The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-11-28

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little good.
Wormy Fruit Picked from Trees.
AS a rule the fruit grower is most
interested in the quantity and quail
ity of fruit picked from the trees. II
was shown by the experiments thai
practically so per e of apples
picked from the unsprayed winter
trees were wormy. This same thing
has been shown to be the case by
later experiments in spraying trees
Those receiving the largest number
of ~sprayings gave the largest per
cent of sound fruit. This shows that
spraying did a great deal of good.
But to get the best results on late
apples the spraying must be fire.
quent and continuous. 1t occurs to
me that since the early sprayings
are of little or nc value on the win
ter apples and since too the main
the solution of this problem will fl
nally be in the frequent and late
sprayings. While l am not ready to
definitely recommend late sprayings
alone, l am ready to say that the
results of last summers late spray
ing was very encouraging.
Early Apples.
The early apples are comparative
ly free from codling moth. The
the work of the early brood of the
worms. Most of the early varieties
are usually picked by the time the
second brood of worms is II full
force, and Shus they escape the "a
ages of the later broodS. which are
so destructive to the fall and winter
varieties of apples.
How to Spray.
This is an important feature in
spraying. Every yea there is a great
deal of spraying that does very lit
tie good. Many individuals go
through the operation and simply
waste time and money. l have OBJ
that unless the operator is
very careful there will be fruits, and
even large areas on the tree left I'M
sprayed. In many cases the opera
sprays the lower limbs of the
trees heavily, but the topmost twigs
and even the center of the tree are
left dry, and then he wonders why
spraying does not produce better
The experience of the writer
in spraying in the station orchard
has been hal better work can be
lone by beginning with the topmost
limbs and working down through the
center of the tree to the outer and
limbs, especially in heavily TO-
Jagged trees. If spraying is done at
LII it should be done thoroughly. 1t
not pay to half way do the
work. When thoroughly sprayed,
he tree should be wet all over,
not necessarily dripping.
Will It Pay to spray!
The question now comes up will it
TO spray in New Mexico? 1t
pays in other states, why will it not
Jay in New Mexico? AS l have al
'eady indicated the moth after it
sets to be very bad. like it is in the
Valley, will destroy about
lalf the crop of apples hal are pick
rom the trees in the fall if they are
lot sprayed. This, you remember,
loes not include the large number
If w~indfalls, a large per cen of
which are wormy. On the other
land, spraying will save from ten to
thirty or Del cent. The per
cent would depend on the amount
the amount that will be saved
spraying and knowing the cost
If spraying including spraying mate
'ial, the orchardist can easily figure
,ut for himself as to whether it pays
Or not.
The cost of a barrel of 40 to so
of spraying material will not
De, under ordinary circumstances,
more thar 4 to 5 cents.
Spraying Outfit.
The size of the spraying outfit
will depend on the size of the or
chard to be sprayed. The very large
would probably rather use
. power spraying outfit. while the
small fruit grower can do his work
with a hand machine. 1t is always
advisable for the fruit grower before
a spray pump to carefully
study the different pumps offered for
sale by the manufacturers of these
Among the better known
makers of spraying pumps and their
attachments may be mentioned the