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poison, as we injured the foliage of some of our trees the first time by 

 using the liquid too strong. In mixing it we got it too strong or were 

 not sufficiently careful. We finally settled down to using one pound 

 of London purple to a large tankful, which would usually be between 

 150 and 200 gallons. It is not necessary that the liquid be very 

 strong but that a drop of it should be applied to the blossom end of 

 each apple. We purchased our London purple at wholesale through 

 the favor of our druggist, $12 for a 100 pound keg. We used about 

 fifty pounds in spraying about 4,000 trees. Thus you will see that 

 the expense for poison and the time for applying it is a very small 

 item where the two-horse pump is used. One man drives and 

 the other directs the nozzles. We understand that our neighbor, Mr. 

 Fisk, for whom we procured a smaller hand pump, is very much 

 pleased with the results obtained and that he can very rarely find any 

 wormy apples on his trees. 



DISCUSSION. 



Fisk — I use one pound of London purple to forty-five gallons of 

 water ; have noticed no bad results from its use. I get the best results 

 when the trees are in full bloom ; sprayed only three times and there 

 is not one wormy apple to every hundred. Beginning at the time 

 when the trees are in full bloom, I would advise spraying every week 

 or ten days until the danger is pasft. 



Miller — Is there any danger of its poisoning bees or the honey 

 they will make? 



Fisk — The bees did not seem to suffer from it and I heard of no 

 bad results anywhere in this direction. The spraying killed all the 

 tent caterpillars, however, and did much good that way. 



Day — I think it saves the foliage as well as the fruit. 



Miller — I would like to inquire if anyone has had any experience 

 in fighting the strawberry leaf roller ? 



Reed — I don't know how to fight them, but we are troubled by 

 them very much in our neighborhood; they have ruined all the straw- 

 berry plantations down our way for the past three years. 



A Member — You should try burning the plants. 



Miller — I have tried that and it killed the plants. 



Carpenter — Wait till a rain is coming on and then put dry 

 straw over the vines and set fire to it; this will burn the leaves and 

 the rain will prevent further damage. 



