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one instance the flower stems — ^which are the 

 future fruits, as the apple is the thickened stem 

 — have been protected from the fungus causing 

 the Apple Scab while the others were not^ so 

 when attacked dropped to the ground. The 

 leaves on our trees must be protected from the 

 same trouble so that they may be able to com- 

 plete their work, thereby insuring vigorous buds 

 the following spring. We all recogiiize the im- 

 portance of protecting the fruit so that it will 

 be free from that rough, brown spot that not 

 only disfigures the apple, but checks its growth 

 and causes it to become a one sided, knotty, 

 worthless affair. We should just as surely pro- 

 tect the leaves, blossoms and stems of our trees. 



We have other fungous troubles such as Rots. 

 The chief among them is the Bitter Rot of the 

 apple; Brown or Ripe Rot of the plum and 

 peach. For the two last mentioned the self 

 boiled lime-sulphur has proven the best remedy, 

 not only for the rot in the peach, but to protect 

 it against the Brown Speck fungus that causes 

 so much loss to the peach growers. The self- 

 boiled lime-sulphur is the recognized fungi- 

 cide for the peach, while Bordeaux, or chem- 

 ically prepared lime-sulphur is used for apple 

 scab, for Bitter Rot we must still depend upon 

 tne jjorcieaux mixture. 



