Impoeta>-t Okchabd Pi. d Sprat Fobmitlaf. 



pic plants reproduce themselves by spore b ic 



in size and bearing the same relation 



larger plan" Th i in -• 



particularly during damp -weather. :±ew infe 



ever condit their growth are right. 1 



ally c iting all - - - with dil 



mixtures, caustic enough to kill t: 

 ciently caustic to greatly injure the pla 

 after the have begun to grow and have pene 



-ues is usually ineffectual. Treatment must be pr 

 curative. Common fungous dis - are the various mil 

 scabs, leaf - .-:.. t, . Although border- 



mixture has lead among fur._ apounds 



are being used at present a] the apple these may be _ 



.dard. 



ah. — This most important disease of the apple in- 

 jures both the leaf and frui". S me va: ^nt 

 to the growth of the fungus than During v he 

 fungus remains in fallen leaves. In the spri: _ are pa - 

 duced and carried to the opening foli _ r young fruit during 

 damp or rainy per: Is. -,ux mixture has been the stand, 

 preventive, but dilute lime-sulphur for sumn. le, 

 pa_ largely used. Arsenate of lead is a ail 

 treatments after blossom time. The impjrtai." - 

 are, just after the blossoms separate, before tl. and j 

 after the petals fall. An a rial spraying three weeks la- i 



an advantage in damp 



Pear § — This ifl simila r - - ab in me 



1, although the substitution of lime-sulphur at summer stren_ 

 i= ;. tag J as with the apple. 



Brown Bot. — The rotting of peaches, plums and cher: 

 approach of maturity depends much on . -. 



For the tender peach foliage no fungicide has li- 

 able, except the self -boiled lime-sulphur known as th ' S ". mix- 

 ture and >ed on pa. Rep- . :pplica -re 

 advisable. 



Peach Scab. — Th: causing dark s; - often noted 



on Salway, Hill's Chili and other varieties. Use tbc - 



