The principles of fruit-growing . nozzle attached tothe end, is advisable when one is working in thetops of the trees, but they are apt to be a nui-sance if one worksfrom the are awkwardif more than tenfeet long. We gen-erally prefer to usea bamboo fishing-pole, and secure thehose to it near itsupper end, lettingthe lower part ofthe pole remain operators have Fig. 68. Handy outfit for bushes and snaall ii^g-^^fficieut hoSC. trees. For work in old or-chards, the run should be at least fifteen feet long. For yards and ornamental plants, a cart-like rig,like that shown in Fi
The principles of fruit-growing . nozzle attached tothe end, is advisable when one is working in thetops of the trees, but they are apt to be a nui-sance if one worksfrom the are awkwardif more than tenfeet long. We gen-erally prefer to usea bamboo fishing-pole, and secure thehose to it near itsupper end, lettingthe lower part ofthe pole remain operators have Fig. 68. Handy outfit for bushes and snaall ii^g-^^fficieut hoSC. trees. For work in old or-chards, the run should be at least fifteen feet long. For yards and ornamental plants, a cart-like rig,like that shown in Fig. 68, is handy and efficient,and others are shown in Fig. 72. A home-made rigfor spraying strawberries and potatoes is seen inFig. 69. It is simply a barrel pump mounted onwheels, with three Vermorel nozzles rigged on thetail-board, so as to cover as many rows of plants. 6. The style of 2>^f^^U^ ^^^^ nozzle to he used de-pends almost wholly upon the particular lind of workto he done/^—The reader will now see that the advice. *The reader should consult Lodemaus Spraying of Plants for morespecific advice on this subject. Spraying Outfits. 359 as to machinery must depend upon the specific pur-pose for which the appliances are to be nsed. Appa-ratus which was devised a few years ago for thedistribution of Paris green may be of no value forthe application of such a thick compound as the Bor-deaux mixture. Whatever the outfit selected, thepump should be strong and powerful, with hard brassworking parts, and capable of throwing much liquidwith great force. In respect to nozzles, it may besaid that there is no one kind which is best for allpurposes. It is desirable that the liquid should reachthe plant in the form of a very fine mist; but itis just as important that the nozzle should have thepower of throwing the liquid to the desired other words, there are two elements to be con-sidered,— the nozzle must have carrying power anddelivering power. A fine mist at the orif
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