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li and limbs of the cedar tree. If t`ects of quincc rust. On the other oro
present, both of these types can be hand, the trees that had the straight {or.
- easily found on cedars during the sult`ur program had an average ol
early spring rainy season. 554 quinee rust infected drops; or ~  
The usual spray materials such as G'; times as many as the Ferinair V lll?
. lime sulfur and wettable sulfurs ap- plots. These tests are being carried .  
plied during the pre-blossom and out on Stayman, Red Delicious, and l_;l_
calyx periods have generally failed Winesap varieties. Additional E ’ *
to control these two diseases and counts will be made through the Clllll
the amount of injury from them has $L*liSOIl, as well as harvest records in ` LH"
been chiefly dependent on the order to get a complete picture of  
amount of rain during March and the trials. U bl}
early April- Th'? n€“’ fungicide ma' The reduction of early season in-  
teri¤1,k¤0\V¤ 35 F€l`In8l€» has Sl\'€n fections and drops bv use of tilt . in
~ good C0¤l1`0l of both 8Dl>l€ scab and Fermate is very interesting.; and  
» cedar rust in some recent tests 1¤ represents an important saving of 3_(
` lVliSSOuri and other states. This fruit. The Fermate sprayed trtis
spring H small Hm0L1¤l of the ma- also have much less cedar rust leaf '
terial was obtained for trials at the spotting than the others. App1·· lil<
Western Kentucky Experiment Sub- scab has also been well controllevi dif
station at Princeton. The material to date in the Ferinate plots and thi
did not arrive until tinig for the the llrltll l`eSLlltS (lf these tests arr C0
pink spray and was then used in awaited with much interest. be
the pink spray, full bloom spray, 3
calyx spray, and in the first and T"? Bt
second cover. Applications were be- rt
tween April 3 and May 5. The fre- KENTUCKY STATE FMR- Gi
quent sprays during that period 1944 ar
were needed because of the fre- _ _ V. . _ V __ , ea
quent and heavy rains and ideal Alml Sl"l’l’mg ll‘° _l°m*· lm k<
scab and cedar rust infection con- Kgntilclw Slat? Fall “}ll bs nj ar
ditions that existed. In one test the Slllned m l9`H· BOCQUSC °l_“`m` “"‘l`§ fo
Fermate \/vas used at the rate Of 1]/3 being QHl`l`1eCl Ol] Ht the l`2]1l‘ gl`Ollllft§ W
‘ pounds Of Fermate and lré pounds the fair will be held at Cluircliiil
. of lime per 100 gallons of mixture. Dmvns mls YM"` and the dam ljffi T
i On the other plots 3 mixture Of 3 it are from Monday, August -¤·. .  
` pounds of wettable sulfur and le through Molldayi S“l’l°mb°l` 4- if
pound of Fermate per l00 gallons Of special interest to fruit men ` f,
was uggd_ The sulfur plots that and to a large part of the public. in ff
were used for cgmpgiriggn received ,&fCIlO1`£1l, will be the exhibit of Kell-  
2 gallons of liquid lime sulfur in the lL1ClF¤$l· 2,
pink bud stage and 6 pounds or wet- these exhibits of apples, peaches. H
table sulfur per 100 gallons during D€€n`$, g1`€ll>€$» l>lU¤lS» Grill) ¤l>lll<’F· L
the other sprays mentioned All walnuts, hickory nuts, pecans, and g
plots had rgqgivgd lime Sulfur Sprays ])2l\Vl)8\V$ ll8\'e 21tt1`2tCleCl wide £tllt‘ll· U
in the delayed dormant and pre-plnk tion. With a good fruit crop in the
stage, state this year the fruit exhibit
Shortly after the calyx period a Should be outstanding. The limit- a
number or small qulnee rust ln- ing factor will be the general ruslt \‘
fgctgd apples wgi·@ rigticgd On [hg £lllCl SllOl`l€lgC of lZ`tl)0l` {lI‘1"t()ll;{ l'l`Llil ~ ll
straight sulfur plots while it was SYOWQYS- 5
difficult to find even one in the Fer- Due to the earlincss of the fair l
mate plots. It was soon noticed this year (August 28), peaches and ‘
that the number of infections in the grapes should show to special advan-
sulfur block were quite numerous tagc. In view of this, special classes. 1
and were causing many young fruits have been added for the best peek j
to drop. During late May and early and best half bushel of Elbcrta. A j
June the dropped fruits under sev- Hale, and any other variety. Also. l
eral of these trees were picked up, a sweepstakes ribbon and award ;
classified, and counted. Up to June has been added this year for thc
8 the trees that had been sprayed best basket of peaches. The usual
with the wettable sulfur and Fer- exhibit of the best plates of peaches
mate mixture had an average of 85 and best climax basket of peaches is
fru1ts per tree fallen from the ef- being continued. The fine peach
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