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Show 't '-"".' " ' '" -'ii mii -"! m linn BiwifcMa,-. HORTICULTURAL NOTuG. Apples sliould be barreled up before putting into the jilt. An eastern fruit man says the pear tree will Utrive Insttcr after lieing inis-ticated inis-ticated than almost any other kind of rce. - I5oot. cc crown galls attack apple, cherry, peach and other tivs'K, and the rjspberry. It is spread from affected nurseries. It is believed there is no cure for it, Tho trees should be dug out and burned. If house plants become frozen, darken tho room and .sprinkle with wa tdr from the well, with a few drops of spirits of camphor In it. Keep tho temperature at 40 degrees for 21 rour. This is Mie advice given by a flower growler. BJack-kiiot occurs in every state of this union. The 'remedy is to cut out and burn the knots ns fast as formed, and when tho foliage is nil gone in win. tcr go over them carefully to cut out and bum any that may have been hid by the leaves. Prof. Lodemnn, who lias been experimenting experi-menting wiUi old and new Jiordeauv mivt.ures, sus, in the Rural New Yorker, York-er, that only fresh made is safe to use. because it is difficult to keep o'd agitated agi-tated sufficiently to accomplish its work properly in the case of fungous discuses. |