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will have been laid on the half-grown leaves before 

 you will be through with the Bordeaux spraying. 

 The larvffi must be met at once with a thorough 

 syringing of Paris green and white hellebore. If 

 this be applied thoroughly it will probably prevent 

 a second brood, which would naturally occur about 

 June first. I have used a keg, mounted on low 

 wheels, carrying a short hose, with nozzle adapted 

 to cast a very fine spray. This method of working 

 will necessitate two persons, but the work can be 

 gone over very rapidly. Those who grow only 

 a few currant bushes can spray them with an 

 ordinary sprinkling pail. Be sure if you do not 

 spray, and that very promptly, your currants will 

 be worthless. After the leaves are devoured the 

 fruit will sour on the stems, and be unfit for any 

 domestic purpose. Still worse will be the effect of 

 defoliation in destroying the vitality of the bushes. 

 They w^ill drag out a poor life for a few years, and 

 then die altogether. 



We are not through with the saw-fly and its pro- 

 geny before we must again spray our fruit trees. 

 This should be done just before they blossom, and 

 now with Bordeaux and arsenites. We are close 

 upon the first appearance of the codlin moth. No 



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