THE HEART OF THE YEAR 



through the rose of a water-can, it runs off again. Care 

 should be taken to get the under side of the leaves 

 coated. One applica- 

 tion will suffice if the 

 spell of wet weather 

 is brief, but a second 

 should be made if 

 the weather con- 

 tinues muggy. 



Potato Disease on 

 To inatoes. — The 

 Potato disease some- 

 times spreads to the 

 allied plant — the 

 Tomato. In this case 

 the way is not quite 

 so clear, as it is not 

 desirable to spray 

 Tomatoes when they 

 are nearly ripe. 

 While the fruit is 

 quite small there is 

 no harm, but at 

 later stages an effort should be made to check the disease 

 by pinching off the affected leaves and dusting the 

 others with lime. 



Planting Winter Greens. — The planting of Borecole, 

 Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, and Savoys should be com- 

 pleted. 



Caterpillars on Greens. — Large white butterflies may 

 be seen fluttering about green vegetables in summer, 

 and as many of them as possible should be netted 

 and killed to prevent their laying eggs, or there will 

 be a bad attack of caterpillars. Every caterpillar that 

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Fig, ss. — Potato Disease (Phytophthora). 



a. Diseased portions of tuber. 



b. Diseased leaves. c. Sound leaves. 



d. Cuticle with a cluster of conidiophores. 



e. Stomata. f. Spores. 

 g. A conidium germinating. 



