PRACTICAL GARDENING 



or failure of your crop depends to a large ex- 

 tent on your treatment of the trees during this 

 month. Spray the apple tree if you have not 

 already done so as directed in April. Sepa- 

 rate the branches of young trees by the use of 

 shingles, wedging them into the crotches, or by 

 strong twine tied in such a way as to pull the 

 branches apart. Use a piece of rubber to 

 prevent bruising the bark. Clean cultivation 

 should be practiced in many orchards. Be 

 careful not to bark the trees with the imple- 

 ment used. A beehive is of the greatest bene- 

 fit in an apple, peach, cherry or plum orchard 

 during the flowering season. 



Blackberries, Raspberries. Cut all canes 

 striped with an orange rusty growth (rust). 

 Spray with lime sulphur, 1-40. Keep the 

 plants free from weeds. If the plants are 

 badly infested with rust, secure new stock and 

 plant a new bed in another part of the garden 

 after all of the old stock has been burned. 



Currants and Gooseberries. Spray with 

 % lb. arsenate of lead to 5 gallons of water 



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