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made so that in the one there is one pound 

 of copper sulphate to a gallon of water, 

 and in t^ie other one pound of lime, it is a 

 simple thing to take six gallons of the for- 

 mer and four of the latter and pour them 

 together in the spray barrel, afterwards 

 filling it with water. 



The arsenite of lime is cheaper and better 

 than paris green. The best formula for its 

 preparation is that known as the " Kedzie 

 mixture," which is as follows : 



White arsenic, 2 pounds. 



Sal soda (washing soda), 8 pounds. 



Water, 2 gallons. 



Boil together about 15 minutes until the 

 arsenic is all dissolved ; replace the water 

 lost in boiling and place in an earthen or 

 wooden vessel as a stock solution. One 

 pint of this is equal in strength to four 

 ounces of paris green and may be used in 

 the same way; that is, add one pint to each 

 barrel of Bordeaux, or if the latter is not 

 used, use one pint of the solution, two pounds 

 of quick lime and say 45 gallons of water. 



WORK THE PEACH TREES REQUIRE 



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'''1"^ HE pruning of the peach trees may be 

 A done at any time, but preferably just 

 before the spring growth begins, especially 

 if wood growth needs encouragement. 

 Many Canadian peach growers prune in 

 such a way as to produce long sprawling 

 arms with tufts of bearing wood at the ex- 

 tremities. This is a great mistake. 



Two-thirds of the young growth should 

 be cut off every year, from the first year 

 after planting, and the tree kept round 

 headed all its life with bearing wood almost 

 to the very trunk. ...ucH a tree will prove 

 more productive, longer lived and fairer to 

 look upon than the sprawlers above de- 

 scribed. 



AN ENEMY TO WATCH FOR. 



The peach root borer is often a most 

 serious enemy of the peach tree, giving it a 

 sickly look and resulting in premature death. 

 The presence of the pest may be detected 

 by the gum and castings about the root at 

 the ground surface. The best remedy is to 

 dig out the grub with a sharp knife and Kill 

 it either this month or early in June, before 

 it has transformed into a moth. The grub 

 is easily found and readily identified, being 

 a yellowish color and about an inch in 

 length. 



The yellows of the peach is still a mystery 

 even to students of plant pathology, and to 

 the peach grower it is the most formidable 

 and destructive of all diseases affecting his 

 orchard. If diseased trees are allowed to 

 remain, the yellows will soon spread through 

 an entire orchard, first making the fruit use- 

 less and afterward destroying the tree. 



The only known method of checking it 

 consists in digging out affected trees, and 

 burning them root and branch. . Trees hav- 

 ing diseased fruit should be " blazed " ni 

 fruit season, and early the following spring 

 they can be pulled out by the horses. A log 

 chain is attached as high up as convenient, 

 and if the ground is wet a span of horses 

 pulling first one way and then another will 

 quickly take out a tree, roots and all. If 

 this work has not been done, no time should 

 be lost in attending to it. 



I spray peaches once a year with lime and 

 sulphur, using 30 pounds of lime and 30 

 pounds of flower of sulphur to 80 gallons of 

 water. I find 30 pounds of first-class white 

 lime quite sufficient, as more makes the trees 

 white, which is no gain. An excess of lime 

 increases expenses and clogs the spraying 

 nozzles. — (W. O. Burgess, Queenston, Ont, 



