Show PLANT AND FRUIT DISEASES many people still ignorant of benefits to be derived by spraying for fungus scab etc with all the publicity that has bern been agnen in recent years to the subject of plant and fruit diseases and the demonstration of the value ot of epra ing it is surprising how hom many people are who mho still imagine that sooty fungus blotch cab baab etc are only natural characteristics of the fruit and who nho seem slow to believe that such imperfections may ma be prevented to a large extent by bi thorough applications of fungicides militia W bal lard of the maryland experiment eta tion in the same connection condei conn eLtion tion he be also states that the lime sulphur solution was nas not as effective as a summer spray as the bordeaux mixture in that sprayed apples section of maryland TV where here the station is located and suggests that to escape bordeaux injury that the first two sprayings spray ings after the petals hale hae fallen the lime sulphur solution should be used and the latter spray ings when the fruit is near maturity and less liable to suffer from bordeaux injury the bordeaux sprayings spray ings should be made |