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We Must Spray to Insure Good Fruit 
(Continued from page 865) • 
have never heard of it: although almost 
every apple and pear tree and many trees 
and bushes are badly infested through 
this and other sections. The past season 
its injury to apple trees especially, al¬ 
most anywhere we traveled in the Hud¬ 
son Valley, was very marked, many trees 
from their stunted, yellow appearance 
looking as thought they had passed 
through a long drought. I have believed 
that lime-sulphur, used at the same 
strength and at the same time as recom¬ 
mended for San Jose scale would clean 
these trees up. but at the Poughkeepsie 
meeting Frof. Parrott stated that this is 
not the case. 
Tiie Leaf--Hopper. —Still another in¬ 
sect. so far as l know, was serious enough 
for the first time the past Fall to cause 
the apples from trees well sprayed and 
protected from all other insects to be 
rejected. I speak of the leaf-hopper, 
which in many cases came to my notice 
causing the fruit to take on a unsettled 
appearance. In one case at least it was 
responsible foe the rejection by a dealer 
of an otherwise exceptionally fine lot of 
R. I. Greenings. The injury done by the 
leaf hopper is of two kinds: that to the 
tree and to the fruit. Its feeding habit 
of sucking the juice causes the leaf to 
take on a white mottled appearance. The 
fruit (more noticeable on green or white 
varieties) is injured by the deposition of 
a brown pasty substance on the surface, 
giving the appearance of having been hit 
with a fine spray, and in some cases al¬ 
most completely covering it. >So far as I 
know, there has been no spraying done 
to control this insect on the apple. How¬ 
ever, as it is similar to, if not identical 
with, the grape leaf hopper, tobacco ex¬ 
tract sprays will undoubtedly control 
them. As to best time of application I 
will speak further on. 
Pear Blight and Other Troubles.— 
In regard to diseases. I will just mention 
one here, the pear blight, and that only 
so far as it concerns spraying, or at least 
spraying controls it and other things on 
the pear. There are some benefits to be 
derived from a dormant application to 
apples, even where scale is not numerous. 
There is at least as good reason for mak¬ 
ing a dormant strength application to 
the pears. First, the red spider, which | 
is as numerous on some pears as apples. 
Next, the pear psylla. for which I believe! 
all are agreed the one best control meas¬ 
ure is a spray of lime-sulphur. 1—S. (//el 
plied late a. possible before blossoms , 
open. With me, while I have no special 
proof. 1 believe this same full strength 
lime-sulphur spray. 1—S. used just before 
the blossoms open, has proved of great 
benefit in checking the spread of peat- 
blight. I account for it in this way: 
The lime-sulphur, with tobacco extract 
added (three-fourths pint to 100 gallons) 
makes a deadly and offensive mixture to 
all insect life, and applied so short a time 
before the blossoms open kills or drives 
away many insects that might otherwise 
carry infection to the blossoms when they 
open. 
Getting the Facts. —You will note I 
have not been very specific, especially in 
the time of application. In most cases 
one cannot set down a definite time for 
application, because of the variations due 
to seasons, soils, localities, locations, 
varieties and other things that enter in. 
We have a Farm Bureau in practically 
every County in New York State, and 
ought to have one undoubtedly in every 
county in every State. We also have a 
‘spray service” (a special man to advise 
on fruit) in many counties. A part of 
the duties of all Farm Bureau Agents, 
whether they have an assistant or not. 
is to furnish this definite information. 
Any man growing fruit, no matter where 
he may be located, can probably do noth¬ 
ing that will pay better than to get in 
touch with his Farm Bureau Agent and 
together decide what spraying they ought 
to do. and how to do it with greatest 
benefit and to best advantage. It is not 
too early, as your man may have to get 
this information for you. As I said at 
the outset, fruit growers have certainly 
had hard traveling, with the road looking 
none too smooth ahead as far as our 
vision now extends. Yet it does not seem 
possible we can face such a combination 
of unfavorable conditions again in a de¬ 
cade at least, and certainly I feel while 
the fruit business may need a little tuning 
up and readjustment here and there, it 
is not dead. I have too much at stake} 
to neglect any spraying that will benefit; 
my trees or fruit, and so to the knowledge, 
I have I shall add all I can and go ahead. 
WILLIAM HOTALING. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
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