New YoRK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 379 
ing, Twenty Ounce, Russet, King and Pound Sweet. The orchard. 
is thoroughly sprayed, cultivated and fertilized, and bears well every 
year. The blister-mite has been noticed in conspicuous numbers 
for three or four years. The varieties that have shown the most 
spotting of the foliage are Baldwin and Russet. The mite has 
caused important injuries. For the experiment 60 Baldwin trees 
of 27 years of age were sprayed with a commercial brand of con- 
centrated lime-sulphur wash, diluted with twelve parts of water. 
A power sprayer was employed. The mite is gaining in importance 
in this community. 
Results on mite—— The application of the lime-sulphur wash was 
very efficient. There was only an occasional spotted leaf, and the 
trees, on the whole, were practically clean. As noted in other ex- 
periments the sprayed trees presented a very thrifty appearance 
which showed up in marked contrast with the untreated portions 
of the orchard. 
EXPERIMENT-NO. 4. 
Conducted by H. W. Stoddard, Pultneyville, Wayne County, 
The orchard has an extent of 2% acres and consists of a miscel- 
laneous lot of apples, of which Baldwin and Greening are the lead- 
ing varieties. The usual spraying with bordeaux mixture is prac- 
ticed, and with the exception of the past four years the trees have 
been thoroughly tilled since 1895. Conspicuous injuries by the 
mite were detected for the first time last year. Baldwins have been 
most affected. The mite has caused some damage to the orchard 
but the extent of injury is largely conjectural, because of other 
varying conditions. The lime-sulphur-salt wash was employed but 
it was only applied to one side of the trees, because of failure to 
obtain a favorable wind to complete the spraying. The treatment 
was made with a power pump on April 24, as the buds were break- 
ing and about two and one-half gallons were applied to one side of 
each tree. The mite is becoming more destructive in this com- 
munity. 
Results on mite.— The application of the lime-sulphur-salt wash 
largely prevented spotting by the mite. The difference between the 
conditions of the sprayed portions of the trees as compared with 
the unsprayed portions and the checks was sufficient to indicate the 
utility of the sulphur wash for this pest. 
