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Show tpr.f Hie I mil Trees. To wve apples ami pear f rum the ravage rav-age of the codllu moth there seems hut unu thing to bo doue, and that 1 to spray puis green Into the MusMiuUfora It dose up and In such quantities tliat Iho joung worm will lie sure to tieriili Uie mnmiut It I hatched an I U gin to rat When npjlis and iears are the sire of a tuisll pea or buckshot aul still stand erect uu the stem the calyx It yet will f!ien so that the jiolson can bo sprayed Into It Within a week arter tint time tin blamom end has lo closed up tliat the work cannot be done with any sue cesa. The utmost dlllgeuce It then fore necessary to do tltU work thoroughly and Jim at the right time. The Jvirll irmndooenogood unles It enter the blossom and rtuialnathrre. Alithepol. son tliat la deposited on tho surface of the fruit I dUlpatul wlthlu n week or two by tjie sun and v, Ind. Hence there need be no fear whatever of using It freely. Many use too little of the poison for Ut results. A teacupful (half a pint) lo forty gallons of water Is not too mucin It will not Injure the trvca-that Is, ap-plonndiiear, ap-plonndiiear, though It will kill peach trees. If a hard rain come before tbo calyx Is closed, so M to wash out the io. son, the work shonll bo Immediately done over again. The only ral ration fur our apple nnd pear It to spray thoroughly thor-oughly with iiarl green within two weeks after the tree Is in full bloom. California Fruit flrmvtr. |
