 



14.2 



4 

 5 



Commercial powdered arsenite of 

 zinc, 3 pounds to 50 gallons water. 



Commercial Bordeaux and arse- 

 nate of lead mixture, 1 pound 



16.7 

 12.1 



6 



Commercial powdered arsenate of 

 lead, 3 poundsto 50 gallons water. 



12.7 



