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and it generally succeeds best where the land is frequently 

 cultivated. 



The quince is usually free from serious diseases, but in 

 very wet and hot seasons the cedar-apple rust, leaf-blight, 

 and fire-blight sometimes does considerable injury. Spray- 

 ing thoroughly with the Bordeaux mixture before the leaves 

 unfold and again after the fruit has set will be greatly 

 beneficial. The flat- and round-headed apple-borers some- 

 times are seriously injurious, and the trees must be ex- 

 amined once or twice each year and the borers dug out. 



The varieties suggested are the Orange, Reas, and Cham- 

 pion. 



THE CHERRY 



Very few persons succeed in growing the cherry on a 

 small scale from the fact that the birds get the largest share 

 of the fruit, or that the fruit as it approaches maturity is 

 often destroyed by the brown rot if the weather is warm and 

 moist. Very low trees, like those of the sour cherries, can be 

 easily covered by a netting, and the birds prevented from 

 taking all the fruit, and the use of the Bordeaux mixture 

 while the cherries are small, lime sulphur and arsenate of 

 lead, as for the plum, while the fruit is ripening, will largely 

 prevent the rot. 



The black aphis is the most destructive insect, causing 

 the leaves to curl up and seriously checking the growth of 

 the young shoots. The remedy for this pest is kerosene 

 emulsion, strong whale-oil soap solution or strong tobacco 

 water sprayed with sufficient force to reach the insects under 

 the curled leaves. Where there are only a few trees the curly 

 leaves may be picked off and destroyed, when the remaining 

 insects can be easily reached by the spray material. 



The trees will live much longer if planted in turf land 

 than if in cultivated garden soil, and as they make very 



