m^S IF YOU ARE GROWING FRUIT 



E. I. FARRINGTON 



joy of owning a garden, and 

 It is not essential that the 

 they may be used as part of 

 bery or screen and so serve a 

 that fruit blossom time is 

 plant fruits for use and bea 

 the ideal planting season. 



F YOU do not have at least a 

 { berry patch and even one tree 

 each of a couple of the orchard 

 fruits you are missing half the 

 it is high time to mend your ways. 

 tree fruits be put into an orchard: 

 the ornamental planting in shrub- 

 dual purpose. All the world agrees 

 the climatic effect of spring. So 

 uty both, and do it now! Fall is 



Checkmating the Peach Borer 



IF YOU are growing Peaches acquaintance must be made 

 with the jaw-breaking name paradichlorobenzene [How 

 about "paraben" for short? — Ed.], which (in spite of the dif- 

 ficulty in pronouncing it) will soon be known the country over. 

 It stands for a white crystaline solid, three quarters of an 

 ounce of which, placed in a ring on the soil around a Peach tree, 

 releases a gas which seeps down and kills the borers. The 

 borer, which works out of sight and often does a vast amount of 

 damage before its presence is discovered, has long been the 

 peach grower's arch enemy. Every spring and every fall it 

 has been necessary to go over the Peach trees, looking for the 

 tell-tale mound of dust at the base, and then probing the hole 

 in the tree with a pointed wire, or digging out the pest with a 

 sharp knife. It was a bothersome job, so that this new and 

 simple remedy, which promises to be almost one hundred per 

 cent, effective, will be enthusiastically welcomed. 



The crystals are inexpensive. Three cents' worth will be 

 enough for each tree, and not more than an ounce should be 



CUTTING OUT BLACKBERRY CANES 



A handy and effective tool which saves the 



gardener's time, preserves his temper, and — 



incidentally — improves his vines 



used. There is no better time to ap- 

 ply the chemical than in the month 

 of October, although it can be used 

 effectively again in the spring. The 



method is simplicity itself. Clear a level space on top of 

 the soil six to twelve inches wide about the base of the 

 tree, without disturbing the soil crust any more than neces- 

 sary. The crystals should make a ring exactly an inch away 

 from the tree. Throw several shovelfuls of earth over the 

 crystals so as to make a compact, cone shaped pile. Use fine 

 soil at first, applying carefully so as not to disturb the crystal 

 ring. 



Of course there are some things yet to learn about this new 

 treatment first used by E. B. Blakesly, an Ohio farmer, and since 



THE INDISPENSABLE SPRAY PUMP 



Proper equipment is worth while from every point 

 of view and an easily managed spray pump seems 

 a necessary feature of even the smallest outfit 



tentatively commended by the Department of Agriculture, 

 and it is best tried in a somewhat experimental way at first. 

 One fact has already been discovered, that paradichlorobenzene 

 must not be used for very young trees; if trees are six years of 

 age or older, no harm is likely to result. It is well to remove 

 the crystals after two or three weeks, by which time they will 

 have done their efficient work. 



Blueberries In Your Own Garden 



WITHIN a few years it will be quite natural for every garden 

 to have a few Blueberry bushes in some odd corner. The 

 taming of this excellent berry has been going on apace, and both 

 size and quality of the fruit have been greatly improved under 



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