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trees that will be admired by yourself or your neighbors by any 

 such treatment as that. You have got to do something to them 

 all the time, and they will tell you what they want. If the 

 leaves are yellow, they need some nitrogenous fertilization. You 

 want a good, dark, healthy, green foliage, and a good healthy 

 growth, varying from six to eight inches in a tree. You do 

 not want to make that growth too late in the fall, because your 

 climate is liable to be severe and they are liable to winter-kill. 



There are two fundamental causes for winter-killing, one is 

 the starving of your trees to death, and the other is giving them 

 so much food that they have not ripened the wood so they can 

 go into the winter in good condition. Remember those things. 



Of course when your trees get old enough to bear, you want 

 to put on a spraying mixture for insects and fungous pests. 

 There are two classes of spraying mixtures for these. One is 

 what is called Bordeaux, which is for fungous troubles such 

 as Dr. Lewis told you about. The other is Paris green and 

 arsenate of lead, for the chewing insects. Then there is still 

 another proprietary remedy that has just come out, called Sul- 

 focide. It is claimed that a great deal of Bordeaux will injure 

 the fruit and foliage. This Sulfocide is supposed to take the 

 place of it, and I believe it is a very promising thing. I did not 

 however, come here to exploit any proprietary medicine. 



Spraying is easy to do when you come to a realization of the 

 purpose for which you are doing it, and the benefit you are going 

 to get out of it. It should be thoroughly done. 



Question. When would you spray? 



Answer: My own personal opinion is that the trees should 

 be sprayed thoroughly with Bordeaux or some other fungi- 

 cide, and arsenate of lead, immediately after the blossoms 

 fall. I believe there will be very little reason for a second 

 spraying, but still, if any one desires to still further protect the 

 fruit, it is perfectly feasible to spray a second time, from three 

 to five weeks after. 



Question. How do you protect the trees from mice? 



Answer : We protect the trees from the very start, by put- 

 ting a strip of either tin or very fine wire around them. Mice 

 are the next serious pest to the borer. 



Question. How about tarred paper? 



Answer: That is all right, if you do not put it too close to 

 the tree. If you do it is liable to kill the tree. 



