Show MUCH DAMAGE BY just before buda open plum trees j should be thoroughly sprayed london purple favored by I 1 PUTNAM plums too often an uncertain crop on account of curcillo cur cullo may be easily grown every year unless destroyed by frost this Is especially true of the old damson plums the rich flavor of which Is too little known in the scram ble or the newer japanese varieties early in march while the ground Is still frozen hard mulch heavily with horse manure this serves the doulas an old plum tree neglected purpose of maintaining fertility and keeping the treat in the ground until the spring Is sufficiently advanced that swelling buds will not get caught in a frost just before the buds open the trees should be thoroughly sprayed the writer has tor a number of years used london purple without injurious et feels to the foliage a dessert spoon ful to ten gallons of water some of the other ar senates are said to be less injurious to the leaves and are especially recommended tor the peach aa arsenate of lead the best used in proportion to two pounds 60 gallons of water or paris green one pound to gallons or gal ions of water dy spraying just before the buda open and just after the blossoms fall there la no danger of poisoning bees and experience shows it to ba best also for the fruit the second spray ing should be followed by a third two weeks later small trees may be protected by dally jarring and gathering the beetles aa they fall into sheets prepared top the purpose but with large trees this method la scarcely practicable |