THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



Then shake the trees every morning after the 



fruit Is set for about five weeks. 



Black knot requires vigorous treatment; cut 

 off the affected part several Inches below the 

 knot. Spray with Bordeaux before blossoming 

 and after. Brown rot causes the fruit to turn 

 brown, dry up, and hang on the trees. Spray 

 early in the spring, before the leaf buds break, 

 with copper sulphate solution. (Copper sul- 

 phate, one pound; water, 15 to 25 gallons.) 

 Dissolve the copper sulphate In water. Never 

 apply to foliage. Then before the blossoms 

 open use Bordeaux mixture, and repeat when 

 fruit has set. This all seems very trouble- 

 some, but the result will be fine fruit and long 

 prices. 



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