Report From Second District. 257 



D. S. Young, fruit grower. 

 Jacob Jones, gardener and fruit grower. 

 Postoffice address, Monroe, Wis. 



Diseases, Insects, etc. 



Fruit has been very free from diseases the last year. The 

 apple gauger and plum curculios were out in full force, 

 damaging the apple crop very much and destroying some 

 varieties entirely among the Red Astrachan. 



Two years ago my orchard was badly infested by the leaf 

 roller. I decided to try Paris green on them, so started two 

 men out with two wagon loads of water, force pump, pails 

 and a supply of Paris green, and they went over some GOO 

 bearing apple trees in half a day. After a few days I 

 looked the orchard over. I was afraid we had not done 

 much good, as there were worms left on the trees, they 

 were so well protected in their nests. Then I concluded to 

 turn my hogs in and see what they would do for them, be- 

 lieving they go into the ground to stay till another spring. 

 Between the hogs and Paris green the rollers were very 

 much reduced. Several years ago I cleared my orchard of 

 canker, worms with Paris green. I believe it is one of the 

 best remedies for codling moth we have. 



Vegetable Gardening. 



There is but little vegetable gardening done in this dis- 

 trict, probably not more grown than are required in the dis - 

 trict; in fact, we shall have to import a large quantity of 

 potatoes this year. 



Flower Culture. Tree and Onnamental Planting. 



Flower culture in this district is confined almost entirely 

 to amateurs. Tree and ornamental planting has not been 

 very extensive as yet, still there is a growing interest in 

 that direction. 



Metliods of Culture, Training and Management Worthy 



of Note. 



On this head I will quote D. S. Young's method of grow- 

 ing strawberries. He says: "I keep the cultivators going; 

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