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Roses 



Aphis 



Hardy Fruit Garden 

 Gooseberry caterpillar 



Editorial 

 ■Vine weevils 



Fruits under glass 



Red spider 

 Hardy Fruit Garden 



Apricot 



Market Fruit Garden 

 Apple sucker 



Editorial 



Apple blossom 

 Bud moth 



otVi'ct from it, unless tlie lainfall happens to be more 

 violent than in an ordinary storm, as it is not at all 

 likely that a specially electrical condition of the atmo- 

 sphere affects the aphis. A busy fruitgrower can 

 hardly find time for such experiments as are suggested. 

 They should be carried out by the authorities paid out 

 of public funds to undertake research. As matters 

 stand, T do not know whether the expense incurred in 

 spraying has been useful or almost useless. There is 

 too much reason to fear that the arsenate of lead has 

 been all, or nearlj^ all, washed off the trees by rain, and 

 that the caterpillars will be able to go on feeding with 

 impunity. They, like the other pests, were in the 

 trusses of blossom buds and the surrounding leaves. 

 "A Southern Grower." p. 301, 10. 5. 13. 

 (Should the pest appear on the leaves, syringe the trees 

 with a mixture of soft soap and sulphur. The sulphur 

 will also check mildew. Caterpillars are particularly 

 numerous this season and unless they are diligently 

 sought for they may do much damage, p. 308, 10. 5. 13. 

 If the pest has already taken a hold on the bushes, they 

 should be syringed at once with a good insecticide. 

 Some mixture containing a certain proportion of 

 nicotine will answer the purpose best, it will kill the 

 grub in a few minutes. The trees should be afterwards 

 syringed with clean, soft water, p. 309, 10. 5. 13. 

 Place freshly tarred paper under the vines, then approach 

 the vines with a lantern in the hand, giving each rod 

 a slight shaking. . . .It is difficult to kill the larvae in 

 the soil for they seem proof against any but the 

 strongest and most dangerous applications, p. 320, 

 10. 5. 13. 

 The vines will need syringing occasionally with an 



insecticide to destroy red spider, p. 326, 17. 5. 13. 

 A small yellow caterpillar is a great pest: this pest 

 should be hand-picked and destroyed. After a 

 thorough search syringe the trees with a weak solution 

 of nicotine, p. 327, 17. 5. 13. 

 Our trees were sprayed with Buxton UmC; and in the 

 case of Warner's King, which I have always found the 

 most susceptible to sucker, I used salt with the lime. 

 The spraying was done just before the flower buds 

 parted from the cluster ready for expansion, p. 332, 

 17. 5. 13. 

 The trees should have been sprayed with arsenate of 

 lead . . .as soon as the petals have fallen, spray with 1 lb. 

 of arsenate of lead paste to 25 gallons of water. As 



