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  [ " , iv. TREATMENT or oaormnns Foe iusntrr AND nUNeUs ATTACKS. tree:
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  ~   VVithin the past few years a means of preserving apples, Sm?
  i U ,· ‘ plums and cherries from the attacks of insects has been brought me
  . Q - _ into use to the great pecuniary advantage of orchardists. It is the
  V, , now possible by spraying with London purple, or Paris green, ` L
  . to save the greater part of the fruit, which has been for years bot,
  lost from the burrowings of insects. I believe that similar bea
  - I benefit will result from spraying for rot and blight fungi. The
  " , » I time and expense which this treatment of fruit trees costs is no P0;
  V _ longer an objection to spraying. VVith an oil barrel, a force the
  H " . pump and a few feet of bose, a large orchard can be gone over tha,
    in a couple of days with trifling cost. of t
    , The Time lo Sp7·uty.—Tl1e spraying with London purple or mug
  _ — Paris green should be done soon after the fruit has " set," and a lie;
  ‘ second spraying should follow for late apples, in from two to H
   ~ _ ‘ » three weeks. One spraying should suffice for early fruit. Never tha,
  p spray with London purple or Paris green late in the season, or li
  near the time of ripening of fruit. Hi,)
  . Spraying with these poisons will serve in the early part of W5
   1 the season for both insects and fungi. Later in the season the Wig,
  _ rots may appear if nothing is done to prevent. For early fruit mil
t g,  . I would advise a single spraying with the Bordeaux mixture SILC
  mentioned under insecticides and fungicides above. Late fruit um.
  ~ s should be sprayed twice during the summer with this mixture. ` thm
 `  ·_   In the case of one or two trees of special value, it may some- Wh,
  _ · times be well to make more frequent applications. am,
    V How Z0 Spmy.—'I`l1e spray should be as fine as possibleea O, _
  .· I mist so fine that it will reach every part of the foliage, as well HH
  as the fruit. From a gallon to a gallon and a half of fluid
  t is enough for most orchard trees. It should not take more
  than a minute to spray one tree. For convenience in get-
  . _ ting the fluid OV€1‘ the Trees, spray from the windward side. It p
  the trees are very tall and large, it will be well to fasten the
  nozzle to the end of a pole so that it can be elevated. Keep
  the tiuid well stirred while using, else the last used will be so
  strong as to do injury, and the first may not be strong enough
iii? ; to do good, ·
    Ilatngcr Z0 Stock ia Spm_¢/cd Ol`C}i,(l/`(f·S'.·——IlQ is just as well to
S igi l , keep stock out of orchards for a few days after spraying tl1€
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