FRUITS 33 



keep the wood thin, firm, short- pointed, and to 

 ensure its being properly ripened towards the 

 autumn. With a Httle care in protecting the trees 

 from early frosts and cold winds in the spring, 

 there is very little uncertainty about their growth. 



Peaches som.etimes are infested by red spider. 

 If walls are old and full of holes, wash them with 

 Portland Cement mixed with enough water to 

 make a thick paint, and work it well into any holes 

 or cracks. 



If the walls are good, paint with a mixture of 

 I lb. flowers of sulphur, 2 lb. fresh lime, i^ lb. soft- 

 soap, boiled together in four gallons of water, then 

 add three gallons more before using. Also dress 

 the trees with some strong soot water thickened 

 with clay, and to every gallon of this mixture add 

 I lb. flowers of sulphur and 2 oz. soft soap, and 

 throroughly scrub all wood and iron work. 



When the peaches are growing in a house, if there 

 are two or three slates painted on one side with 

 sulphur mixed with milk and hung so that the 

 sun's rays fall on them direct through the glass, 

 the fumes given off from them are very distasteful 

 to these pests. 



Peach Trees in a House. — Ventilation and 

 Watering. — Syringe gently as soon as the fruit is 

 set, and as the fruit and leaves grow larger the 

 syringe may be applied more vigorously. If the 

 trees are trained to a wall or on wires the syringe 

 must be applied sideways, so as to get the water to 

 reach the underside of the leaves. 



When the sun is very bright, the ventilators 

 need not be closed till 5 P.M. ; otherwise they 

 should be at 4. 



The trees should always be syringed at closing 



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