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rather than arsenate of lead — at any rate after 

 the fruit has set. And for the little green aphids, 



Build a simple supDort Uke this for your 

 brambles, keep the shoots Inside the wires, 

 and you will save time, space and many 

 scratches when pruning and cultivating 



use kerosene emulsion or the simpler whale-oil 

 soap solution. These directions hold all the 

 season, except that when the fruits are ripening, 

 use ammoniacal copper carbonate instead of Bor- 

 deaux mixture, if the leaf spot diseases seem to 

 persist. 



JUNE 



By this time you will be enjoying some of the 

 fruits of your labors, and realizing what fresh 

 vegetables, real ones, are. If the extraordinary 

 condition exists, that no one in the house but 

 yourself is interested in the garden, you can gather 

 enough for the day's meals before breakfast, wash 

 it and leave it, crisp and cool, on ice, or wrapped in 

 damp cloths or paper in the shade. Otherwise, 

 the vegetables should be picked only when they 



