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artificial basis and that is the real rea¬ 
son that we desire that the. horticulturists 
of Florida should help us out in this mat¬ 
ter. We want the growers to use the ma¬ 
terial three or four times and find out 
what results they get and see how they 
like it. Now, Mr. Nichols of Clearwater 
will follow me with a paper and I am very 
glad to know that he has a paper and will 
give you his experiences as a grower and 
I should say here that I admire Mr. Nich¬ 
ols very much; I think he is one of our 
very finest growers. 
Mr. Hume: Is there any discussion of 
Mr. Yothers’ paper? Any question? 
Mr. Skinner: I wish to say that we 
sprayed with Bordeaux-oil as Mr. Win¬ 
ston and Mr. Yothers have suggested and 
in one portion of our grove where we had 
had much stem end rot, during the fol¬ 
lowing year we had much less, hardly 
any for that matter, and we felt that the 
Bordeaux-oil did a great deal of good. 
We felt sure of it at all times but my 
experience does not prove anything. I 
want to ask Mr. Yothers how many times 
a year and at what times he would rec¬ 
ommend using Bordeaux-oil spray. 
Mr. Yothers: I suppose it is a very 
fortunate thing that I am not a patholo¬ 
gist, but last year Mr. Winston kept 
track of melanose by going out in the 
groves pretty nearly every week and I 
was very, very much pleased over the re¬ 
sult that we obtained with one spraying 
with Bordeaux-oil emulsion for melanose 
He seemed to know almost exactly the 
day and the week to spray for melanose 
and by applying it at that particular time 
I believe that was enough for melanose. 
Mr. Skinner: Would you recommend 
the oil-Bordeaux spray for the last of 
April or just an oil spray? 
Mr. Yothers: I think we sprayed for 
melanose as late as the last of May. One 
thing certain to remember: Anybody 
who puts Bordeaux on their trees in any 
shape will practically be compelled to 
spray the last week in June for scale and 
I would not wait until the last week in 
July for it is a critical time in June. I 
regret that Mr. Winston is not here for 
really he is a very, very brilliant, highly 
trained technical man and he has an enor¬ 
mous amount of information about this. 
Mr. -: Will Lime. Sulphur So¬ 
lution mix with Bordeaux? 
Mr. Yothers: No. 
