BuEEAU OF Ageiculture 521 



I was down in Henderson with you, you showed me some thrifty 

 Grimes Golden trees. 



A. One reason is that they have not done well this year. "While 

 they bloomed well, still the blight struck them harder than any 

 other variety. The Winesap did not suffer much from blight. 



Q. Have you had trouble with the Stayman "Winesap cracking 

 other years? 



A. Yes, we have had it all along. 



Remark by Mr. 0. B. Burr ell. 



The Grimes Golden in Daviess County seem to be the most 

 tender of all the varieties. One of our growers lost nearly all his 

 trees by mice. One of the other growers lost a great many with 

 trunk blight. "We have practically no good Grimes Golden trees. 



HOME-MADE LIME SULPHUR VERSUS THE COMMERCIAL 



SPRAY. 



"W. B. Lanham, Horticulturist, Columbia, Missouri. 



Several times you may have noticed articles in the agricultural 

 papers against the itse of home manufactured lime sulphur spray. 

 These are usually written by manufacturers of commercial spray, 

 and convey the idea that good results cannot be obtained with the 

 home manufactured product. 



I have had experience both in "Washington and Montana with 

 the home-made as well as the commercial spray, and when properly 

 made, I have had as good results with the home-made as with the 

 commercial product. 



"We had the proposition to contend with at Clarkston, "Wash- 

 ington. The growers felt that they were paying too much for com- 

 mercial lime sulphur and getting too little in the way of results. 

 "We were paying from $11 to $12 per barrel for spray that tested 

 ■30 to 32 degrees Beaume. The matter of relief was before our 

 local horticultural society several times and was discussed pro and 

 con. Finally it was settled by one of the growers agreeing to make 

 spray and sell it to the others at a profit of $1 per barrel above 

 the actual cost of production. 



I shall not attempt to take up the technique of lime sulphur 

 manufacture, for there are a number of good bulletins describing 

 the home manufacture of this solution. They are for free distribu- 

 tion, and if there has not been one published by this station I am 

 sure the director can assist you in securing a copy. Instead I shall 

 briefly describe one of the plants I have seen used to manufacture 

 this solution. 



