. Fig. 1. —Millardet, father of the Bordeaux mixture. ascribed the beneficial effect to its proper cause, the lime- bluestone mixture. While several investigators were engaged simultaneously in experimenting with these chemicals upon the mildew, it was Millardet who first planned and executed experi- ments and published results which demonstrated the com- mercial value of the lime-bluestone treatment. The first systematic applications of copper, and of copper with lime as a disease preventive, were made under the direction of Millardet, August 18, 1883. In 1884 the work

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