Show horticultural points AVOID EXCESSIVE SPRAYING injury R resulted asu cited to trade because considerable sid erable residue remained on the fruit where fruit growers late in the have sprayed fruit so heavily us as to leave a residue on it the united states department of agriculture I 1 culture urges them to remove the coating by wiping or other means that will make the fruit acceptable in the market one method recommended tor for apples and pears which can be bolion followed ved lit at a cost of a few cents per box bos Is to wipe the fruit with cotton gloves it Is pointed out that if heavy rainfalls rain falls do da not occur after heavy late spray ings the coating that remains may disfigure it to arouse apprehension lien slon ip in the minds of the consumers even though hough the residue may be entirely harmless in some cases however heavy late spraying has been sufficient to lie be actually injurious and so subjects suen fruits to seizure under state or federal food and drug laws where apples land and pears when harvested hard bard d show evidence of spray residues which have not been removed in picking handling grading and packing it Is recommended that such fruits be systematically wiped before being placed on the market or packed for shipment while this precaution Is at applicable to all fruit sprayed late in the season it Is especially important in the more southern apple districts i where the grower is often compelled to spray to protect the fruit against bitter rot and in irrigated orchards of the west and northwest where protection of apples and pears against the later broods of the codling moth Is secured by spraying with arsenate of lead willie while at this season the departments specialists are laying emphasis on the importance of wiping fruit that has a residue from spraying they also take occasion to urge that no grower should s suppose appose fruit injury resulting from neglect of proper spraying early in the season can be corrected by belated spraying heavy late spraying spray ilg undertaken in an effort to make up for what should have been done earlier Is strongly condemned the practice of spraying growing fruit properly marks one of the most important steps in horticultural progress and is s responsible to a large ti ei tent for the sound attractive appearance of fruit now on the market which Is in marked contrast to the in sect injured and disease spotted fruit so prevalent a few 3 ears ago |