310 FLORIDA FRUITS ODDS AND ENDS. 



In the spring, when the sap begins to move in the stock, 

 all you have to do is to bring out your buds and go to 

 work; they will "take" as readily as if just taken from 

 the tree in May or June, and a clear gain of at least three 

 months is the result. 



Another point in propagating oranges not generally 

 known is, that they will root from cuttings and make good 

 trees. It is claimed that they root more readily if the 

 cutting is set with the small end down ; and this also of 

 lemons, but we will not vouch for the truth of this claim, 

 although we know that it is true of some others than the 

 citrus family. 



SHELLAC COATING. 



The coating of shellac, recommended on page 86, for 

 application to cuts or wounds made in trimming trees, is 

 prepared as follows: 



Dissolve in one quart of alcohol as much gum shellac 

 as will make a liquid of the consistency of paint ; apply 

 with a common painter's brush. Keep it in a wide-mouthed 

 bottle or jar, well corked, and have it always ready for use. 



REMEDIES FOR MILDEW, APHIS, AND RED SPIDER. 



One quarter of an ounce of sulphide of potassium to 

 one gallon water ; apply with a syringe or fountain pump. 

 This substance is cheap and easily applied, and the effect 

 upon the above enemies of the fruit and vegetable grower 

 is almost magical. Grape vines, cucumbers, melons, plum, 

 and peach trees, in short every plant attacked, requires 

 only one to three sprinklings to be completely cleared of its 

 enemies. 



ANOTHER REMEDY FOR MILDEW AND GRAPE ROT. 



Four pounds of bluestone (copperas) to fifty gallons of 

 water, or, on a smaller scale, one ounce of bluestone to 



