Sprayed Trees Bear More Fruit

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 23, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 17.

Sprayed Trees Bear More Fruit

According to a bulletin issued by the University of California, eight times as much fruit was borne by sprayed trees as by unsprayed trees in a thrips-infected pear orchard in the Santa Clara Valley. These trees were sprayed with whitewash, and the amount of blossoms maturing was in proportion to the amount of whitewash applied. Unsprayed trees blossomed feebly; the sprayed trees came out into full bloom. This bulletin can be secured from the University of California, as well as one on protecting orchards from the peach-tree borer.