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danger  from  poisoning.  This  spray  should 
effectively  control  the  insects  eating  the 
leaves,  provided  it  is  thoroughly  applied. 
Oftentimes  a  second  application  is  made 
about  two  weeks  after  the  first.  This  is 
intended  to  cover  the  new  growth,  which 
is  made  rather  rapidly  at  this  time  of 
season.  r.  e.  gladwin. 
Would  yoi 
do  this 
for 
5  cents 
an  hour? 
RURALISMS 
The  Chinese  Wild  Peach 
The  cut  reproduces,  from  Bulletin  115 
of  the  Office  of  Foreign  Seed  and  Plant 
Introduction,  fruit  and  pits  of  the  Chin¬ 
ese  wild  peach,  Amygdala*  Davidiaua. 
The  bulletin  states  that  the  discovery  by 
Frank  N.  Meyer  that  this  species  of  wild 
peach  which  produces  inedible  fruits  has  It  would  be  worth  while  for  E.  J.  M., 
been  used  probably  for  centuries  in  page  055,  to  try  twisting  a  piece  of  wire 
China  as  a  stock  for  many  stone  fruits  tightly  around  a  branch  of  his  Wistaria 
has  led  to  its  extensive  trial  for  the  that  does  not  bloom.  In  at  least  three 
same  purpose  in  America.  Several  plant-  cases  which  have  come  to  my  knowledge 
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ings  of  commercial  peaches,  plums,  apri¬ 
cots,  and  almonds  budded  upon  this  as  a 
stock  have  reached  bearing  age  in  Cal¬ 
ifornia  and  Texas  and  are  unusually 
promising.  Owing  to  the  resistance  to 
cold,  drought  and  alkali  of  this  new 
stock  and  the  ease  with  which  it  can  be 
budded,  it  appears  probable,  if  supplies 
of  the  seed  can  be  raised,  that  it  will 
form  the  root  system  of  large  commer¬ 
cial  peach  plantings  in  California,  Utah 
and  Texas,  In  Oregon  the  largest  nurs¬ 
eryman  are  attracted  by  the  ease  with 
which  it  can  be  worked,  and  in  Minne¬ 
sota  and  Iowa  trees  of  it  have  stood  un¬ 
touched  by  the  low  temperatures,  even 
— 40  deg.  Fhr.,  which  have  killed  commer¬ 
cial  varieties  to  the  ground.  It  cannot 
he  expected  to  fruit  in  any  region  visited 
by  late  frosts,  as  its  buds  swell  easily 
in  warm,  damp  weather*  This  peach  is 
being  grown  at  Chico,  Cal.,  where  the 
photograph  reproduced  was  taken.  The 
picture  gives  the  fruit  natural  size. 
this  has  seemed  to  cause  blooming.  One 
vine  which  had  been  growing  over  a 
porch  never  blossomed  until  a  small 
branch  pushed  up  through  between  one 
of  the  weatherboards  and  the  sill,  and 
came  out  through  a  small  hole  in  a 
board  farther  up.  This  branch  began  to 
bloom  iu  a  few  years,  and  had  many 
flowers  each  Summer.  The  rest  of  the 
plant  has  never  bloomed,  so  far  as  my 
knowledge  goes. 
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X.  Y„  grew  very  rapidly,  but  had  no 
(lowers  for  many  years.  Examination 
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around  the  plant  near  the  ground  soon 
after  the  vine  was  planted,  and  had  be¬ 
gun  to  pinch  it  when  blossoming  began. 
That  plant  bore  many  flowers  every 
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A  third  case  is  of  a  vine  purchased 
from  an  agent  of  a  Newark,  X’.  Y..  nurs¬ 
ery  firm  to  be  planted  where  a  vine  had 
been  growing  for  many  years  without 
any  flowers.  A  piece  of  chicken  wire 
was  hung  for  it  to  climb  on.  After 
growing  for  seven  or  eight  years  it  be¬ 
gan  to  blossom  last  year,  and  it  was 
found  that  one  branch  was  much  pinched 
by  the  wire.  There  was  only  one  brauch 
which  bore  flowers,  but  it  could  not  be 
proved  that  it  was  the  one  which  was 
pinched. 
If  I  were  planting  a  Wistaria  for  flow¬ 
ers  I  should  take  one  of  the  first  year 
shoots  and  tie  it  around  the  rest  of  the 
plant,  so  that  it  would  pinch  them  as 
they  grew  larger.  It  might  do  as  well 
to  tie  a  knot  in  each  of  the  branches  as 
it  grew  up  from  the  root.  A.  c.  w, 
Wayne  Go.,  N.  Y. 
BY  Jill  III Bend  5C<o  far  sample.  Larger 
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about  a  tax  3  1-Z  ft.  Dept.  StJ 
Beetles  Attacking  Grapes 
There  are  two  kinds  of  bugs  that  are 
very  bud  on  apple  stud  grape,  eating  the 
leaves  in  .Tune,  July  and  August.  One  is 
about  $jJ«inch  lung,  metallic  green,  and 
the  other  gray  and  probably  over  Vo-inch 
long.  If  I  should  spray  with  arsenate  of 
lead  would  I  be  likely  to  make  the  fruit 
unfit  for  eating?  I,  w.  it. 
Grapevines  are  quite  generally  sprayed 
during  early  July  with  arsenate  of  lead 
three  pounds  in  50  gallons  of  Bordeaux 
mixture  made  by  using  four  pounds  of 
copper  sulphate  and  four  pounds  of  lime 
in  50  gallons  of  water.  By  the  time  that 
the  fruit  is  ready  for  eating  the  arsenate 
of  lead  has  washed  off  so  that  there  is  uo 
Fond  du  Lac,  WIs, 
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