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figures the fruit, both in size and in appearance, as 

 it causes blotches and distortions. Spray with Bor- 

 deaux mixture, 5-5-50, or 3-3-50 (see formulas 

 below) three times: just before the blossoms open, 

 just as they fall, and ten days to two weeks after 

 they fall. The second spraying is considered the 

 most important. 



The San Jose scale is of course really an insect, 

 though in appearance it seems a disease. It is much 

 more injurious than the untrained fruit grower 

 would suppose, because indirectly so. It is very 

 tin}^, being round in outline, with a raised center, 

 and only the size of a small pinhead. Where it has 

 once obtained a good hold it multiplies very rapidly, 

 makes a scaly formation or crust on the branches, 

 and causes small red-edged spots on the fruit (see 

 illustration). For trees once infested, spray thor- 

 oughly both in fall, after the leaves drop, and again 

 in spring, before growth begins. Use lime-sulphur 

 wash, or miscible oil, one part to ten of water, thor- 

 oughly mixed. 



CHERRY ENEMIES 



Sour cherries are more easily grown than the 

 sw^eet varieties, and are less subject to the attacks 

 of fruit enemies. Sweet cherries are troubled by 

 the curculio, or fruit-worm, which attacks also 

 peaches and plums. Cherries and plums may be 

 sprayed, when most of the blossoms are off, with a 



