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to attack our plants, and know when to expect 

 them to appear, that we may be able to meet 

 or even head them ojff. We should think of 

 spraying as a means of protection, or insurance, 

 and as it is necessary to insure a building 

 against fire before it begins to burn, just so is 

 if necessary ,hat the remedy be appjiid before 

 our fruits become affected. After an apple 

 begins to show Bitter Rot it cannot be saved 

 by the application of a fungicide, but had it 

 been covered with a fungicide — say a film of 

 Bordeaux — then when the spore came in con- 

 tact with its surface, it would have been killed 

 at once and the fruit saved. In the case of the 

 Codling worm, unless the poison is where the 

 worm can get it when it attempts to enter the 

 fruit it will not be effective, for when the worm 

 is once on the inside of the fruit all the poison 

 that might be applied could not hurt it. The 

 first thing then to be considered in spraying is 

 PROMPTNESS. 



Thoroughness. — After promptness the mat- 

 ter of thoroughness of application should be 

 considered. As has been said, the work of 

 spraying is for protection, and should be done 

 before the trouble, whatever it may be^ tikes 

 hold on the plants or fruits. If this work is 

 to protect, it is absolutely necessary that all 



