Plums 
Plums bear about the second year. Out of ten 
crops, we have had eight good crops, one crop was 
lost by late frost and one was damaged by hail. 
Apricots 
Apricots grow well here if they are hardy, but a fly 
will lay eggs at the bottom of the trunk of the tree 
which turns into an apricot borer and bores into the 
bark, causing the sap to leak out. If they are allowed 
to increase, they may girdle the trunk of the tree and 
kill it. The borers may be dug out with a knife, or 
a small ditch may be dug around the base of the tree 
and some smashed moth balls may be sprinkled in it. 
The smell of the moth balls will make the borers 
leave. Borers bother more in dry years than in wet 
years. 
Peaches 
Many peach trees are not hardy here. The Amich 
peach seedling, similar to Polly, is hardy and bears 
a crop three years out of four. We sell a good, hardy, 
canning peach seedling, has one good crop every 
four years. One year the crop is a complete failure 
and it bears a few peaches the other years. 
Peach curl may ‘be due to a zinc deficiency. If 
not, dusting sulphur will check or control either 
fungus or aphis. 
Berry Plants 
Gooseberries 
Gooseberries bear a good crop every year. The 
gooseberry worm is held in check with Black Leaf 40. 
Gooseberries do best in sandy soil. 
“June Berries 
June berries have produced a fair crop every year 
for ten years. 
Grapes 
Concord grapes produced ten straight crops of 
grapes. One crop was light because of frost. 
Currants 
“Red Lake currants produce a crop here every year. 
Raspberries 
Without irrigation, black raspberries usually pro- 
duce a crop. 
Red raspberries are a heavy producer under ir- 
rigation and can grow in shade. San Jose scale can 
be cured with sulphur spray. 
