RED OIL SPRAY.
RESULTS WITH THE WASH.
, At a meeting of the. Lower Moutere ,'Fruitgrowers' Association the State liiispector of. Orchards (Mr. Hallam) was tasked if he-had seen the result : of red oil spraying last winter., ' •'
Mr. Hallam ..(says, the' ''Nelson. Mail") •answered that' all' growers "he had seen •reported that it had been very successful when used for scale—one part emulsitfied oil to 16 parts water. Mr. Alcott asked, at what strength red oil could /as-, a summer .wash.
'Mr. Hallam said that'the Government /were;, parrying out experiments for ■summer spraying with red oils. He thought that growers would do well..to experiment •with'weak solutions, so as do harm to the foliage, and to increase , the ctrength.as.far,as possible.... v .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 8
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119RED OIL SPRAY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 8
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