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Grape. — Treat with iron sulphate before the 

 buds start in the spring. Use Bordeaux to prevent 

 black rot just before blooming; repeat just after 

 the fruit is ||set, and again a few weeks later. For 

 beetles and bugs apply Paris green as soon as they 

 appear. 



Pear. — Treat as you do the apple. For blight 

 cut off the limbs some inches below the affected 

 part, and burn. For psylla and slug apply kero- 

 sene emulsion, quite strong, and repeatedly, or 

 whale-oil soap, one pound to ten gallons of water. 

 If the scab appears on the pear or apple apply Bor- 

 deaux repeatedly. 



Plum. — Use Bordeaux before the buds open, and 

 again after the fruit is set, repeating occasionally. 

 If leaf blight occurs, Bordeaux again. Cut away 

 black knot, and apply Bordeaux. 



Cherry. — Cut away black knot and burn it. 

 Apply arsenites for slugs, and treat aphis with hel- 

 lebore; try also kerosene emulsion. Repeat the ap- 

 plication every ten days, or oftener. 



Potato. — For blight use Bordeaux when the 

 vines are six inches high ; repeat every two or three 

 weeks. To prevent potato scab do not plant any 

 scabby seed, and soak uncut seed potatoes one hour 



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