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destructive work. Also the plant lice on peas, which have been 

 so prevalent the past season. The fumigation of nursery stock 

 is one of the latest methods of dealing with many insect pests. 

 The San Jose scale is one of the pests that is being controlled in 

 this way. A wash of whale-oil soap applied in June is the best 

 remedy for all the scale insects. In fact, at this season of the 

 year, when the eggs are hatching, is the only time to effectively 

 fight these pests. Paris green is a sure remedy for most of the 

 insects attacking the cabbage and may be safely used while the 

 plants are young. 



For the codling moth which attacks the apple, spray the 

 trees in the spring while the blossoms are upright and before 

 the calyx closes up. Many growers are practicing spraying once 

 or twice with Bordeaux and Paris green before the buds open, 

 for the bud moth. The most successful method of checking 

 the ravages of the canker worm is to apply a sticky band about 

 the trunks of the trees in October. This prevents the females 

 from depositing their eggs. For the plum curculio, jarring the 

 tree is the surest way. The European varieties of plums, how- 

 ever, may be sprayed for this insect. The Professor recom- 

 mended for most biting insects, spraying with one pound 

 Paris green to 150 gallons of water, adding a little lime. In 

 the discussion following, Mr. Piatt said: "We have the San 

 Jose scale in our orchards and are digging out and burning the 

 trees." 



Professor Britton: "You can just as well control the 

 scale with kerosene or whale-oil soap, first pruning back the 

 trees severely." 



Mr. Cook gave a valuable recipe for a tree- wash for borers: 

 Two ounces of soap potash to 8 gallons of water, adding a 

 handful of sulphur and lime enough to make the mixture stick. 

 This he applies in June. 



The next subject under consideration was the home fruit 

 supply. Mr. George S. Butler, of Cromwell, opened the dis- 

 cussion, and said that, as a rule, the mechanic's home is better 

 supplied with fresh fruits than is the farmer's table. In an in- 

 teresting paper the speaker told how and what to plant in the 

 fruit garden in order to have a continuous supply through the 

 season. 



