Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
(sPRAY|NC THE ORCHARD;
LESSONS FOR AMATEURS
Trees Owned by City Agriculturis,s
treated Like Those of the Sure
s Enough Orchardists.
FIGHTING THE CoDDLING MOTH
Cost Of Treatment of Apple Trees
Very Small, While Profits Are
Simply Immense-Proper Implc-
ments and How to Use Them.

Tho city asricul,urists. who have
little farms in the suburbs. and some
81 VINO own larger ones up and down the
James and AppomattoX Rivers arc at
tempting to do great stunts in the
i fruit line. They have all set ont or
chards OF greater or less dimensions,
and II has been suggested that they
need a lot of heart to-hcart instrUc-
Il ton. Spraying shall be especially
$ytreated and discussed in this article.
3S When IL costs less than 10 cents a
tree TO spray apple orchard. the
wonder is that more arc not sprayed:
\ particularly the wonder grows when
Z IT is proven fact that the crop is in
creased from 30 to 500 per cent by
spraying.
sEs The cost of spraying is not easy to
sSascertain or TO make q general aver
age, because OF the varying conditions
gsin the orchard SPRAYED An orChardisi
3who is supplied with all tho modern
machinery and who has n large num-
Der Of trees can naturally spray his
s%trces at smaller cost per tree than
1.-THE man Who is handicapped by lack
OF equipment i'll small orchard.
Ten cents per tree is probably very
~ low figure. but the average farm or
chard should be sprayed three times a
Syear the total cost not exceeding %
5%cents per tree, and AT this cost the OPP
8seration will pay big.
Estate writes The Times Dispatch; II
cannot tell exactly the spraying cost
ION our orchard Of thirty acres, but I
= know that the first wear We sprayed
9sour ten -year-old orchard we made
lthree times as much money as ever
9sbefore.
Last year We SPRAYED three times
and did good job. From these
SPRAYED trees there were practically no
%swindfalls. and no apples were even
a picked or even sold from the ground
asAbout half OF our fruit from this or
+ schard sold as fancics. packed in boxes
I'VE would spray our orchard If il cost
@S1 per tree"
Eff 'TWERE DONE. "TWERE
ig WELL 'TWERE WELL DONE
I, Tho effectiveness of spraying is the
great thing. II il is we'll done the
results will he certain, but If poorly
done they will he uncertain. 1t will
kanot do to spray half the buds. or three
| quarters, or even nnc-tcnths and
leave any portion unspraycd. II per-
feet success is TO be attained.
The codlinS moth. which proha bly,
does more harm 10 apple orcha rds than
any other insect, is hard TO reach, and
the greatest care must be taken TO APP
ply the spray al exactly the right time
to put him out OF business
This inscc; varies somewhat In its
I work and II may he that for two or
three seasons in succession damages
! from it will not he large: but this
period OF relief may he succeeded by
Nome in which the damage caused by
mis- insect is tremendous.
The whole secret Of successful
praying is 10 get tho poison in tbs
lace where tho worms will naturally
o TO eat II. If that is done. the career
the worm is ended, but IL the
bison is applied 10 other parts OF the
ees, and the favori,e hiding places OF
20 worm arc NOT sprayed. il will 20
eating its way into the heart OF
Ie apple. and the work Of spray ing
i'll he lost.
II we examine a Young aprl" wien
is first forming. il will he seen that
ere is little hollow called the
RlyX-cup. This is covered over 10y
he circle Of stamcns and this in
urn, will he covered over soon after
me little apple forms by the five little
,rcon lobes, which gradually close and
orm the perfect roof over the cup
,eucath.
The codlinEmoth LAYS its ocrs on
the leaves surrounding the ,hstcrs OF
title applos. Tie worms do not hatch
PM until JRcvcral weeks after tho little
[:S;tprle forms. hut soon they are
3Soutethey hustle for hiding place and
f$they find this in the blossom end OF
|Ssthe apple.
bSs They crawl dtayn bj-w,ccu the little
.lobcs through file stamcns, 10 Tie
livery bottom OF the calyx-cup aud
Vi there. secure from molcstntion, they
sNproceed to eat their way into the
etender seeds.
T Now 1t follows, that II tho spraycr
ia las done good Job and Injected the
- olson down to the bottom OF the cup.
EfFr. Q. Moth Will NEE; his death With
sts6is first meal but il the poison has
@Shot reached the inside OF The LITTLE
Atup. tho worm will go on dcstroymg
asfthe apple.
IA If the spraycr waits until the little
= lobes close over the calyx-cup. natur-
~ sllv the poison cannot Get inside, and
4 this is the point Of the whole matter.
!, 1t is necessary 10 spray before INC
n cup closes.
u USE OF THE RIGHT
{ KIND OF IMPLEMENTS
over again. that where perfect spray
! inS was done from 80 TO % per cen.
Of all the first brood of the coddlnc o.
moth were killed Also. this kInd Of
%Aapraying destroys some OF IN" remain
finE ones afterward thus practicalll.
preventing a second brood.
In order TO get the poison into the
tile calyx cup 1t IL necessary TO i'm
kct-it with considerable force. he =
81 use the stancn bars arc thick ana
lerabIe stout, and form solid roof
Ter the cup.
II the spray is put on as INST. il
iges on the outside, and II thrown
into the air TO come down IN falling
Rops it will strike this little roof anc!
FL off. Here's where the spray-nozzle
mes in. This instrument sends a
wing spray Of fine drops Eve or
feet before il breaks up into n
list. and the nozzle must be hold
thin foot or two OF the blossom in
der that the SPRAY can penetrate to
e very bottom OF the cup.
- ITO do this thoroughly. IL is necessary
point the nozzle straight into every
,ssom OH the tree, ana to do this the
aver must stand on 4 platform high
pugh to reach into the bioss oms, and
must then get down low enough 80
t he can reach those blossoms winch
mt downward
lost of these blossoms that point
inward may be reached from the
lerside by turning the nozzle under
I'M and directing the spray upward
top OF the spraying tower should