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orchards near by were unproductive. Other fruit-growers of 
Gasport and vicinity noticed the results of this spraying in 1598, 
and substantiate the reports. In 1899, therefore, this grower 
sprayed as much of his larger orchard as he could when the trees 
were in full bloom, and the results of 1898 were duplicated. 
Never did he have a larger crop and finer fruit. In 1900, this 
orchardist sprayed again when the trees were in full bloom. He 
“aimed to spray every blossom well.” ‘I had twice the amount 
of apples—over 2,000 barreis—the quality the best I ever had, 
so that I am convinced more than ever that spraying in the 
blossom is the time to do it.” 
Adjoining him is an orchard of nearly the same age and vigor. 
Until 1898 the two orchards had been about equally productive, 
with perhaps a little difference in favor of the former. In 1899 
the latter grower sprayed all his trees before they had bloomed, 
but not during the blooming season. Although the trees 
bloomed as full as the neighbor’s that year, they bore but 
a scanty crop, and the fruit was somewhat inferior to that from 
the neighbor’s trees which were sprayed when in bloom. 
Another apple-grower of Gasport sprayed his trees for the 
first time in 1899. Being then skeptical about the value of 
spraying, he made a few experiments. Four of these tests are 
of interest here: (1) Thirty-six trees of Twenty Ounce were 
sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green when in full 
bloom. They bore 224 barrels of No. 1 fruit, an average of 64 
barrels per tree. (2) Five trees of the same variety which were 
sprayed after the blossoms had fallen bore five barrels of No. 1 
fruit, or one barrel per tree. (8) Three times as many market- 
able fruits matured on one side of a row of King which was 
sprayed while in full bloom as on the other side which was 
sprayed after the blossoms had fallen. (4) The lower limbs of 
one Baldwin tree were sprayed while in full bloom, and the 
upper limbs five days later when most of the blossoms had 
fallen. Only the lower limbs of this tree produced first-class 
fruit. (5) Five trees of Twenty Ounce were sprayed on one side 
