. Biennial report of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture ... Horticulture; Fruit-culture; Gardening. BUAKD OF HORTICULTURE 115 learned the game or have failed to equip themselves with spray outfits adequate for the work, for the U:)sses from scah aloue, not to meiition codling rnoth, have ruii up iuto mauy thousaiuls of doUars, au average of 50 per ceiit cuUs haviiig been reported from some districts of considerable size. That this could have been prevented is showu hy the fine results from systematic spraying obtained by certain individual orchardists in these same sections. Perhaps some e
. Biennial report of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture ... Horticulture; Fruit-culture; Gardening. BUAKD OF HORTICULTURE 115 learned the game or have failed to equip themselves with spray outfits adequate for the work, for the U:)sses from scah aloue, not to meiition codling rnoth, have ruii up iuto mauy thousaiuls of doUars, au average of 50 per ceiit cuUs haviiig been reported from some districts of considerable size. That this could have been prevented is showu hy the fine results from systematic spraying obtained by certain individual orchardists in these same sections. Perhaps some explauatiou of the requirements for successful scab control might be helpful to growers who do not want to repeat the experiences of the past. Hood River growers, in a climate favorable for scab, have adopted a spray program of four to five spring sprays for scab control, two of these being combi- nation sprays for codling moth prevention. The reason they put on so many scab sprays and follow up with the number of codling moth sprays which they regularly give, is that they have proved to their own satisfaction that it doesn't pay to omit any step in this schedule of applications. They have come to feel as though the Omission of one application would lie much like hanging out a sign in front of the orchard reading "Welcome Apple ; There was a time wheu Hood River growers had not learned the secret of successful fruit protection. Enormous losses were sustained from scab in some seasons. Then along came the Oregon Experiment Station at its Hood River bi-anch, studying the Situation through several years of investigation under the direction of Winston and Childs. As a result of this work it was discovered that the Pacific Slope fruit sections require one more spray application for succesful control than other sections of the United States were giving. This extra application is the one put on at the begin- ning of the growing season, just as soon as the tiny leaves sur
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