yt> PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



leaf as often as produced. In winter cut back the 

 snags to rounder buds at the base, as indicated by 

 the cross-lines in the figure, and that is all the 

 pruning needed by these easily-managed and pro- 

 ductive trees. 



Fig. 81. COEDOX TREES. 



Enemies. Scale insects on the branches, and 

 the siug-worm, the larva of the saw-fly (Selaridria), 

 on the leaves, are the chief enemies of the Pear. 



Where scale abounds, the branches have a rusty 

 incrusted appearance. Methylated spirit brushed 

 well into the bark destroys scale ; as also does a 

 solution made by dissolving a quarter of a pound 

 of soft soap, and a walnut-sized lump of soda, in 

 a gallon of boiling water, and while hot stirring in 

 violently a wine-glass-full of petroleum such as is 



