Nov. 2, IdOS.] Agricidturcd Gazette of N.S.W. 955 



Never f umiijate trees for several months after they have been spravod with 

 Bordeaux mixture, as, if they are so treated, all the leaves will fall off, 

 many of the smaller twigs, and occasionally the top part of the tree, will be 

 killed. 



If it is desii-ed to spray citrus trees with Bordeaux mixture for any of tlie 

 different fungous diseases which attack them occasionally, it would he well, 

 wherever the trees rp(juire fumigation, to treat the trees for the scale pests 

 first (if fumigation is to be practised), ..af tin' which they may be sprajed as 

 many times as is necessary, without fear of damaging them — that is provided 

 they are in a good healthy condition. 



Fruit-fly. — In districts where the fruit-fly has been troublesome in 

 previous seasons, particular care should be taken to pick up and destroy all 

 fallen and fly-infested fruits, and boil them, in order to ensure the destruction 

 of all larvye which may be contained therein. Set kerosene traps as soon as 

 the fly appears. At present these are the only sure ways known of helping 

 to keep down this pest, and I would urge upon growers the importance of 

 doing their best in this respect. 



Codliny Muih. — Every care sliould be taken to destroy the codling moth, 

 which makes its appearance about the' time- the apple-trees finish blooming, 

 la^'s its eggs on the young fruit. and leave?,, and after hatching works its w^ay 

 into the apple, and within a few w^eeks emerges and lowers itself down to the 

 gTOund by a silken thread, and immediately seeks shelter by crawling up the 

 tree and getting into any crack or underneath any old loose bark, either on 

 the tree, or pi'ops, or any loose rubbish which will provide a hiding place. 

 The orchard should, therefore, be kept free of such rubbish, and all trees 

 bandaged at a height of about 10 inches fi-om the ground. The grubs will 

 harbour in the bandages, which. should therefoie be I'emoved every ten days 

 and all grubs killed. Pick up and destroy all fallen fruit. Continue spraying 

 with arsenate of lead or arsenite of soda. 



Inspectors have now been appointed in different parts of the country, with 

 instructions to see that all growers are using every reasonable precaution to 

 k^ep the codling moth and fruit-fly in check ; but we hope that by this 

 time every grower is convinced that it is to his own interest to co-operate 

 with his neighbours in using every means to stamp out these pests, and I feel 

 sure that if they will work with a will the fruit industry will soon be in a 

 much better position than it has been in the past. 



Diishudding. — See that all superfluous gro'vth is removed from the roots 

 and trunks of all trees and vines, so that the new growth wdll be confined to 

 the development of limbs and canes which have been selected to form the 

 main arms and branches of such tree or vine. It is regrettable to see suckers 

 growing from the roots of many trees and vines which could, with a veiy 

 little trouble, have been removed, when such misguided encrcy]- would have 

 gone towards the development of the tops of such plants. 



