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Red spiders are very troublesome in some seasons but will 

 not attack plants sprinkled thoroughly every day. Hard syring- 

 ing at mid-day or an application of whale oil soap to the under 

 surfaces of the leaves will rid plants of these pests. Their pres- 

 ence is shown by the light color of the foliage and the great 

 number of small pricks in the leaves. 



In fighting all these pests it should be remembered that pre- 

 vention is better than cure and that strong vigorous plants will 

 aid a great deal in protecting themselves from the visits of such 

 troubles and losses. 



(Wednesday Evening) 

 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 



Committee on Resolutions — Kinney of South Hero, Hitch- 

 cock of Pittsford, Terrill of Morrisville. 



Committee on Aivards — Fruit — J. W. Clark, North Hadley, 

 Mass. Potatoes — L. R. Jones and W. Stuart, Burlington. 



PEAR CULTURE AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING 



PEAR BLIGHT. 



BY A. M. VAUGHAN. 



Pears should be planted in an orchard by themselves, i. e., 

 they should not be planted with apples or other kinds of fruit 

 as they require different treatment. 



1. Plantirijg — They can be planted closer than apples. A 

 convenient distance is 15 x 20 feet. These can be thinned to 

 30 X 20 when time shall require. This will be all the thinning 

 necessary as pears tend to reach up rather than laterally. 



2. Cultivation — The requirements of cultivation are differ- 

 ent. It is more important that pears be cultivated than apples 

 and the time and frequency of cultivation is of more importance. 



It will be noticed that pear trees commence growing earlier 



in spring than apple trees and also that they stop growing at 



least a month or six weeks earlier in the summer. Therefore, 



we should take advantage of this fact and commence cultivating 



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