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POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



Remedies.— Tobacco water, kerosene emulsion and similar 

 materials often hardly appear to have any effect when th-e lice 

 are very abundant, as the leaves curl up and protect the lice, 

 so that they are not easily reached and the waxy covering of the 



Fig. 38. — Hoop tent in place over tree, 

 lice sheds water. At such times it will be found that tobacco 

 smoke is a most valuable and certain remedy. In applying it, 

 a tent made of unbleached cotton, large enough to cover the 



