NIAGARA FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION MEETING. 



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the proposed methods of treatment, that the 

 comingf season may see some very tangible 

 results in reducing: the infestation of Scale 

 in all localities where it may have obtained 

 a foothold. 



' ' Will crude petroleumkill the cherry aphis?'' 

 asked one who had lost his whole crop by it. 

 The inspector said, "Yes, if applied early 

 enough." 



''When is that?'' 



Just before the leaf buds 

 open. The young lice hatch 

 out in advance of the leaves, 

 and may be seen with the 

 microscope to be quite live- 

 ly at that time. That is the 

 time to kill them with crude 

 petroleum, or with kero- 

 sene emulsion. "With the 

 former," said Mr. Fisher, 

 "don't hold the nozzle in 

 one place till it drips; just 

 apply a thin mist, and you 

 will do the trees no harm, 

 while you will destroy the 

 aphis." 



Cherry Aphis. — Mr. D. J. 

 MacKinnon at the same 

 meeting asked if the cherry 

 tree would bear treatment 

 with crude petroleum for 

 aphis. Mr. G. E. Fisher 

 said they should receive a 

 very light application. The 

 ordinar}' vermorel nozzle 

 has too large an opening, 

 but with a smaller opening, 

 about the 40th of an inch 

 in diameter, it would be possible to treat all 

 kinds of trees with crude petroleum, before 

 the leaves were opened, without evil effects. 



Seasonable Work. — People have queer 

 ideas, continued the inspector. They waste 

 their time spraying out of season. This 

 is the time to prepare your trees, and get 

 ready. The trunks must be scraped ; the 

 trees must be closely pruned ; the pumps 



and nozzles be put in order, and all other 

 work got out of the way so that about May 

 I St, when the buds are nearly ready to open, 

 nothing will be in the way of doing thorough 

 work. 



Fig. 22S0. Export Pears — Anjou. 



PEARS FOR EXPORT. 



Pear growing for export was the subject of 

 a most practical address at the same meeting 

 by Mr. D. J. MacKinnon, of Grimsby. A 

 few years ago, he said, I purchased a worn- 

 out farm, of which the lower part was not 

 planted. The soil of this part consisted of a 

 black clay loam from 12 inches to 2 feet in 



