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Insects and Diseases. 



The same insects that attack the apple and pear also 

 injure the quince, and the remedies are the same. The 

 round-headed apple-tree borer is especially fond of the 

 quince and frequent examinations should be made for 

 them. 



Of the diseases that attack the quince, the fire blight 

 described under the Pear (page 1 6 1 ) is often very destruc- 

 tive to the ends of the branches but seldom destroys the 

 entire tree, as it often does with the pear. As soon as it 

 appears all shoots attacked should be cut away and 

 burned. The cedar-apple fungus often attacks the 

 young fruit and the ends of the branches or stems soon 

 after blooming, stopping growth and causing the fruit to 

 become hard and woody. The leaf blight, a spot fungus, 

 often causes the leaves to fall in the late summer, thus 

 materially checking the growth of the tree and prevent- 

 ing the formation of well matured wood for the next 

 year. A remedy for these two diseases, and perhaps a 

 preventive of the fire blight, is the Bordeaux mixture, 

 applied just before the blossom buds open and again as 

 soon as the petals fall. If the lime and sulphur wash 

 was applied in April for the San Jose scale, only the 

 second application of the Bordeaux mixture need be 

 made. 



THE PLUM. 



Three groups of plums are now grown more or less in 

 our gardens and orchards, the European, the Japanese, 

 and the American. The first of these has been grown 

 the longest, is represented by the common blue 

 plums, the Lombard, Damson, etc., and under favorable 

 conditions is the most profitable, though most subject to 

 injury from insects and fungous pests, and is often in- 

 jured by severe cold weather. This kind of plum lives 



