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just  as  it  strikes  the  surface  of  the  water 
ia  the  spray  tank. 
Commercial  Forms.  —  Dry  -  mix  sul¬ 
phur-lime  is  now  being  sold  by  a  number 
of  manufacturers  of  spray  materials  under 
various  trade  names.  When  buying  the 
commercial  product  the  fact  should  be 
kept  in  mind  that  the  mixture  recom¬ 
mended  by  the  New  Jersey  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  contains  64  per  cent 
sulphur,  32  per  cent  of  hydrated  lime 
and  four  per  cent  of  dry  calcium  case¬ 
inate.  Any  change  in  these  proportions 
or  reduction  in  the  amount  of  material 
used  may  lead  to  unsatisfactory  results. 
Orchard  Tests. — The  following  results 
were  secured  in  an  eight-year-old  peach 
orchard  in  Cumberland  County.  New 
Jersey,  during  the  Summer  of  1922.  Each 
treatment  included  Carman.  Lola.  Hiley, 
Belle  of  Georgia,  Elberta  and  Iron  Moun¬ 
tain.  Starting  with  the  shuck  fall  on 
May  8,  seven  applications  were  made  to 
all  varieties  except  Carman  and  Lola, 
which  had  six.  The  average  amount  of 
spray  material  used  per  tree  at  each  ap¬ 
plication  was  one  gallon  .  The  following 
table  is  a  summary  of  the  results  with  all 
varieties : 
Pr  et.  Per  Pr  ct. 
Total 
free  from 
cent  brown 
fruits. 
disease,  scabby. 
rot. 
Treatments 
Cheek  . 14.738 
4S.G 
49.5 
1.9 
Atomic  sul¬ 
phur  . 14,155 
55.9 
42.S 
1.3 
Drv  -  mix  spe¬ 
cial  2-4-50.. 18, 294 
69.1 
29.8 
1.1 
8elf  -boiled 
lime-sulphur.16,778 
89.5 
9.7 
.8 
New  Jersey 
sulphur-glue.12,938 
93.4 
5.8 
.8 
Dry  -  mix 
stand  ard, 
8-4-50  . 11,927 
96.1 
O  O 
0.0 
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The  exceptionally  high  percentage  of 
clean  fruit  secured  with  dry-mix  sulphur- 
lime  in  this  orchard  where  scab  was  very 
prevalent,  and  during  a  season  that  was 
favorable  to  its  development  indicates 
that  it  is  an  effective  Summer  fungicide 
for  peaches  and  fully  ecjual  to  the  stand¬ 
ard  self-boiled  lime-sulphur.  The  rela¬ 
tively  poor  control  secured  with  atomic 
sulphur  and  dry-mix  special  indicates 
that  it  is  not  safe  to  depend  upon  mix¬ 
tures  having  a  low  sulphur  content  for 
the  control  of  peach  scab  in  orchards 
where  the  disease  is  likely  to  be  serious. 
Dry-mix  sulphur-lime  was  also  used  in 
several  apple  orchards  during  1922,  in 
comparison  with  concentrated  lime-sul¬ 
phur,  self-boiled  lime-sulphur  and  atomic 
sulphur,  but  its  true  value  as  a  Summer 
fungicide  for  apples  cannot  be  determined 
from  these  tests,  owing  to  the  absence  of 
scab  and  other  serious  fungus  diseases 
from  all  of  the  orchards  in  which  the  tests 
were  conducted.  However,  all  of  the  data 
secured,  together  with  observations  made 
during  the  season,  indicate  that  it  is  just 
as  effective  as  self-boiled  lime:sulphur 
and  much  less  dangerous  to  use  than 
concentrated  lime-sulphur,  particularly 
during  hot  weather. 
Dry-mix  sulphur-lime  is  recommended 
as  a  substitute  for 'self-boiled  lime-sulphur 
as  a  Summer  fungicide  for  all  kinds  of 
tree  fruits,  and  beginning  with  the  petal 
fall  applications  it  is  recommended  as  a 
substitute  for  concentrated  lime-sulphur 
on  apples,  except  where  such  diseases  as 
blotch,  bitter  rot  and  cedar  rust  are  seri¬ 
ous.  a.  ,T.  farleV. 
New  Jersey  Experiment  Station. 
The  Latest  About  Dusting 
Increasing  Use. — Dusting  has  gone 
over  with  a  rush  in  the  'State  of  New 
York  this  past  season;  at  least  fruit 
dusting  has,  if  one  can  judge  by  what  he 
saw  and  heard  at  the  New  York  State 
Horticultural  Society’s  meeting  in  Roch¬ 
ester  in  January.  The  dusting  part  of 
the  program  -was  put  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  first  day.  That  was  the  only  time 
the  hall  was  filled  to  capacity,  and  the 
question  box  was  still  open  for  business 
for  nearly  two  hours  after  the  addresses 
were  finished.  It  was  an  interesting  and 
remarkable  session.  Prominent  growers 
from  every  fruit-growing  section  of  the 
State  stood  up  and  boosted  dusting. 
Many  of  them  said  they  had  junked  their 
sprayers  an.d  henceforth  would  dust,  de¬ 
layed  dormant  and  all  the  other  applica¬ 
tions  throughout  the  session.  Others  au- 
r.oanceci  that  white  tney  still  used  the  old 
sprayer  for  the  delayed  dormant,  they 
put  it  in  the  shed  for  the  rest  of  the  sea¬ 
son,  and  Telied  thereafter  on  the  duster. 
Yes,  dusting  seems  to  have  come  to  stay, 
and  now  the  questions  are  all  about 
which  machine  is  the  best,  what  dust  to 
use,  the  number  of  applications  to  be 
made  and  just  when  to  put  them  on. 
Experimental  Work.  —  The  State 
College  of  Agriculture  has  never  recom¬ 
mended  dusting.  It  has  tried  only  to 
get  the  facts  and  present  them  annually 
to  the  growers.  The  New  York  fruit 
grower  has  brought  dusting  on  its  merits 
and  on  his  experience  with  it.  Any  New 
York  grower  who  has  dusted  intelligently 
and  continuously  for  three  or  four  years 
is  thoroughly  sold;  he  will  never  go 'back 
to  spraying.  Experimental  work  in  dust¬ 
ing  apples  was  begun  by  the  State  Col¬ 
lege  of  Agriculture  in  1912.  It  was  con¬ 
tinued  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  the  results  on  11  carefully  con¬ 
ducted  experiments  showed  just  as  good 
control  of  apple  scab  and  codling  moth 
with  dust  as  with  spray.  In  fact,  the 
figures  were  slightly  in  favor  of  the 
dust.  After  an  interval  of  four  years 
dusting  experiments  were  again  under- 
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Theseillustrations, made  from 
actual  photograohs,  show  ap¬ 
ple  branches  sprayed  with  lime 
sulfur.  The  branch  on  the  left 
shows  the  result  of  the  ordi¬ 
nary  method— that  on  the  right 
the  perfect  spread  with  Kayso 
added. 
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Pink  and  Clutter-bud 
Sprays 
Without  Kayso 
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KAYSO  added  to  spray  mixtures  and  solutions  gives  a  complete,  un- 
„  broken,  durable  coat  of  insecticide  and  fungicide.  The  fruit  grower 
can  insure  against  heavy  crop  losses  by  using  Kayso  in  every  spray. 
Kayso  gives  efficiency  and  economy  in 
Dormant,  Delayed -dormant,  Pink  and 
Cluster-bud  sprays— applied  to  control 
such  pests  and  diseases  as  San  Jose 
Scale, Red  Spider,  Blister  Mites,  Thrips, 
Psylla,  Aphids,  Red  Bug,  Twig  Borers, 
Leaf  Rollers,  Scab,  Brown  Rot,  Leaf 
Curl  and  Leaf  Spot. 
Kayso  causes  the  spray  to  adhere  per¬ 
sistently  to  bark,  buds,  leaves  and  fruit, 
thereby  giving  much  greater  protection 
than  can  be  obtained  from  ordinary 
spray,  which  washes  off  with  compara¬ 
tive  ease  during  rains. 
Kayso  added  to  the  spray  mixture  or 
solution  makes  the  spray  apply  easily 
and  cover  quickly  —  causes  the  spray  to 
set  instantly  and  dry  rapidly  without 
excessive  run-off  waste,  and  gives  in¬ 
creased  coverage  of  as  much  as  10  to 
25  percent. 
An  important  problem  of  the  spray- 
man  is  to  know  with  certainty  when 
a  tree  has  been  sprayed  enough.  After 
drying,  the  spots  of  poison  are  con¬ 
spicuous  but,  while  spraying,  the  drops 
are  difficult  to  see.  Thus  the  tree  often 
gets  a  second,  third  or  even  fourth  dash 
from  the  nozzle,  with  the  result  that 
the  drops  run  off  and  waste  on  the 
ground,  and  the  protection  is  im¬ 
paired  rather  than  increased.  Further¬ 
more,  much  run-off  is  bound  to  occur 
when  the  spray  is  made  to  carry  to  the 
central  and  distant  parts  of  the  tree. 
By  using  Kayso  every  drop  of  spray 
that  strikes  the  tree  flattens  into  a  film. 
The  surface  wets  immediately  and  is 
instantly  recognizable  to  the  sprayman. 
The  film  becomes  fixed  the  moment  it 
forms;  it  does  not  drain  or  continue  to 
spread  or  get  thinner.  Further  spray¬ 
ing  adds  to  the  thickness  of  the  film 
and  gives  increased,  rather  than  de¬ 
creased,  protection  to  the  surface.  The 
setting  property  of  Kayso  prevents  loss 
of  any  insecticide  or  fungicide  material, 
or  reduces  it  to  the  minimum. 
With  Kayso 
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