312 THE FRUIT PLANTATION 



branches with soft soap, thinned with water so that it can 

 be applied with a brush or broom, during the spring. The 

 addition of an ounce of Paris green in each five gallons of 

 the wash will be of value. 



The most troublesome disease of the apple is the apple - 

 scab, which disfigures the fruit as well as lessens its size. 



211. Blighted and broken foliage and injured fruit, the work of 

 apple-scab. 



It also often does much harm to the foliage, and thus checks 

 the growth of the trees (Fig. 211). The Baldwin, Fameuse, 

 Northern Spy and Bed Canada are particularly subject to 

 this disease, and it is much more troublesome in moist 

 seasons than when the weather is dry. The use of fungi- 

 cides will do much to lessen the injury from this disease. 

 To be effectual, however, they must be applied in a thorough 

 manner, and as a preventive rather than a cure. The 

 trees should be sprayed with a solution of copper sul- 

 phate at the rate of one pound to fifteen gallons of water, 

 before the buds open in the spring, and as soon as the 

 blossoms have fallen, Bordeaux mixture (page 99) should 

 be applied. In regions where the disease is troublesome 



