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clean with a blunt knife is useful. Frequent sprayings with paraffin 

 wash to which soft soap is added is likewise beneficial. The mussel scale 

 by taking the sap from the bark will kill fruit spurs & branches. 



Green Fly or Aphis sometimes cause mischief but any Insecticide may 

 be used to overcome this pest. A good Insecticide is Abol. 



Ques. 5. — Tomato seed should be sown in boxes in February in 

 bottom heat of not less than 50 degrees and as soon as the seedlings 

 appear & are large enough to handle shuld be pricked out singly into 

 pots which contains a compost of leaf-mould, soil, & a little silver sand. 

 They should be kept near the glass to prevent their being drawn. The 

 plants which need to be sturdy should be planted out in May or first 

 week in June according to the weather. The after treatment consists in 

 keeping lateral shoots pinched off. A stake is needed to which the young 

 plant shuld be tied. When the flowers are open it is a good plan to 

 gently tap each flower with the finger to ensure fertilisation. When 

 fruit is set liquid manure may be occasionally applied. Holme's Supreme, 

 Early Prolific are two good varieties. 



Cultivation in a greenhouse is much the same, keeping the temperature 

 not too high & by training to wires, to strings &c. 



N.B. — In all cases above where periods of planting are given I have 

 referred to the most suitable time as found in this district, the soil of 

 which is of a light loamy nature with sand as subsoil. 



Mussel. Scale 6x1. 



