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Show i Spraying Frosted plants. Many theories which have long been held to be true aro proven falso every yenr. Prof. F. C. Whitten of the experiment station at Columbia, Mo., has just had somo experience along this lino. He writes as fol'ows in the Southwest. The recent cold snaps cause ninny inquiries concerning the best means of saving plants that have been frosted. It has been recommended recom-mended to spray frozen plants with cold water early in the morning morn-ing before they are affected by the sun. At tho time of the recent cold snap on tho night of March 22, peach buds at the station were nearly ready to open. Spiraeas and honey suckles had made three or four inches of new growth, bulbous bulb-ous plants were in bu I blossom, and many other plants were in a growing condition. Early in the morning after the frost before tho sunlight could affect these frozen plants, ; we sprayed .8omeacllpBeB.Hhat'"'Jt, were growing with cold water with the following . results: In every case where water was applied, the plants were injured more than where they thawed out naturall. Water at a temperature of 43 degrees de-grees above zero injured them' much more than water at the freez- . . ing point. Spiroaas and honeysuckles honeysuck-les had all their new growth killed ' when sprayed wtyh water and escaped es-caped ir jury where no water waa appli3d. Peach buds escaped with no injury in-jury except where water was applied, ap-plied, in which case 10 per cent were killed. The morning was somewhat hazy, which was favorable favor-able for tho buds. Rural Northwest. |