The Canadian Hurticulturlst. 



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on this point we do not speak with confidence. The spores live over the 

 winter on the fallen leaves, which, therefore, it would be wise to destroy 

 where they are known to be affected, were it a practicable thing to do. No 

 doubt the best remedy is the use of some fungicide such as the Bordeaux 

 mixture. This should be applied with a spraying pump early in spring, 



56.— Bordeaux Mixture on Pear Trees. 



just before the leaves begin to swell, and again with a weaker solution of 

 the same when the leaves are about half grown. For the first application 

 the usual formula may be used which is as follows : — Dissolve sixteen pounds 

 of sulphate of copper in twenty-two gallons of water ; in another vessel 

 slake thirty pounds of lime in six gallons of water. When the latter 

 mixture has cooled pour it slowly into the copper solution, care being taken 

 to mix the fluids by constant stirring. The weaker solution for the second 

 application may be made as follows : — Six pounds sulphate of copper in 

 sixteen gallons of water and six pounds of lime in six gallons. 



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VALUE OF FRUITS AS FOOD. 



ESTER M. POOLE in her new book, " Fruits and How to Use Them," 

 quotes a number of authorities in support of her theory that fruit is 

 one of the most valuable articles of food that we possess. The 



athletes of ancient Greece were nourished by dried figs, nuts, soft cheese 



