. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 46 BETTER FRUIT February this application remained all season, and was verj' heavy. The tree was appar- ently uninjured by the application, and the mildewed shoots produced infected growths. Lye-sulphur solution (a); applied to seven-year-old Newtowns; date, Febru- ary 31, 1908; day cloudy, temperature moderate; formula, potash lye 3 pounds, sulphur 1 pound, water 4 gallons. Applied thoroughly in order to cover mildewed tips. This application killed greedy scale, brown apricot scale and the eggs of the canker worm. The tree developed quite normally with the
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 46 BETTER FRUIT February this application remained all season, and was verj' heavy. The tree was appar- ently uninjured by the application, and the mildewed shoots produced infected growths. Lye-sulphur solution (a); applied to seven-year-old Newtowns; date, Febru- ary 31, 1908; day cloudy, temperature moderate; formula, potash lye 3 pounds, sulphur 1 pound, water 4 gallons. Applied thoroughly in order to cover mildewed tips. This application killed greedy scale, brown apricot scale and the eggs of the canker worm. The tree developed quite normally with the exception that some of the blossom buds seemed to be retarded, the small leaves about the blossom clusters were affected by spot injury and premature falling to a greater extent than the unsprayed trees. The mildewed twigs produced very healthy growths except in two instances where infected shoots developed. Lye-sulphur solution (b); applied to two seven - year - old Newtowns; date, March 19, 1908; day clear, warm; for- mula, 600 grams potash lye, 500 grams of sulphur, 4 gallons of water. The appli- cation was thorough, ^ and killed scale insects the same as (a). The buds were beginning to expand, but were appar- ently uninjured by reason of the appli- cation. The mildewed twigs produced infected growths to practically the same extent as the checks. Copper sulphide and lime-sulphur solu- tion; applied to seven-year-old Newtowns (13 trees); date, December 3, 1908; day clear and warm; formula, 7 pounds blue- stone, 6 pounds lime, 50 gallons of lime- sulphur solution per San Jose scale for- mula. The application was very thor- ough to make sure of wetting the mil-. 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 Hood River, Or. , Better fruit publishing company
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