This section is from the book "The American Garden Vol. XI", by L. H. Bailey. Also available from Amazon: American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.
Professor Goff, working under direction of B. F. Galloway of the Department of Agriculture, has had phenomenal scccess in the treatment of the apple-scab. The Fameuse, which scabs badly in the west, was selected for the experiment. The trees were sprayed seven times, at intervals from the last of May to the 10th of August. The materials used were potassium sulphide, soda hyposulphite, a sulphur and lime compound, and a carbonate of copper solution. "All of the treatments were more or less beneficial, and the carbonate of copper solution was almost a complete remedy for the disease." Trees not treated gave of first quality apples 23.34 Percent., of second quality 53.89 percent., and of third quality 22.71 per cent. Those treated with carbonate of copper gave of first quality 75.02 per cent., of second quality 23.35 Percent., and of third quality 1.63 per cent. " The reduced size of the badly scabbed fruits, which does not appear in the numerical computation, also created a manifest difference in favor of the spraying".
 
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