Calendar 253 



Fruit. Prune now, apple, plum and pear trees. 

 And this is the last chance for lime-sulphur and 

 miscible-oil sprays. 



APRIL 



Now the rush is on! Plan your work, and work 

 your plan. But do not yield to the temptation to 

 plant more than you can look out for later on. 

 Remember it is much easier to sow seeds than to 

 pull out weeds. 



The Frames. Air! water! and do not let the 

 green plant-lice or the white-fly get a ghost of a 

 chance to start. Almost every day the glass should 

 be lifted entirely off. Care must be taken never to 

 let the soil or flats become dried out; toward the 

 end of the month, if it is bright and warm, begin 

 watering towards evening instead of in early morn- 

 ing, as you should have been doing through the 

 winter. If proper attention is given to ventilation 

 and moisture, there will not be much danger from 

 the green plant-louse (aphis) and white-fly, but at 

 the first sign of one fight them to a finish. Use 

 kerosene emulsion, tobacco dust, tobacco prepara- 

 tions, or Aphine. See pages 158, 172. 



Seed sowing. Under glass : tomato, egg-plant 

 and peppers. On sod : corn, cucumbers, melbus, 

 early squash, lima beans. 



Planting, outside. Onions, lettuce, beet, etc., if 



