336 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY OF THE 
weakened and on July 20 were dead. larly in the season trees 
3-13 inclusive showed no injury, the leaves and blossoms being 
abundant and well distributed. Only a small percentage of the 
blossoms set fruit and the crop was small. 
Limoid mixture, 10 per ct. oil—This was sprayed on 9 Reine 
Claude plums. Trees 1 and 2 were dead on May 10, and tree 3 
had no living spurs on the inner branches although the upper 
portions were well covered with foliage and blossoms. At this 
time trees 4-9 inclusive had on one side abundant foliage and blos- 
soms, while the other half was devoid of blossoms, but had a heavy 
leafage. On July 20 trees 1 and 2 were dead while the remainder 
of the trees were sickly and bore a small yield of fruit. 
Hydrated lime mixture, 15 per ct. oil—Nine Reine Claude 
plums were sprayed and numbered as with the other treatments. 
Tree 1 was nearly dead when examined May 10; and tree 2 had a 
large number of blossoms in the upper portion, while the lower 
limbs had neither blossoms nor leaves. The third tree was heavily 
covered with blossoms and leaves on one side while on the op- 
posite side the buds were only partially opened. The remainder 
of the trees had abundant foliage but few blossoms. On July 21, 
trees 1 and 2 were dead, tree 3 had one-half of the normal leafage 
and no fruits. Trees 4-9 inclusive had a large number of leaves 
and a very small crop of fruit. | 
Hydrated lime mixture, 20 per ct. oil_—This wash was applied 
to 9 Reine Claude plums and one small cherry. An ‘examina- 
tion early in the spring showed that about one-quarter of the 
buds were killed while the remainder were greatly retarded With 
the advance of spring the blossoms were scattered thinly over the 
trees. Only a few of these set fruits so that the yield was very 
small. , 
Hydrated lime mixture, 25 per ct. oil—Nine ReineClaude plums 
were sprayed and all showed injury on May 10. Tree 1 was 
dead, trees 2-7 had only scattering leaves and blossoms, and the 
remaining trees were uninjured. The latter bore an average crop 
of fruit, while the former had none. 
Hydrated lime mixture, 30 per ct. oil.—Applications were made 
to one Reine Claude plum, five Burbank plums and one small 
cherry tree. On May 10 tree 1 was about dead, tree 2 was in a 
sluilar condition, and the other trees were without blossoms but 
