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Several spray mixtures besides lime-sulphur were re- 

 ported for winter spraying. Several of the proprietary mis- 

 cihle or soluble oils have been used, as " scalecide" , "Target 

 Brand", "Kiloscale" , "San-u-Zay", etc. Whole-eil soap and 

 lye were used rarely. 



There was no complaint from the use of the lime -sul- 

 phur solutionj however there was some injury to the trees 

 reported from the use of oils and lye when these preparations 

 were not applied with proper precaution. 



Summer spraying . - Under this topic the following 

 question was asked: "How many times do you spray during 

 spring and summer?" This question was intended to cover all 

 the spraying done from the time the buds are open until the 

 end of the spraying season. There were 217 answers to this 

 question, and the replies are summarized in the table which 

 follows. 



One application 



Two applications 



Three applications 



Four or more applications 



From these figures it may be seen that the growers 

 realize the importance of spraying. The number of applicat- 

 ions of spray solution made during a given year will depend 

 on the season and the variety of apples in question. Gener- 



