62 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Best results have been obtained where clean cultivation has 

 been practiced up to the first of July, owing to the early plow- 

 ing disturbing the pupse buried in the top soil. 



This is especially true where some of the fall fruit (wind- 

 falls) has been picked up before it has lain upon the ground for 

 a long time. 



NEW FORMULAS. 



Woolly Aphis {M. A. Cadoret, France.) 



Linseed oil 7 pounds 



White lead i 1-2 pounds 



White zinc i pound 



Turpentine i pound 



Boil lead, zinc and oil ten minutes, cool, add the turpentine. 

 Paint wounds in spring and fall. 



Fruit Flies (Berlesse) 



Molasses 20 pounds 



Arsenate of potash 4 pounds 



Water 20 gallons 



Fruit Flies (De Cillis) 



Molasse,s 130 pounds 



Honey 62 pounds 



Glycerine 4 pounds 



Arsenate of soda 4 pounds 



Water 20 gallons 



SMALL FRUITS. 



Weather conditions were as unfavorable to some of the small 

 fruits as they were to the apple. Strawberries in particular 

 suffered from the extreme drouth, with the result that the lat- 

 ter part of the crop was almost a failure. Many of the berries 

 dried on the vines and, in some cases, the vines themselves 

 \\-ithered and finally died. The early berries sold at the top 

 price, as usual, and some of the growers in the southern part 

 of the state obtained as high as 20 to 23 cents per quart basket 

 m the Portland market. 



