. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fruit-Growing Industries. 129 and then to break the rule when one is sure that the combination of circumstances is such that spraying is not necessary. This means that the fruit-farmer must master the reasons and the principles, and then apply them as circumstances demand. As a rule, the better the results of spraying the better has the operator conceived of his own local problems. If the fruit- grower follows this advice, he will probably' find himself
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fruit-Growing Industries. 129 and then to break the rule when one is sure that the combination of circumstances is such that spraying is not necessary. This means that the fruit-farmer must master the reasons and the principles, and then apply them as circumstances demand. As a rule, the better the results of spraying the better has the operator conceived of his own local problems. If the fruit- grower follows this advice, he will probably' find himself spray- ing apples and pears and quinces every year ; and he will be more than likely to do the same for plums, grapes and straw- berries. In no one of the applications of science-teaching to fruit- growing has the American so clearly the advantage of the Euro- pean as in the knowledge of insect and fungous pests and of means of dispatching them. The superiority of the American fruit as a general-market product, is due to a considerable degree to spraying. The American, of all men, should be the last to ask if spraying Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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