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trie trees, jar the trees every day or two early in the 

 season, and the chickens will pick up the 'insects. 

 The next best thing is to spread a sheet under 

 each tree, shaking the tree so that the curculio 

 will fall off on to the sheet. Japan plums are less 

 susceptible to curculio than the European varieties. 



Black knot -will destroy European plums in a few 

 years if it is not controlled and will also badly 

 injure cherry trees. Watch out for it and cut it 

 out and burn it at its very' first appearance. The 

 treatment for pear blight, which is indicated by the 

 twigs or branches dying, is the same as for black 

 knot. Cut off the diseased wood down to the 

 healthy wood, and always disinfect the saw or 

 pruning shears after using with carbolic acid or 

 corrosive sublimate. 



The nests of the tent caterpillar in apple trees are 

 quickly destroyed by just touching them with a 

 burning rag, wet with kerosene and wrapped around 

 the end of a pole. Do not injure the foliage by 

 holding the torch too long in any one place. 



A solution of one teaspoonful of paris green to 

 ten quarts of water quickly kills currant worms; 



Last year this orchard was cultivated early, 

 and seeded to clover the last week in July, which 

 was plowed under later as fertilizer 



after you have destroyed them early in the season, 

 keep watch of the foliage, for it may need a second 

 application to entirely rid the bushes of them. 

 They also feed upon gooseberries. 



If mildew affects your English gooseberries, com- 

 bine paris green with lime-sulphur wash. 



Continue this preventive work in the fruit garden 

 and orchard all through earhy summer; in mid- 

 summer there w ill be need of spraying if the foliage 

 shows signs of blight. Use bordeaux mixture or 

 lime-sulphur wash; as late as July a combination of 

 these fungicides with arsenate of lead will destroy 

 the last brood of coddling moth. No one likes 

 particularly to make these spraying solutions as 

 they are to be used; for the fruit garden or small 

 orchard it is better to buy ready prepared mixtures 

 or else make stock solutions early in the spring, 

 and dilute them as needed. One also needs a small 

 force pump or knapsack sprayer, so that the sprays 

 may be quickly and effectually applied. 



For more detailed information as to the diseases 

 and insects that may affect fruits, vegetables, etc., 

 and their methods of control, see The Garden 

 Magazine for May, 1912, page 247. 



New York. W. H. Jenkins. 



