FRUIT -SPRAYING. 



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tion to the sorting and packing. To supply the needs of the 

 high-class consumer he must keep pace with the times, and his 

 efforts in glass-house fruit have certainly prevented the foreigner 

 from sending to advantage at least Peaches and Grapes. In these 

 two importants items ' English ' is now a household word. How 

 long, then, will he blind his eyes to the fact that, in order to 

 make any material change with regard to outdoor grown fruit, so 

 much of which at present comes from abroad, he must take a 

 few lessons in grading, sorting, and packing? The cultivation of 

 the best varieties in our English orchards is no doubt an impor- 

 tant item, but how to deal with the crops in the way of sorting 

 and packing is a still greater one, and there can be no better 

 school for the English grower's education in these two branches 

 of his work than to watch his neighbours on the other side of the 

 Channel, and learn to adopt their methods of careful and sys- 

 tematic grading, sorting, and packing." 



FKUIT-SPKAYING. 



[The following paper was picked up in the Conference Hall, 

 and as the presumption is that the writer had intended to read 

 it, we have given it a place in our record. — Editor.] 



Fruit- speaying among practical growers is now acknowledged 

 to be as essential almost as the annual pruning ; in fact, those 

 growers who have adopted one or other of the various 

 methods of spraying with insecticides or washes, have already 

 found the advantages to be gained, not only in the increased 

 crops, but in the better prices obtained for their fruit in the 

 market. 



It is only during the last few years that the large growers 

 have realised the advantages of having their orchards well 

 cleansed, and I can say that those who have seen the effects 

 now see the advantages of doing their trees well and often ; in 

 fact, they seem now more alive than ever to the necessity of 

 spraying, and any improvement brought out in this direction is 

 readily accorded a fair trial ; and though there are now good 



