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collected and burned. The following season precautions 
should be taken to prevent the disease getting a hold, 
rather than trying to cure it after it has started. This 
should be done by spraying with Bordeaux mixture three 
or four times during the season. The first spraying should 
be done just before the flower buds open; the second just 
after fertilization has taken place, that is, when the petals 
drop; and a third when the fruit has grown very slightly. 
In warm, damp seasons, which favour the growth of the 
disease, a fourth spraying may be done in another fort- 
night’s time. The Bordeaux mixture should be slightly 
diluted, because if put on at full strength when the leaves 
are so young some injury may be done to them. 
PEAR SCAB 
This disease is thought by some to be exactly the same 
as the Apple Scab, but others, again, believe that, though it 
is very nearly related to the former, it is a distinct disease. 
It acts in very much the same way, forming the dark-brown 
or black spots on the leaves and fruit. In some seasons 
which are warm and damp, and which favour the disease, 
some Pears suffer very badly; the tissue of the fruit cracks 
to a considerable extent, through the contents of the cells 
being devoured by the disease and the cells themselves 
drying up. 
Diseased leaves and fruit should be carefully collected 
and burned, and the tree should be sprayed with Bordeaux 
mixture as advised for the Apple Scab. 
