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and use that in the groves around trees. 
We have found that groves whose fruit 
formerly would not carry can now be 
shipped across the water. The past 
season I sold twelve boxes of fruit out 
of a grove that was noted for having 
bad carrying fruit. It was put on a 
tramp steamer, along with cotton, and 
took twenty days to get to its destination 
in France. But we went further and in¬ 
quired particularly that we might learn 
as to the condition, and there was no de¬ 
cayed fruit. That fruit I packed for a 
neighbor and sold for him; it was not 
quite like Mr. Hart’s, but somewhat on 
the same plan as to fertilizing, and in 
that case in the fertilizing there was sim¬ 
ply a change from the use of cotton seed 
meal to the use of nitrate of soda and a 
small percentage of sulphate of ammo¬ 
nia with bone black and high grade sul¬ 
phate of potash. The consequences 
show clearly with us that this fertilizer 
corrected those conditions and made the 
fruit carry. 
Walter Cooper—We have not been 
called upon to go into this subject on 
high pine lands in Lake county. I have 
inquired diligently around in the neigh¬ 
borhood in regard to anything of inter¬ 
est in this matter, and we have never 
thought of the scale or insects that have 
been successfully combatted elsewhere. 
So we did not need to go into the subject 
very extensively and I will let the matter 
close at this point, and feel satisfied that 
we shall have a much more complete re¬ 
port from some of the members on this 
subject. 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE FOR DIEBACK. 
Mr. Butler—Those of us attending the 
meeting last year heard the subject of 
treating dieback with Bordeaux mixture 
discussed. A number of our members 
have tried that since, and would it not be 
well for them to give their experience 
pro and con after applying it? 
Mr. Hart—I will say that the whole 
idea of cure by spraying the tree tops is 
entirely contrary to my theory of the dis¬ 
ease of dieback. Through the advice of 
Mr. Porcher, I tried it. I regret to say 
that the result in my case was what I 
expected it to be, so far as dieback was 
concerned. But it has been more than 
that and has done more harm than I did 
expect, a good deal. I expected no ben¬ 
eficial results from the Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture when I applied it and got none, so 
far as I can see, but there are after ef¬ 
fects which have been quite serious. 
That is, the purple mite has come on to 
those sprayed trees and they are very 
bad on them. Wherever I used Bor¬ 
deaux they are much worse than else¬ 
where. Wherever I used that spray is 
the place where you will find what scale 
insects I have. If there is anything which 
will encourage the scale, it is spraying 
with the Bordeaux mixture. But I have 
talked with a number of intelligent or- 
ange growers who have reported it quite 
successful in curing dieback in their 
hands. 
Mr. Porcher—I don’t know whether 
the horticulturists are aware of the 
origin of that idea or not. With us it 
came from a German, a Mr. Froscher. 
His experiments were not entirely suc¬ 
cessful with others, because he sold the 
Bordeaux mixture, and it would remain 
two weeks before it was used and there¬ 
fore was useless. As soon as the mix¬ 
ture was properly made and applied 
promptly, there was no question as to its 
results. But if we will use potash and 
