122 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. 



DECEMBER. 



Apples, Pears, Plums, etc. — Plant, but not during severe 

 frost. 



Currants, Gooseberries, etc. — Dig and manure if this has 

 not been done. 



Strawberries. — ^Lulch. 



Insects and Diseases. — Spray for mussel scale, oyster-bark 

 scale, Apple-blossom weevil, Apple sucker, codling moth, 

 Apple and Pear scab, brown rot, and other fungoid diseases. 

 For Pear midge, remove and bury deeply the top soil round 

 the trees. 



