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partially the apparent difference between sprayed and unspiayed 
portions of the field. The mixture adhered to the plants well and 
was not easily removed by rains. The main difficulty encountered 
was to get the workmen to keep the nozzles constantly under 
motion and at the same time reach all sides of the plants. The 
least hesitancy meant drenching the foliage until the liquid ran 
off in drops. No trace of injury to the foliage by resin-Bordeaux 
mixture was found. The outfit used for the spraying consisted 
of an “ Eclipse ” pump mounted in a barrel and carried in a two- 
horse cart. Two leads of hose were attached and each workman 
sprayed one side of a row at a time. 
RESULTS. 
In 1899, records in pounds and ounces of the cuttings from the 
center row, one-fifteenth acre, of the sprayed belt, and of an 
adjoining unsprayed row, were kept. The first cutting was made 
May 6, and the last one on July 1. In all forty-five cuttings were 
taken from each row, the amount of each cutting weighed sepa- 
rately. The asparagus was bunched and sold to the Hudson 
Canning Company at Mattituck, N. Y- Primes sold at 14 cents 
and culls at 6 cents per bunch. 
On three dates the cuttings from each row were bunched sepa- 
rately. The weights of these. cuttings, together with the num- 
ber and value of prime and cull] bunches, were as shown in the 
following table: 
TABLE I.—CHARACTER AND VALUE OF YIELD OF UNSPRAYED AND SPRAYED 
ASPARAGUS. 
UNSPRAYED ROW. 













Yield BUNCHES. VALUE. 
DATE. in - ~ pa ve ed 
1899. pounds. Primes. Culls. Total. Primes. Culls. Total. 
NG a: Rea ae aa Se 1.0 1.5 2.5 $0.14 $0.09 $0.23 
RISE! Paes B's a ah, 6 9.8 2.0 Lv 3.0 0.28 0.06 0.34 
TEU TY CS 3 St a 10.8 2.5 1.0 3.5 0.35 0.06 0.41 
LS a a Pas ary 5.5 3.5 9.0 0.77 0.21 0.98 
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