. The principles of fruit-growing. Fruit-culture. Spraying Outfits. 359 as to machinery must depend upon the specific pur- pose for which the appliances are to be used. Appa- ratus which was devised a few years ago for the distribution of Paris green may be of no value for the application of such a thick compound as the Bor- deaux mixture. Whatever the outfit selected, the pump should be strong and powerful, with hard brass working parts, and capable of throwing much liquid with great force. In respect to nozzles, it may be said that there is no one kind which is best for all purposes. It is d
. The principles of fruit-growing. Fruit-culture. Spraying Outfits. 359 as to machinery must depend upon the specific pur- pose for which the appliances are to be used. Appa- ratus which was devised a few years ago for the distribution of Paris green may be of no value for the application of such a thick compound as the Bor- deaux mixture. Whatever the outfit selected, the pump should be strong and powerful, with hard brass working parts, and capable of throwing much liquid with great force. In respect to nozzles, it may be said that there is no one kind which is best for all purposes. It is desirable that the liquid should reach the plant in the form of a very fine mist; but it is just as important that the nozzle should have the power of throwing the liquid to the desired point. In other words, there are two elements to be con- sidered,— the nozzle must have carrying power and delivering power. A fine mist at the orifice of the nozzle is of no use when the nozzle is thirty feet short of the bug. With many of the modern devices, the man who holds the hose in spraying rigs may stand eight or nine feet above the ground and he may use a pole twelve to fifteen feet in length, which will elevate his nozzle something like twenty-five feet from the ground; but many of our apple trees are fifty and sixty feet high. It* will. Fig- 09. Outfit for spraying straw- berries and 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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