PEARS, CHERRIES, PLUMS 



best rich acid-flavored cherries highly recom- 

 mended for extremely cold latitudes are Early 

 Richmond, Montmorency and English Mor- 

 ello; the three best varieties of sweet cherries 

 are, Black Tartarian, Napoleon and Lambert. 



The three insect enemies that the average 

 grower has to encounter are Cherry Fruit fly, 

 Plum Curculio, and Pear Slug. The cherry 

 fly is about two-thirds the size of the house-fly. 

 It appears in June. The female stings the 

 fruit and lays her eggs under the skin. The 

 maggot is full grown about the time the cherry 

 ripens. Spray with one-half pound arsenate 

 of lead to seven gallons of water. Before 

 spraying add one pint of cheap molasses. 

 The molasses attracts the fly and the poison 

 kills it. Spray when the Early Richmonds 

 show signs of red. 



The plum curculio is a grayish-black beetle 

 which lays her eggs in the green cherry. 

 Clean away brush piles and weeds and cul- 

 tivate. Spray with arsenate of lead the same 

 strength as used for the Cherry Fruit fly. 



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