Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-18
SPRAY YOUR APPLE AND
PEACH TREES KMHOUT FAIL
Sprayed Fruit Keeps Longer, Sells for
More and Produces Double
Amount at 8 Cts. per Tree.

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Any farmer having as many as five
good apple trees on his farm should
not fail to spray them this year. Is
there any reason why you should not
spray your trees? There are rarely
ever found in any country such posi-
biIities for fruit growing as there are
in Henderson county.
However, I will say that some O
the worst of the insect and fungus
diseases are becoming very prevalent
in the orchards of Henderson county.
If some measures are not taken to
control the San Jose scale in parts of
the county they will in a very short,
time kill entire orchards. This can
be controlled very easily if the proper
methods are pursued.
There will be many orchards spray
ed In the county this year, and / hope
to see every fruit grower spray next
year. If you have eve sprayed and
want to spray your trees, you will no
doubt want to do it the best possible
way. therefore it will be necessary for
you to give the subject some study.
have mailed many letters to fruit
growers over the county, but as L don't
have the names of all of them, l aIn.
herewith submitting a copy of the
letter through the Democrat:
Dear Sir:
II know you are interested in the
growth and development of the great
possibilities of our county, therefore
l take great pleasure in writing you
this letter. You can do your part iii
the perfection of this development and
promoting possibilities beyond your
individual interests.
IT did demonstration spraying in five
orchards last year, and the results
were very good. The trees that were
sprayed produced eight marketable
out of ten, while the u~nsprayed trees,
produced three out ,ef ten that, were
salable. The leaves and apples stayed
on the trees until away after frost,pro-
to eight weeks. Sprayed apples are
selling now for from 25c to 75c more |
per bushel than unsprayed apples. II
the spraying neither lengthens the
keeping nor raises the selling price
the fact that eight bushels out of ten
are made fit for market by freeing.
them from worms and fungus and
making the crop as a whole salable
should be ample reason for every ap-
will cost you to spray your trees.
"The spraying / did last year cost
an average of two and one third cents
per tree each time sprayed, three
sprayings making a total cost of eight
cents per tree, the cost varying accord
ing to the size of the tree. This will
help you to form an idea as to what it
will cost you o spray your trees.
"The best results are obtained
through the use-of-a large pump,
therefore I would suggest that you'll
and your n%eighbors club in and buy d
good machine.
MANY fruit growers begin spraying
before they are thoroughly informed
to the best methods and often make
failures. Every fruit grower should
become thoroughly familiar with the
best methods before he begins spray
ing.
II am moving my Office from the
court house to the front room in the
CITY hall. I will be in the office every
Saturday for the purpose of comforting
with farmers on any subject of farm
operation in which they may be inter-
ested. l shall be glad to discuss the
matter of spraying with you at your
earliest convenience, as the first
spraying must be done before the buds
open. 1 have on hand a number OF
bulletins and pamphlets IN farm OPP
suitable to this locality, which
I shall be glad to furnish free of
charge to any one who desires them.
Yours very truly,
"ERNEST L. PERKINS.
Farm Demonstration"