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fly paper or some sticky material. Also spray 

 with arsenate ot lead. The leaf aphis yields to 

 whale-oil soap. 



The tent caterpillar arriv'es and weaves large 

 nests In the best apple tree, and proceeds to eat 

 all the leaves it can. Spray with arsenate of 

 lead; also burn all the nests. Look out for rust, 

 yellow spots on leaves and fruit; spray with Bor- 

 deaux mixture. 



Scab soon ruins the appearance of your fruit. 

 For this, Bordeaux mixture should be used be- 

 fore blossoming, when the leaf buds are open, but 

 before the flower buds expand. Repeat as soon 

 as blossoms have fallen off, and through the 

 season about every two or three weeks if there 

 are any signs of scab. Cherry trees suffer from 

 aphis slug, curculio, black knot, brown rot, and 

 leaf blight. Plums have the same enemies. 

 Slugs appear in the latter part of May or the 

 first of June. Arsenate of lead makes short 

 work of them. Curculios make little moon- 

 shaped scars on the fruit, and are very destruc- 

 tive. Use arsenate of lead before the blossom- 

 ing, and twice after, at intervals of a week. 

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