Show protection POR FOR ALL FRUITS improved method of ripening li is to in 14 close in paper back french make success pears apples and grapes Inc loael in paper sacks backs when of one third size B will protect the fruit thus treated from being worm eaten to prevent tile the moth from laying its ita eggs into calix of tho the flowers when in bloom the trees and vines should bo be sprayed with topper sulphate solution before buds buda swoll swell and with the bordeaux mixture anil and parts green after the blossom aade nay formed but before they open header son eon an authority says never spray with and fungicides fure nAdes when trees aro are in full fall flower it kils kills the bees and seriously injures pollination we have sacked fruits tor for some year and find that the fruits thus sacked rr main sound and have a superior color and flavor and are sweeter says a writer in the baltimore american ap AI ples pies and pears color beautifully tully grapes not only ripen fully bu ft a fine sugary flavor and are covered wibb a rich bloom the french have had great success in grow growing lil fruit for market and tor for exhibition pur pu poses M Lubi menko an authority who ha made a study of this method says that it if the fruit has light and air at tho the beginning of its formation it can afterwards thrive e in darkness it wheat in flower in full bloom is put in sacks sack the ears thus give the normal number of grains only but in many fruits a superior quality la Is obtained by obscuring more or less according to the species the light that they after they are once formed interesting experiments can be madd by inclosing the fruits with different thickness of paper the attenuation 0 of light would have the effect besides ot of diminishing the acidity of fruits we have used thin paper sacks grocers tea and sugar bags of one and two pound capacity have proven satis satisfactory fao the paper Is not too to 0 thick to obscure the light and heat of the sun bun but Is thick enough to resist the summer showers |