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Montreal, Sept. 19, 1887.

Mr. E. F. Smith,

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 30th ult. came to hand on my return
to the City a few days since.  When you are in New Jersey,
you would do well to call upon Dr. G. H. Cook of the
Experiment Station at New Brunswick, and also upon Mr. H. H.
Appleton, Odessa, Del.  These gentlemen can give you information
such as you desire, or tell you where to find it.  You
should also visit the Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass.,
where you will find the original trees experimented upon and
cured.  You should also see Dr. Goessmann with whom I was
associated in the work, and who first advanced the idea upon 
which our final success was based. 
* * * *

Your first step in dealing with your orchard is to give
it a thorough pruning this fall, being sure to cut off all
conspicuously diseased wood.  The firtst object is to reduce
the old wood to a minimum, so that with the special treatment,
new and healthy wood may be formed.  Then apply

Kieserite 25 lbs.
Muriate Potash 150 lbs.
Dissolved Bone-black, 450 lbs.

to the acre, one half spring and fall, just before and after
        