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Member. Is there a remedy for the Baldwin Spot ? 



Prof. Whetzel. Not so far as I know. A lot of work has 

 been done on it all OA^er the world. Nobody has a remedy for it. 



Member. (Shows apple.) What is this on the outside of the 

 apple — small dents like this. 



Prof. Whetzel. That looks like the Fruit Spot. This disease 

 has recently been worked upon by Dr. Brooks, of New Hampshire. 

 In order to distinguish it from the Baldwin Spot, it has been given 

 the name of Fruit Spot. It is a fungus disease. You can. peel back 

 the skin and take out a piece of it, and get the fungus to grow in 

 cultures. It can be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture, 

 making the spraying about July. It depends upon the weather. And 

 right here, a great many of you have developed the habit of spraying 

 according to spraying calendars. You must remember that condi- 

 tions in different parts of the country, and even in different parts 

 of a state, vary considerably. More damage has been done by spray- 

 ing calendars than the pathologists can correct in a long time. Spray 

 according to the condition of your fruit at a given time, and the 

 weather conditions. Spray according to the stage of development of 

 your fruit. Some people begin spraying, for instance, on the south 

 side of the orchard, or on the east side, without stopping to think 

 that some apples blossom earlier than others. As regards the 

 weather, spray before rains, not after. Rain will not wash Bordeaux 

 Mixture or Lime Sulphur off of our trees. Every fungus that 

 causes disease, is scattered during rains, and infests the fruit. It 

 gets into the fruit during rain, and not before. We want the poison 

 on the fruit or leaves when the rain comes. 



PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION IN THE BOXING OF 



APPLES. 



By C. C. Vincent, Asst. Horticulturist Oregon Agricultural College and Bx- 

 periment Station, Corvallis, Oregon. 



The box apple trade has been given more attention in the great 

 distributing territory, east of the Rocky Mountains, this year, than 

 ever before. For several years commission men in all the large 

 cities pursued an attitude of indifference in regard to the bushel 

 boxes, which are so much in evidence in the Pacific Northwest. 

 But so much fruit has appeared in the eastern markets in boxes, 

 that eastern dealers are obliged to recognize it. 



Mr. E. P. Loomis, a prominent dealer in New York City, says : 

 ''The tendency of our association is too much an association of 

 barreled apples." "I believe packing apples in boxes is an advance 

 in the industry." I honestly believe that if the boxing of fruit was 

 resorted to, it would do away with the fraud and deception that is 

 practiced with barreled fruit. It would necessitate the handling of 

 number 2 apples as number 2's. The time is not far distant when 

 many of the most progressive growers in the East will market their 

 fancy fruit in boxes. 



The recent New England fruit show, held in Boston, has been 

 a step in the right direction. It has demonstrated the fact that 



