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orchards of this valuable fruit will be set out during the 

 ensuing planting season; 35,000 trees appears at this time a 

 conservative figure of the number that will be planted, though 

 this may be exceeded by several thousand if nurseries can 

 supply the stock. 



With the already large acreage in cherries in the vicinity, 

 her claim to the title of the "Cherry City" does not appear to 

 be misplaced. 



Large plantings of peaches, apricots, pears and grapes will 

 also be made, and many of the old and neglected orchards are 

 being renovated and brought into a state of productiveness. 



The Hosier community has passed through a prosperous 

 season, and shows record of a bumper crop, and a rapidly in- 

 creasing acreage in orchards; many thousands of trees are 

 being planted, consisting mostly of apples and cherries. 



Spraying is, at the present time, one of the principal re- 

 quisites to fruit culture, a fact of which every fruit grower is 

 fully aware, and that regular and systematic spraying is 

 practiced is demonstrated by the largely increased quantity 

 of clean fruit being put upon the markets. 



The San Jose scale has become so generally distributed in 

 all fruit-growing sections that most growers have become 

 acquainted with its destructive effects. It attacks all kinds 

 of fruit trees, and may be found in many instances on native 

 trees, especially on willows along creek bottoms adjacent to 

 orchards; even pine trees are infested with this most insati- 

 able of all insects. When present on bearing trees, it always 

 attacks the fruit, causing conspicuous red blotches. It has 

 lost many of its former terrors, however, as it is not difficult 

 to control, and even eradicate this pest from the orchard en- 

 tirely by using the sulphur and lime spray, properly prepared 

 and thoroughly applied during the dormant season. 



Arsenate of lead has become recognized as the leading rem- 

 edy for combatting codling moth. Several well-known brands 

 of equal effectiveness are now upon the market. The first 

 spraying for this insect should be applied after the blossoms 

 have fallen, and before the calyx cups have closed. This first 

 spraying is by far the most important, and should be applied 

 with much force and without stint of material, using a coarse 

 spray until the trees and fruit are thoroughly drenched. The 



