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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA.- 



TOP GRAFTING. 



If you have any poor or worthless varieties of trees, 

 cut the tops oil and top graft to better varieties. The 

 best time to do this work in this section is generally about 

 the latter end of March or the first week in April. 



It is not wise to do it earlier as the graft will not take 

 so good. Cut the scions about the middle of December 

 and keep them in a cool cellar in moist earth or sand, so 

 that they will remain dormant until you want to use 

 them in the spring. You will be surprised at the growths 

 these grafts will make the first season ; some that I 

 grafted last year made shoots over four feet during the 

 summer. One pear tree that I grafted last vear is well 

 set with fruit this season. 



SPRAYING FOR THE CODLING MOTH. 



In order to have good sound apples we must spray for 

 the codling moth, which deposits its eggs in the blossom 

 end of the fruit, also on the apples. To prevent the 

 worms from developing we must spray just when the 

 blossoms are falling, otherwise the spraying will not be 

 very effective. When the blossoms commence to fall the 

 calyx is refiexed and the spray will settle there. A few 

 days after the blossoms fall the calyx closes up to a point 

 and spraying would not be effective. It is necessary to 

 spray three times two weeks apart in order to kill all the 

 worms. Arsenate of lead is the best spray to kill the 

 codling mijth. 



THIN THE FRUIT. 



To have fine large juicy apples we thin the fruit on the 

 trees. The first thinning should take' place after the 

 apples are well set. The first thinning we pick all the 

 apples off every cluster except the largest one. If two or 

 more are left together they will surely be wormy. It is 

 best to thin at least three times two weeks apart. At the 

 end of the season you will be surprised at the splendid 

 results obtained. It is time well spent. 



If the apple trees are growing on sod I would advise 

 turning it over, digging or plowing in plenty of barnyard 

 manure, and keeping the cultivator going up to the end of 

 July. Wood ashes are a good fertilizer for the orchard. 



I recommend for small gardens the planting of dwarf 

 apple trees. They occupy very little space and are very 

 interesting. They bear fruit the first year after planting. 

 I advise a little summer pruning for dwarf apple trees. 

 Shorten some of the leading shoots. It helps to check 

 the growth and makes them form fruit buds. 



In this section of New Jersey, as well as other sections, 

 we only get a Jieavy crop of apples every second year. 

 In order to equalize the crop and not have an off year, it 

 is advisable when the trees are in bloom to pick all the 

 blossoms off sorne of the trees. Trees treated thus will 

 bear fruit the following year. \\'e are practicing this 

 method now with good results. This work does not take 

 any longer time to do than it does to thin the fruit. 



Spray Your Evergreens With 



SCALINE 



If they have the appearance of being stunted in their 

 growth, investigation will probably disclose that the 

 red spider, which is doing so much damage through- 

 out the country to our evergreens, is responsible for 

 the bad appearance of your trees and shrubs. 



Scaline is not a substitute for kerosene emulsion or 

 the fish oil soaps now so commonly used, but a de- 

 cided improvement on these old fashioned remedies; 

 readily soluble — easily applied — less disagreeable to 

 use — more effective and more economical. It does 

 not stain your foliage as lime and sulphur will do. 

 In fact, it cleanses and is less harmful. 



Those who have used Scaline the past winter and 

 this spring say that it excels any outdoor spraying 

 material they have ever tried for trees and hardy 

 plants. 



Gallon, $1.50. 10-gallon keg, $10. 

 50-gallon barrel, $37.50. 



For Greenhouse and General Garden Spraying use 



Spray Your Roses With 



FUNGINE 



It is an infallible remedy for mildew, rust and other 

 blights affecting flowers, fruits and vegetables. 



Just the remedy for mildew on roses and sweet 

 peas, chrysanthemum rust, etc. Unlike Bordeaux 

 and lime and sulphur, it will not stain, but cleanses 

 the foliage. 



Gallon, $2.00. 10-gallon keg, $15.00. 



VERMINE 



A soil sterilizer and vermicide for all soil worms, 

 maggots, root lice, etc. It protects your lawns and 

 crops against the ravages under the soil. 



Gallon, $3.50. 5-gallon keg. $12.50. 





For your roses, sweet peas, etc., vegetables and 

 fruit. It will destroy the aphis, red spider, thrips, 

 soft scale, and all sap sucking insects. 



Quart, $1.00. Gallon, $2.50. 



Containing twelve per cent, nicotine for vaporizing. 



Quart, $1.25. Gallon, $4.00. 

 For Sale by all Seedsmen. 



Aphine Manufacturing Company 



Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals 

 M. C. EBEL, Gen'l Mgr. MADISON, N. J. 



