CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 5 



Horticultural divisions 6 



Conditions affecting orchards in the in last region 6 



The apple 7 



The pear 9 



The cherry - 9 



The plum and the prune 9 



Conditions affecting orchards in the inland valleys 11 



Insect enemies 12 



Bacterial and fungous diseases 13 



Conditions affecting orchards in the inland u]>l9nds 13 



Insect enemies 13 



Bacterial and fungous diseases H 



Legislation 15 



Nursery stock inspection 15 



Quarantine of infested fruit 15 



Compulsory treatment of infested orchards ' IH 



Insecticides and their preparation 1 <i 



The sulphur-salt-linie wash 17 



Kerosene emulsion 18 



Paris green or London purple IS 



Arsenic and lime 19 



Arsenic, soda, and lime 19 



Whale-oil soap and quassia 19 



Fungicides and how to prepare them 20 



Bordeaux mixture 20 



Ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate 22 



Quack insecticides and fungicides 22 



Cure-all remedies 22 



Sap poisons 23 



Insect pests 23 



San Jose scale 23 



The codling moth 25 



The peach twig-borer 27 



The western Pulvinaria or cottony scale 28 



The green aphis of the apple 29 



The woolly aphis of the apple 30 



The pear-leaf blister-mite 'M 



Bacterial and fungous diseases 31 



Blackspot apple canker ; ! 1 



Apple scab ;^3 



Pear scab ;^4 



Brown rot or fruit mold 34 



Pear blight 35 



Crown gall or root gall 38 



