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our gardens and orchards have been neglected, 

 the culture has been shiftless, and remedies have 

 not been applied, so that insects have largely in- 

 creased in numbers. But most of them can 

 readily be reached by the powerful remedies 

 now at our command. Tobacco water and strong 

 soap-suds are effectual against most of the aphi- 

 dse, the currant worm, and many other Iarva3. 

 Petroleum, churned with soap or sour milk until 

 it will dilute with water, is a new remedy which 

 is likely to prove cheap and powerful. Arsenic 

 in the form of London-purple or Paris-green is 

 still more powerful, should it prove necessary to 

 bring such tremendous ordnance to bear upon 

 so minute a foe. With anything like a faithful 

 and persistent use, on the part of cultivators, 

 of weapons now at hand, we might hope for a 

 great reduction of these insect pests. The field 

 is full of encouragement to keep our trees and 

 plants in much cleaner condition than has been 

 prevalent in the past. 



PKOFIT IN FRUIT CULTURE. 



The strawberry yields the most speedy return, 

 and is generally regarded as the most remunera- 

 tive. Under generous culture it will yield from 

 3,000 to 5,000 boxes per acre. Exceptional crops 

 of 8,000 boxes are reported. There should be a 



