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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
July, 1919 
Cream City Dry Arsenate of Lead 
Contains approximately 33% arsenic oxide, therefore has maximum 
killing power. Due to its fineness, is easily and uniformly sprayed, 
sticks longer to the plants and therefore gives the highest efficiency and 
economy. 
Cream City Nitrate of Soda is a fertilizer which gives the plants an 
early start and supplies the necessary nitrogen. 
Cream City Lime Sulphur 33 Beaume. 
Manufactured by 
CREAM CITY CHEMICAL WORKS 
772-778 Kinnickinnic Ave. Milwaukee, Wis. 
bees will accomplish nothing more 
than can be accomplished by or- 
dinary yeast such as compressed 
yeast and acetic acid bacteria 
which can be obtained from a var- 
iety of sources. 
I have no information concern- 
ing the origin of the material. It 
seemed to gain a considerable rep- 
utation during the past few 
months. 
E. G. Hastings, 
Prof, of Agr. Bacteriology. 
I understand that there has 
been a lack of information as to 
what “vinegar bees” might be. 
The common way in which “vin- 
egar bees” are prepared is to take 
the cake from properly prepared 
vinegar, usually as the .finished 
vinegar is being racked out of the 
barrel, and run this slimy cake 
through a medium to coarse sieve, 
which breaks it us into the small 
particles from one-eighth to one- 
fourth inch in general diameter. 
This material is then mixed up in 
some of the good vinegar and can 
lie used as a starter when making 
cidtr vinegar in barrels or casks. 
As you will note, the bees have 
no relation to yeast. Yeasts are 
commonly used to assist in the 
first or alcoholic fermentation in 
vinegar making and the bees or 
clear vinegar used for a vinegar 
starter, adding this latter to the 
hard cider. In my studies of the 
vinegar making qualities of Min- 
nesota apple varieties I have 
found that, for varieties which 
will make a standard vinegar 
strength, nothing is gained by 
either the use of yeast or starters, 
and for varieties which do not 
seem capable of making a stand- 
ard strength vinegar, a starter can 
have no appreciable effect. 
W. G. Brierley, 
Asst. Prof, of Horticulture. 
Unsprayed trees in certain Iowa 
orchards produced in 1917 an aver- 
age of 2.4 bushels ; sprayed trees, 
5.4 bushels. Not only was the 
quantity doubled, but the quality 
went from 9 per cent clean in un- 
sprayed, to 81.3 in the sprayed 
orchards. 
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For Sale 
Terms Reasonable 
They Admit It. 
You can buy or sell 
to advantage by ad- 
vertising in “Wiscon- 
s i n Horticulture.’’ 
Try it. 
Dried Cranberries 
Cranberries may be dried to ex- 
tend their season. They are valu- 
able in giving color to sauces and 
desserts. Add a few to puddings 
and sauces to improve flavor and 
color. 
