A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



Mention has several times been made in 

 the preceding pages of Bordeaux mixture. 

 This is a preparation used by small-fruit 

 growers everywhere to combat diseases of a 

 fungous character which prevail to an alarm- 

 ing extent in almost all sections of the coun- 

 try in early spring. It is a standard remedy 

 for many of the ills that this class of plants 

 is heir to, and no up-to-date orchardist would 

 think for a moment of neglecting its use if 

 he would grow a fine crop of apples. It has 

 not heretofore come into common use among 

 those who grow small fruit on a small scale, 

 because it is rather difficult to prepare it 

 properly, but now a preparation of it that is 

 ready for use by simply mixing it with water 

 can be obtained from all seedsmen. The use 

 of it in spring when fruit is setting, to pre- 

 vent injury from the curculio and other ene- 

 mies of small fruits, is to be encouraged. 



Every gardener should be provided with 

 pruning-shears with which to prune whatever 

 plants he or she may grow that require fre- 

 quent attention of that kind. A jack-knife 

 answers the purpose very well in the hands 

 of a man, but up to the present time no 

 woman is known to have made a success of 

 its use. 



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