188 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
years. Fork wood ashes, barnyard manure. potash, or 
bone meal into the soil around the trees early in the 
spring. Keep the ground cultivated and prune in March. 
If borers are in the stem, dig for them. For brown rot 
apply copper sulfate before the buds swell, and after 
the blossoms fall away apply peach Bordeaux mixture. 
For curled leaf use Bordeaux mixture before the blos- 
soms open and after they fall. For curculio jar the tree 
and-catch the beetles on a sheet. For San José scale 
spray with lime-sulfur early in the spring. 
PuuMs 
Plum trees may be planted to advantage in henvards. 
Set out three-year old trees, ten feet apart. They will 
thrive in any properly fertilized soil. 
Spray with Bordeaux mixture. lime-sulfur. and lead 
arsenate when other fruit trees are sprayed. Shake off 
curculios and destroy them. 
QUINCE 
The quince should have a rich, deep, and moist but 
well-drained soil. It has a dwarf growth. Plant eight 
or ten feet apart; keep all suckers pinched off and the 
top open to admit air and sunshine. If the tree is not 
controlled, it will develop into a bush. 
Cut off branches affected with blight and burn them. 
Use Bordeaux mixture for leaf blight. 
