THE APPLE TREE 



Next to the dreaded San Jose scale comes 

 the codling moth. The female first lays her 

 eggs on the foliage, sometimes on the tiny 

 apple, later after the bloom is full she places 

 the egg in the calyx or flower end. Spray 

 with lime sulphur one to forty, combined with 

 3 pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gallons of 

 solution just as the buds show pink; spray 

 again, after three-fourths of the petals have 

 fallen, driving the spray into the calyx; and 

 a third time two weeks after the petals have 

 fallen. 



There are many other insects and diseases 

 which attack the apple and should you have 

 difficulty in knowing what to do consult The 

 Farm Bureau manager, or write the Experi- 

 ment Station in your state. The Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, is always 

 ready to answer inquiries without charge or 

 delay. 



Keep your apple foliage a dark green; the 

 tree vigorous and healthy, free from insects 

 and disease; the soil well drained and supplied 



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