New YorkK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 363 
TABLE II].—ERUIT-SETTING OF TWENTY OUNCE APPLE TREES SPRAYED IN 
HALVES AT DIFFERENT TIMES, 



Setof fruit, June 9. Set of fruit, Aug. 20. 
re West side. y ? em West side. 
Tree. East side. (Fruit set when East side. (Frit set when 
(Sprajed in bloom.) sprayed.) (Sprayed in bloom.) sprayed.) - 
1 Light Light Good Fair 
2 Full Light Full “Light 
38 Full Light Full Light 
4 Full Light Very full Light 
The parts sprayed when in full bloom gave the better results. 
Eeperiment 4, in the orchard of W. 8S. Mudge, Hartland. This 
is a small orchard of about 100 trees, mostly Baldwins. It has 
been tilled for several years, and the trees are of good size, 
thrifty, and very free from insect pests and diseases. At blos- 
soming time one had to hunt several minutes to find a bud-moth 
or case-bearer in this orchard. It has been sprayed for two sea- 
sons with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green. The owner states 
that the fruit has not been noticeably scabby or wormy in past 
years. In 1897, $500 worth of fruit was taken from this little 
orchard. One row of thirteen Baldwin trees was used in this 
experiment. (1) On the morning of May 15, three trees were 
sprayed with 45 gallons of Bordeaux. A very few blossoms 
were partly open on the south side of one of the trees; perhaps 
five per ct. of the clusters had the center blossom half open. No 
blossoms had opened on the other two trees. Weather sunny 
and windy. (2) Three more trees were sprayed with 40 gallons 
of Bordeaux on Friday morning, May 18, when they were in full 
bloom. Weather cool, partly cloudy. (8) Monday afternoon, 
June 11, three other trees were sprayed with 40 gallons of Bor- 
deaux. At this time the fruit had set, but had not turned down. 
(4) Four trees were not sprayed. 
The comparative set of fruit was estimated on June 11 and 
August 21: . 
