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years. Fork wood ashes, barnyard manure, potash, or 

 bone meal into the soil around the trees early in the 

 spring. Keep the ground cultivated and prune in March. 

 If borers are in the stem, dig for them. For brown rot 

 apply copper sulfate before the buds swell, and after 

 the blossoms fall away apply peach Bordeaux mixture. 

 For curled leaf use Bordeaux mixture before the blos- 

 soms open and after they fall. For curculio jar the tree 

 and catch the beetles on a sheet. For San Jose scale 

 spray with lime-sulfur early in the spring. 



PLUMS 



Plum trees may be planted to advantage in henyards. 

 Set out three-year old trees, ten feet apart. They will 

 thrive in any properly fertilized soil. 



Spray with Bordeaux mixture, lime-sulfur, and lead 

 arsenate when other fruit trees are sprayed. Shake off 

 curculios and destroy them. 



QUINCE 



The quince should have a rich, deep, and moist but 

 well-drained soil. It has a dwarf growth. Plant eight 

 or ten feet apart; keep all suckers pinched off and the 

 top open to admit air and sunshine. If the tree is not 

 controlled, it will develop into a bush. 



Cut off branches affected with blight and burn them. 

 Use Bordeaux mixture for leaf blight. 



