AGRIOULTUKAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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the amount of fruit was so variable, that in order to get propor- 

 tionate quantities from the different classes, it was impossible to 

 adopt an inflexible rule as in the first orchard considered. 



But two solutions were used in Mr. Moore's orchard viz : Solu- 

 tions "B" and "C" described on page 92. 



In comparing the two solutions a number of trees were sprayed 

 four times each, on May 26, June 15, July 15, and Aug. 15, or as 

 near these dates as possible. Eain followed soon after each 

 application, and the results are not striking, as seen by table XII. 



Table XII. 



Treatment. 



la 

 as 



'A 



i 



s 



p 



© 

 IS 



'6 



OS 



o 



'6 



OS 



pa 



m 



1 



c5 

 o 



. 03 

 O M 



® m " 



Ph cS 



Remarks. 



Solution "B" — 

 Sprayed 4 times. 



1892 



839 

 456 



8 



138 



28 



829 



493 

 359 



797 



183 

 61 



348 



25 



8 



0.4 ■ 



16.4 

 6.1 



42.2 



75.2 

 84.9 



C Always one of the worst 

 J in the orchard. Very 

 j full; fruit small; J of 

 [whole counted. 

 ( All the fruit taken. Op- 

 \ posite Check No. 3. 

 All the fruit. 





1092 



577 

 2334 

 1006 



Isoe 



522 



854 



1047 



58 

 9 

 6 

 



560 



318 

 1175 

 415 



347 



227 

 927 

 565 



127 



23 

 226 

 26 



5.3 



1.6 

 0.3 

 0.0 



56.6 

 56.7 

 660 

 41.2 







Small tree; light crop, 

 r All the friiit counted; 

 \ opposite No. 1, solution 



(b. 



1 of all counted. 







5 



6 

 24 

 20 



636 



246 

 415 

 542 



573 



224 

 382 

 469 



93 



46 

 33 

 16 



0.4 



1.1 



2.8 

 1.9 



49.1 



48.3 

 51.4 

 53.7 





Solution "C".... 

 Sprayed i times. 



All the fruit. 

 |of all. 

 1 of all. 



Average 



808 



17 



401 



358 



32 



2 1 



51.7 





As will be observed the average results are slightly in favor of 

 the sprayed trees as compared with the unsprayed, while solution 

 B gave slightly better results than did solution C, the average 

 increase in No. 1 fruit being 5.5 per cent, in the former case and 

 2.6 per cent, in the latter. The percentage of fruit absolutely 

 free from scab is very low in every instance, but in a general way 

 the work has some value in that it confirms the results obtained 

 in Mr. Pope's orchard. 



Number of Applications. 

 Some of the trees in Mr. Moore's orchard were sprayed twice 

 with solution B, and others three times, while others in close 

 proximity were left as checks. Trees sprayed four times were 



