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Show It is a good practice to wash the trunk and main branches of fruit ires with lime wash. If tho white color is not tigreeahle, a little soot can ho nut. (i. .mi.l.,i;.,n iW. Ti. be put in to neutralize the glare. The wash destroys tho eggs of insects and the germs of fungi, and keeps the bark free to swell aa the cells grow. Where tho white scale abouuds on the bark tho branches may be painted with linseed oil. It is a aure cure, and rfally seems to make the tree more healthy and vigorous than it would be wilho.it Ihe wash. |