Graham guardian., 1910-03-25

Gould Manufacturing Co., Seneca
Falls, New York; Spraymotor Co.,
Buffalo, New York; F. E. Myers
and Bro, Ashland, Ohio; Morrill,
and Morley, Benton Harbor, Mich,
and the Deming Co., Salem, Ohio.
Catalogs and price lists can be OBJ
tanned from these dealers upon re-
quest.
Always keep your spraying outfit
in good repair and do not allow it
to deteriorate by failure to store it
properly. Losses due to rusting of
engines and pumps and unnecessary
roofing of hose may become an item
of considerable Importance to be
added to the losses charged to the
codling moth.
DIRECTION FOR APPLYING SPRAY
Four annual sprayings are usually
recommended for most sections of
the country where the coding moth
has already been greatly checked
by work in previous years and
where there are not more than two
broods during the season. In the
Upper Gila valley, to which the
directions herein given especially ap-
ply, with longer period for multi
plication and probably partial
third brood, six or seven applications
must be planned for during 1910 in
order to secure satisfactory results.
Complete all your preparation for
spraying before your trees begin to
bloom.
First Application. The first ap-
plication may commence when about
nine-tenths of the petals have fallen
and should be completed within a
week after all the petals have fallen.
Spray each variety when it is in
proper condition, that is, during the
period mentioned. The object of
this first application is to place
some of the poison in each calyx
cavity soon after the bloom sets.
To do this properly it is necessary
to use the angle or the nozzle ell in
order to spray down. A moderate
ly coarse spray is to be preferred
over fine mistlike spray. Begin
at the tops of the trees and work
downward, and do not leave a tree
until it is thoroughly drenched and
you are certain that every one of
the newly set fruits has been poison
ed. The poison which is forced in
to the calyX cavity will be closed in
by the growth of the apple, and
practically all worms which attempt |
to enter the fruit at the calyx end |
will be destroyed. In the northern
states it has been estimated that an
average of 81 to SO per cent of the
arvae or worms of the first genera
ton enter the apple through the
,alyx end. At Mesilla, New Mex
co, however, it was found that the
percentage entering the calyx end
vas much smaller. Until this point
has been fully investigated in Ari-
,ona the ordinary practices as out
ined above should be followed.
Second Application. Spray thor
,ughly three weeks after the petals
all from the majority of the trees.
The larvae or worms of the first
generation, or brood, are Matching
1t this time and it is important to
poison as many as possible before
hey have enter the apples. Use a
lozzle throwing finer spray than
before or use the small hole disk
With the same nozzle used in the
irst application. The object of this
is to cover the leaves
md fruit with a fine mistlike spray.
Third Application. SPRAY with
inc mist spray as before three
weeks after the second application
" six weeks after the petals fall.
Fourth Application. Spray as be-
ore, three weeks later or nine
weeks after the petals fall.
Fifth Application. Spray as be-
ore, three and one-half weeks after
he fourth application.
Sixth Application. Spray as be-
ore, three and one-half weeks after
he fifth application.
Seventh Application. Spray as
before, three and one half weeks
after the sixth application.
The entire series of seven appli-
,ations is for late apples only. In
he case of early apples it is, of
course, unnecessary to spray after
he crop has been picked. After
he first application all varieties
nay be sprayed at one time, regard
ess of variations in the blooming
period. For pears the first appli-
,ation in the above series is unnec-
,ssary, and all spraying should be