The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

about two-thirdS of the petals mad raj
len. We used two outfits, one our
gasoline engine and the other hand
outfit. AS previously stated in these
columns, we can dn twice the work
with our gasoline outfit that we can
do with the hand pump. Then we can
do better work with the engine be-
cause we can keep up better pressure.
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I was there when we began spray
ing and insisted on it that the work
be thoroughly done I am more and
more convinced of the superlative I'M
portance of the first spraying. Then
the calix cups are open and can be
easily filled if the work is done thor
oughly. The weather was fine and
neither outfit stopped till the first
spraying was completed. Two men
and a boy to drive the team run the
gasoline outfit and three good strong
men were necessary to run the hand
pump. Shortly after the first spray
ing was finished the hand pump was
laid aside and the gasoline outfit went
over the entire apple orchard and the
trees were given q second spraying
This was done to insure thoroughness
and also to catch any bloom that was
late in coming out. This second spray
ing was finished before the close OF
the month of May. Then we sprayed
the entire orchard again in June. We
expect to spray again the fourth time
in July and make a fifth spraying in
August. The trees are banded and
the bands will be removed and the
larvae killed as often as every ten
days till in September.
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We did not try our dust spray only
on a few trees. Some of the dust
spray advocates tell us we have not
the right kind of sprayer to do effec-
tual work. Quite a number OF our
neighbors have bought what is called
the best dust sprayer, and we will let
them show how well it works. II they
do as we'll or better than we do with
the LIQUID spray, we will buy one OF the
dust sprayers next spring and give
it a thorough trial.
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| visited P. J. Flint's orchard, some
two miles from ours, and had talk
with him on a number of matters per-
tanning to fruit growing. He gave up
the LIQUID spray the past spring and
bought one of the most approved dust
sprayers. He was out with gang OF
his men who were picking Off Wormy
apples. He says they never were so
bad. He informed me that the men
had already picked off eighty bushels
of wormy apples from about 1000 trees.
That is a bad record. But 1t must be
said that Mr. Flint admitted that he
did not begin his spraying until the
bloom was about all fallen. That was
a mistake, and what was lost by this
delay must not be charged up to the
failure of the dust spray.
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have some apples in my cellar
from last years crop and they are
sound and good. This is near the mid
die of July. That is good record for
keeping. No cold storage was used.
The apples were wrapped and put into
my cellar in Seattle early in last Nov
ember | never had apples keep so
well in common storage. | ascribe a
good deal to the wrapping of the ap-
pies. Our cellar is damp. A dry eel
lar is not good for keeping fruit The
apples were never unpacked nor han
died. Mr.. Gilbert, of the firm of Rich
ey & Gilbert, of Toppenish, Wash,
informed me the other day that our
apples, put up in the same way and
kept in cold storage, kept admirably.
We are using some Duchess and Vel
low Transparents which were recently
brought over from our ranch. So we
have in our cellar apples grown in
1906 and 1907.
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There is no change in the fruit pros