PRACTICAL GARDENING 



The pear slug in the larvse stage is a small, 

 blackish slug which feeds on the upper part of 

 the foliage. Spray with arsenate of lead. 



The chief disease of the cherry is the Brown 

 Rot, causing the cherries to decay. Allow 

 sunshine and a free circulation of air through 

 the branches. Destroy all diseased fruit after 

 harvesting and spray with Bordeaux Mixture. 



Birds are sometimes a common enemy of 

 the cherry tree. Cover it with mosquito net- 

 ting. One dollar will buy enough to protect a 

 six-year-old tree. 



Plums. For a limited planting about the 

 home, the trees are most generally planted on 

 the lawn, and in sod. The soil should be mod- 

 erately fertile and well drained. While the 

 plum thrives best in a clay loam yet it will 

 succeed in almost any kind of soil. 



Make the holes large so as not to crowd the 

 roots. Place the sod in one pile, the fine mel- 

 low surface soil in another, and the subsoil in a 

 third pile. Place some of the mellow soil 

 mixed with two pounds of bone meal to each 



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