Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-21

Card of Nebraska saya he had better
success by using . coarSe spfpy with
lots Of force. have watched using
iiuc. ,coarse, ali kinds, and aKpec with
Card, and for this reason use there nox-
xlca a. you see here. Do not rse the
coarse. only medium coarse.
CAT this point In the reading Mr..
Crowley displayed no1xlea.) :
Up to August did. not have two per
cent. OF wormy apples, but during Aug.
ust they got bad. At picking time. Oc-
tobcr 1st; I had twenty-five per cent:
most of thIs.was ,lone nfter August 1st
and they were working hard nj picking
time very few going deep, but going in
at sides and out and In nt another
place, Come OF my old rickcrs said We
had q new worm. that II had q black
head and wns longer than the codllng.
at first thought no. as do my neigh
bors yet. but after careful study and
finding thnt ns the apple gets older and
seeds get harder fewer worms 20 to
the core. I now am satisfied this II n
late brood Of cosllIng moth.
We also use the bands to go over
them every eight dnys until September
LIST. We leave them on trees until win
ter; they arc there now waiting for
cold weather, when they will he re-
moved and scnlded. Note I say cold
weather. for II mild Mt all when the
cocoon Is broken apart the worm will
wake up and spin a new one. I have
been under the impression that to
sprny while the cnylix wns open was
enough. I believe I did my spraying
well, with good poison, and am sure I
did not have three per cent. OF wormy
apples where they went In mt the caylix
this season. One OF my neighbors, Mr..
Hunt, sprays all season: he made It
pay. visited Canon City: found NIL
conditions, nome sprayed once. twice.
and some rs much as six or eight
times. The best fruit was where the
heavy spraying was done.
Ny friend Colburn sprayed three
times. the last time in July; he had fine
success; In fact did not need the bands
late in the season. He also used arse
nate OF soda (kedxie's solution)
One pound white arsenic (Steadman
| of MISSOURI. says 2 to 50. II this will
dissolve it is enough). eight pounds sal
soda. two gallons water: boil fifteen
minutes, or until dissolved. Kedxie
says use one pint to fifty gallons Of wa.
ter and four pounds lime.
Hon. +. L. Smith OF Oregnn reports
llHe TeSultS IEUHk tulbs Ouly I'VE IHE
cent. wormy apples, but says: used
one quart OF fifty gallons water with
six to eight pounds lime, and advised
eight or ten pounds or lime. I shall
use this next year.
| Now In regard TO how to spray. AZ
before stated. Cards experience was
for n coarse. hard spray. While Sling.
erland Of New York and Woodwork
OF California advocate n fine mist, like
| fog or dew. The are both wrong. and
again both right: for the first spraying
to cover the cnylix lobes use the spray
us I have shown. but for any later
spray for the leaves or fruit make the
mist as fine us possible, and dom
spray these Inter spraying until trees
drip. for II you do 1t will gather In
drops on the apple, and on the leaf
will run to the edges, leaving poison
only In spots, where II put on fine like
fog and when the ire is wet, stop.
i I further believe that 1t will pay tt
| use bluestone. one pound to fifty gal
Ions OF water. for each spraying. Fol
two reasons; first, 1t sticks better. sec
ond It will spread better. l think 4
better for the latter than soap, and
cheaper. As he apple grows 1t gets
smoother and oily and appears to repe
or cnuse spray to collect in drops
.