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that at the end of the season the treated trees were very little bet- 
ter than the checks, and consequently neither material can be consid- 
ered as valuable in checking the San Jose scale. 
Recent disquieting reports, emanating from New Jersey, as to the 
poor success obtained with lime-sulphur washes led us to inquire 
rather closely into New York conditions, with the result that, so far 
as we could learn, wherever the trees were thoroughly sprayed with 
a lime-sulphur wash the scale was kept in control in a very satisfac- 
tory manner. This does not reflect in the shghtest upon the work 
done in New Jersey, but refers simply to our New York conditions, 
and the statement is made at this time because we can not help feeling 
that lime-sulphur washes at present afford the most practical method 
of controlling the San Jose scale, despite the fact that their prepara- 
tion is laborious and their application exceedingly disagreeable. 
Mr. Smith stated that Jime-sulphur mixtures have not been as 
successful in New Jersey during the past season as in former years. 
On apple and plum they were especially ineffective. In 1903-4, after 
a thorough examination of certain areas, the lime-sulphur washes 
were recommended quite extensively. Several persons made a busi- 
ness of spraying, and careful examination showed that they were 
doing thorough work. Caustic soda was used in some cases, but no 
good results were obtained. Lime-sulphur mixtures were made in 
all ways, but uniformly poor results followed their use. When apple 
and peach were planted alternately the results on peach might be ex- 
cellent, while on the apple failure resulted. One grower who had 
been using petroleum for years in 1903-4 used lime-sulphur wash on 
half his trees, consisting of apple and pear. <A large share of the 
pears sprayed with the lime-sulphur-salt mixture were so badly in- 
fested as to be unsalable, while the fruit on the oil-sprayed trees was 
clean. In the case of apples, it seemed as if the pubescence kept the- 
wash from touching the scales, and these get out on the fruit, al- 
though the twigs might be practically free from them. While no 
very marked difference was observed, the boiled wash seemed on the 
whole to be better than the unboiled. 
Mr. Gillette said that perhaps climatic conditions might have been 
responsible for the failure in these cases. 
Mr. Smith said that it had been an excessively cold winter. 
Mr. Phillips stated that if carefully prepared the so-called uncooked 
lime-sulphur mixture really boiled from fifteen to thirty minutes, 
hut in order to secure a long boiling period it is necessary to husband 
the heat from the slaking hme very carefully. The method sug- 
gested was to put the lime and sulphur in the barrel together and use 
sufficient boiling water to slake the lime, being very careful not to let 
