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N. Y. State Fruit Growers’ Association 
Recent Meeting at Rochester 
Part IV. 
“Results of the Spraying Service in 
Pear Orchards of Niagara County in 
1917, ’ by L. Strickland. Pear psylla is 
one of the most difficult pests for the fruit 
grower to fight. Our idea was to control 
psylla with one application, the semi- 
dormant spray, if possible. This was ap¬ 
plied at the time the blossom clusters 
were about to separate on the Kieffer and 
after they had separated on the Bartlett. 
The si)ray was lime-sulphur. .‘32 degrees 
Boaurne, one gallon to eight of water 
The application was to kill the psylla 
eggs which had boon denositod on the Un¬ 
der sides of the fruit spurs and small 
branches. Records were kept in 27 or¬ 
chards and in 39 different blocks to de¬ 
termine the egg depositibn per spur, the 
result of the semi-dormaut spray, the in¬ 
crease of the pest, in the second ‘and third 
generations from known investigations. 
Considering defoliation caused by the pest 
■and the number of nymphs per spur after 
the semi-dormant spray, the increase was 
so groat by the end of the season the re¬ 
sult was non-control. Where the infesta¬ 
tion was below nine-tenths of a nymph 
per spur after the semi-dormant spraviug 
the result was con.sidered a controL as 
neither fruit nor foliage was seriously in- 
jui-ed from the pest. 
The art of controlling psylla is in delay¬ 
ing the semi-dormant spray till the clus¬ 
ters are about to break on the Kieffer 
and until they have broken on the Bart¬ 
lett. and then spray with the lime-sulphur 
solution a.s stated above. All the spray 
must be directed upward to the under 
sides of the fruit spurs and small branch¬ 
es. and an abundance of material used. 
Probably there is no better way for the 
growers of a county to obtain uniform 
I’osults than through information as given 
by a co-operative spraying service. 
I’rof. hetzel of Cornell University 
told the fruit growers how to control ap¬ 
ple scab. He said, where the apph's have 
been affected with scab, plow under the 
leaves, which contain the s!)ore of the 
scab, early in Spring. 'These spores, if 
leaves are left, .are shot out under condi¬ 
tions of warmth and moisture. 'The 
spores lodge in the buds as the leaves be¬ 
gin to unfold. These new leaves catch the 
spores. 'Thorough spraying at this time, 
especially on the under side of the leaves 
with lime-sulphur or Bordeaiix mixture 
will prevent nearly all infection. This 
must be done in addition to plowing under 
leaves, because you will not get them all 
under. Dust mixture is as effective as a 
spray mixture in controlling scab. 
“Twenty Years of Fertilizer in An Ap¬ 
ple Orchard’’ was the subji'ct of an ad¬ 
dress by R. D. Anthony of State Experi- 
immt Station, Oenevii. His geneiml con¬ 
clusions were that many of the most suc¬ 
cessful fruit growers do not now, after 
exiieriments made, cunsider it profitable to 
apply fertilizer to mature orchards, but 
l)(“li('ve it is advisable to aiiply to growing 
trees, and in such case.s, usually nitrate of 
soda, dried blood and stable manure. In 
the exiieriments we have made, heavy ap¬ 
plications of these matiu'ials h.ave not in- 
<-re;ised growth as inuch as the contribu¬ 
tions of phosphoi'ic acid and potash. We 
have had a slight increase from the use 
of complete fertilizers, and to our own 
surprise, nearly as good results when the 
nitrogen was omitted, and only i)hosphoidc 
acid and potash were used, but the in¬ 
crease was not sufficient to pay the cost of 
fertilizers at present prices. 
The orchard is but a link in a chain 
of evidence that shows a similar result in 
New York orchards. The New York Ex¬ 
periment Station iias besm conducting ex¬ 
periments for years in most jiarts of the 
Stiite. Wo had no profit.-ihle returns 
fi'om the applications 'of fertilizers, other 
than cover crops, to mature orchards. 
Prof. M. E. R,arris, on “Bean Dis¬ 
eases,” said Ijie worst disease is the dry 
I'oot rot. It is not disseminated by seed, 
but may be by manure or soil. Rotation 
of crops, so beans are jdanted on new soil, 
is' advised. Shallow cultivation is recom¬ 
mended. Planting of resistant be;ins 
when we have them is also advised. One 
of these is a good white bush beau. Rust 
is caused by fungus. 'The only control we 
have is the planting of seed from beans 
that have not rusted. We have also good 
varieties that are resistant to rust. 
Iteplies to Questions: Spray cherries 
to j)revent loss of foliage after midsummer 
with Bordeaux mixture or solution of 
lime-suli)hur, strength 1-40. Spray when 
shuck_ falls, _ and after fruit colors and 
after it is pickt'd. Dusting the trees has 
given good results. 
_ Where there is no scale. Dr. Parrott 
did not advise the dormant spray except 
under sjiecial conditions. Some varieties 
seem immune to scale. If there has been 
scale ill a vicinity, spniy varieties sus¬ 
ceptible to sciile with dormant lime-sul¬ 
phur spray. 
Prof, ('handler said tlmt Bartlett pears 
need other varieties near them to pol Ion¬ 
ize them. Most varieties of fruit set bet¬ 
ter wheu diffcM-ent varieties are in the 
orchard. Kieffer will pollinate Bartlett 
pears. Bees in a pear orchard may carry 
blight, said one grower. 
The tractor, it was the consensus of 
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They are satisfactory and a good proposi¬ 
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Traotor.s. will work in hot weather when 
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