THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



gardener states : " The caustic soda and potash applied to trees is excellent. All mossy 

 growth falls off, and the trees look as if polished. I sent the recipe to Mr. E. Molyneux, 

 and he is also pleased with the results." 



Fig. 71. INFESTED WOOD LICHEN AND Moss. Fig. 72. CLEAN WOOD. 



An infested branch is shown in Fig. 71 ; a cleansed branch in Fig. 72. A glance 

 suffices for comprehending how impossible it is for the former to bear good fruit, and 

 for showing how full of promise is the latter with its bold, clean buds. 



ENEMIES. 



Insects. These possess special interest to fruit growers, The least observant 

 persons are attracted by their many forms, modes of life, and powers of destruction. 



Insects injure trees in various ways. Some eat the flowers, others the leaves, shoots, 

 and fruits respectively : others, again, suck out their juices. Larvse, as a rule, are most 

 hurtful, feeding voraciously on the parts they attack. Beetles and weevils do much 

 injury, but the puncturing and sucking tribes are quite as destructive. No attempt 

 will be made to classify these creatures, but details will be given of the species injurious 

 to fruit trees, with special methods of prevention and extirpation. A few of the most 

 generally destructive only will be treated here, particular species infesting the different 

 fruits having attention under their headings. 



