The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-02-03
LIME-SULPHUR Is
FAVORED BY GROWERS

All of the growers present at the
meeting of the Mosier horticultural
society expressed themselves in favor
of using the lime and sulphur spray.
Considerable dissatisfaction wss shown
regarding the results obtained the past
year with the soluble sulphur spray.
and not a one of the members of the
society expressed himself in favor OF
this spray.
]. M. Carroll acted as chairman OF
the meeting and led the talks Oh
spraying. He stated that Cmany who
had used arsenate of lead separate
from the other sprays had not OBJ
tanned very satisfactory results. re-
ceived infect ons through the calyx and
side of the apple to the amount OF
about rs per cent. 81 have talked
with people who mixed the arsenate
of lead with the lime and sulphur in
the calyx spray and obtained success,
keeping out nearly all the worms and
keeping the csab down to six per cent,
the amount varying from two to six
per cent according to varieties. The
worm infections were small, and be.
lieve that we could make a success
here.
al have had considerable success
with arsenate of lead for codling
moth. I" said Geo. Chamberlain. 81
used the calyx spray in June: although
did not spray for scab, had less than
one per cent of wormy apples. In the
calyx spray used five pounds OF the ar
senate of lead to the fifty gallons OF
water under 100 pounds pressure; for
the spray on June ], I used three
pounds to fifty gallons" ="
Geo. Carroll stated that when the
calyx was closed, it ought to be a good
time to spray with lime-sulphur. j. M.
Carroll stated, however. that 1t leaves
too long time, as twenty days will
have elapsed before spraying with q
fungicide. "lf the spray is put on in
the dormant stage" he continued, "it
should also be put on in the semi-dor-
mnat and then in the pink. Later
you can catch the eggs of the aphis.
always wait until nearly the semi-dor-
mant period before putting on the
dormant srpay.
After a query by John Ross regard
ing the danger of the semi-dormant
spray burning the little stems and
fruit buds, the chairman replied: "In
talking with E. H. Shepard. of Hood
River, editor of Betteri Fruit. he stated
that he had received no damage from
spraying l-2o in the pink. Where the
bloom had bursted, he used l-25 with
no bad results. The leaves were pro.
tected and no damage was done to the
stems. The young fruit is easily
burned, and Bordeaux mixture russets
in the pink more readily.
MIR. Carroll stated that the associa-
tion would carry a supply of Baume
hydrometers SO that every man would
be able to test the lime-sulphur before
using il in his spray.
For aphis Geo. Mathews stated that
he used 3-8 of pint of Black Leaf
"40t" for aphis to so gallons of water
which he mixed with the lime sulphur.
This spray has met with favor among
all the growers. Regarding the brand
of arsenate of lead which the associa-
tion used the growers showed no spec
ial preference, but left the matter up
to the board of directors, who later
purchased from A. V. Higgins, a rep
resentative of the Sherwin-Williams
Co., who was present.
Every grower was urged during the
year to keep careful memorandum of
the date when spraying will be done,
the weather conditions, the kind of
spray material and accessories used,
the amount of spray used, the condi.
tion of the trees, and in fact anything
that would help to develop the cost per
develop the cost per box of the spray.
E. J. Thrift stated chat he has kept
such a record for the past three years.
For a topic of discussion for the
next meeting, Geo. Mathews moved
that the talk be made on "Cultiva-
tion." The chairman then appointed
c. L. Joy to lead the talk, on account
of his success in this work.