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Show i Spraying for Fruit Rot j j Indicates Good Results j Spraying strawberries for the control con-trol of leaf-spot diseases has frequently frequent-ly been recommended, and a few growers grow-ers in widely separated localities have sprayed regularly for fruit rot and have reported an apparent reduction in lesses. The first systematic experiments, experi-ments, however, for the control of fruit rots by spraying were made by . the United States Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture last year, and although the results of this one season's work must be regarded as inconclusive, some favorable fa-vorable results seem to be indicated. Various sprays were used, and no one seemed to show a marked superiority supe-riority over another, indicating that no i really satisfactory spray schedule has I yet been worked out. The investiga-I investiga-I tors feel, however, that the results Justify the conclusion that spraying ! with bordeaux mixture, and in some cases dusting, reduced the losses from rot which developed after the fruit was picked sufficiently to more than Justify the expense of the treatment. Strawberries are grown In this country coun-try under a great variety of conditions, condi-tions, and spray schedules must necessarily neces-sarily be varied accordingly. The result re-sult of the first season's work seems, however, to indicate that in the region of Beebe, Ark., where this work was done, strawberry rots may be reduced by spraying. It Is accordingly planned to extend these spraying tests. |