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If tlie soil is very poor a liglit coating of barnyard manure 



may be applied in the fall. 



If three Imndred to five hundred 

 l^ounds of phosphoric acid and 

 two hundred to two hundred and 

 fifty pounds of sulphate of pot- 

 ash per acre is applied the re- 

 sults are good. Never apply 

 a nitrogenous manure in any 

 form after the orchard has been 

 pruned. 



If cultivation cannot be prac- 

 ticed then keep the grass cut 

 short and mulch the trees 

 with it. 



The winter spray, one to eight, 

 lime and sulphur, should be ap- 

 FiG. 67.— The coddling moth, a is the plied before the buds start, but 



burrow; 6 the entrance hole; c the /-i. -nmniTiP- Tho summer 



larva; rf the pupa; c moth at rest; ^^^^^ prUUmg. inc^ SUmmer 



/ moth with wings spread ;(/ head sprays as Suggested in a pre- 



oflarva;/. cocoon containing pupa, ^j^^^g paragraph. 



Burn all prunings and clean up the orchard before the bloom 

 appears. 



Fig. OS.— Bitter rot of apple.— A/^t Clinton. 



Pears.^- The pear is the most luscious of au}^ of the fruits, 

 but it is much the most difficult to grow. It may be grown to 

 some degree of success in various types of soils which are well 

 drained. AATienever possible, plant the trees on a northeast 

 exposure in order to keep the buds back in spring and thus 

 prevent the possible injury from late frosts. 



