iO HOW TO APPLY THE POWDER. 



HOW TO APPLY THE CHELSEA APPLE POWDEK 

 TO DWARF TREES, WITH FURTHER PROOFS 

 OF ITS UTILITY. 



Par. 105. We must now notice the dwarfs- 

 These trees pruned as described under the head 

 of pruning, may easily be kept entirely free 

 from the insect, and consequently canker, by 

 the following treatment : the trees having at- 

 tained the height you wish, use the mixture all 

 up the main branches, but be sure to use it 

 thoroughly round the branches near the stem ; 

 it also may be used over the bloom buds, 

 just before the buds burst. If this is done 

 thoroughly and with care, so as not to pass 

 over any cracks or holes, the trees may be 

 insured against canker with perfect safety. I 

 have had this summer, together with many of 

 my friends, an opportunity of witnessing the 

 good effects of the Chelsea Apple Powder in 

 this instance, on some apple trees in the garden 

 of Mr. Jones, Old Brompton, Middlesex. He 

 having some trees which were very bad with the 

 disease, intended throwing them away, and two 

 in particular which stood near together : I told 

 him they would recover if he used the compo- 

 sition ; he said he would try it, and by way of 

 experiment on the worst of the two, which 

 was one mass of corruption, from the root to 



