December : Second Week 



THE WINTER CAMPAIGN IN ORCHARD AND 

 GARDEN: WINTER SPRAYING; WINTER 

 PRUNING OF FRUIT TREES; CANE FRUITS 

 AND SHRUBS 



Early winter is the ideal time to catch many of the 

 orchard and garden pests off their guard. They are in a 

 torpid state and can be located more readily. We can 

 also use much stronger sprays on dormant trees than we 

 can use in summer, and the absence of leaves makes possible 

 a much more thorough and convenient job of spraying. 



The work may be done at any time from fall until growth 

 starts in spring, but the best time is now. We may have 

 one of those remarkable Indian summers running almost up 

 to Christmas, but remember what kind of weather we 

 are likely to get in January, February and March, and do 

 your Christmas spraying early! 



The outfit required for the home grounds, the fruit trees 

 and garden, is simple. In addition to your regular knap- 

 sack or compressed-air garden sprayer you need a spray 

 pole, or a length of quarter-inch hose which you can fasten 

 to a sawed-off bamboo fish pole, and one or two suitable 

 spray nozzles. If you don't already own a knapsack or a 

 compressed-air sprayer make yourself a Christmas present 

 of one at once not for winter spraying alone, but because 

 you will need it every month, almost every week, to take 

 proper care of your summer garden, flowers, potted plants, 

 house plants, and so forth. Your sprayer should be 

 equipped with an automatic valve and an anti-clog noz- 

 zle, then the starting and stopping of the spray can be 

 controlled with your left hand while your right is free to 

 manage the pole and to direct the spraying. 



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