Show spraying spi abing aying bior for fruit rot indicates good results spraying strawberries for tile the control of leaf spot tits diseases eases lins lias frequently been recommended ind and it tew few growers 11 in widely separated lepur sepur ailed have sprayed sri ayrd regularly for fm fruit rot and have reported nn an appi apparent tren t reduction la in losses the rise systematic elpe expert indents however for the control of fruit rota hy fly spraying were ninde fly tile the united states department of ap ag lust list year ant nal although tile of tills one seasons work guidt be regarded us as inconclusive some ome fir fa result seem to be various sprays were used and no one seemed to show it marked superiority over at indicating that no really satisfactory spray schedule lias has yet been worked out the tors feel bo bolever liow wever evor that cliot tile the results justify tho the conclusion that tant spraying with bordeaux bor denux mixture and lit in cases dusting reduced tile tho lossos losses from rot which developed after the fruit was picked sufficiently to more than justify abo expense of tile treatment strawberries are grown in this country under a great variety of conditions ti ottA and spray schedules must necessarily be varied accordingly tho the result tit of the lie first seasons work se seems eirts however to indicate that in the region of I 1 klebbe bebe ark where tins this work w wai done strawberry rots inay be reduced by spraying it Is accordingly planned to extend these spraying tests |