THE CHERRY ORCHARD IN JULY AND AUGUST. 25 1 



•did well, providing they were judiciously sprayed with Bordeaux 

 mixture to keep the fungous diseases in check. This year in June 

 my cherry orchard began to look yellow. The leaves were infested 

 with fungous diseases, and I could see from a mile away that the 

 whole orchard had turned to a yellow color. I at once applied a 

 good spraying of Bordeaux mixture, and in a week's time the yellow 

 leaves had dropped off, the fungus was checked, and the trees soon 

 became as green as they were before and matured a good crop 

 of fruit. 



The Homer cherry. 



If the cherry orchards are sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 

 before the blossom buds open and once or twice afterwards in May 

 or the first part of June, this will generally keep the fungus in 

 ■check so that spraying will not be necessary shortly before the fruit 

 is marketed, but if this spraying has been neglected and the trees 

 ■get the appearance as I described above my orchard had in June 

 I would spray at once, even if it is a few days before picking time, 

 •even if I had to wash the fruit in order to market it. Very seldom 

 -spraying has to be done in August, as most of the seasons are very 

 "dry at that time of the year, but the cherry grower in all the manip- 



