CHAPTER IX 

 Fruit Growing Problems 



Apple Trees Affected by Insects 



Q. Will you inform me how to get rid of a pest which has in- 

 fested about fifty of my young apple trees 1 It appears at first white 

 and fluffy, and when examined bugs are seen. They fasten on the 



AN OLD ESPALIER APPLE TREE IN FULL BLOOM. 



young growth and cause an ugly swelling on the bark, and eat right 

 through the bark in places and cause the growth to die back. A 

 gardener in this district told me to use soft soap, but I am sorry to 

 say it has had little, if any, effect on them. I am afraid it only 

 serves to drive them from one branch to another. Wm. Lawrence, 

 Guildford. 



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