. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT December [^ '*^J i y^r California Playground of America Invites the world and you to come and enjoy this winter out-of-doors. Automobihng along num- berless miles of beautiful highways; golf, tennis, polo and all manner of out-door sports; places and vistas, interesting and beautiful beyond compari- son or description. You must see for yourself. THE DIRECT ROUTE TO THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND IS Union Pacific System We will be glad to help plan your trip. Ask WM. McMURRAY O- GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT PORTLAND for illustrated booklets, information, etc. San Die
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT December [^ '*^J i y^r California Playground of America Invites the world and you to come and enjoy this winter out-of-doors. Automobihng along num- berless miles of beautiful highways; golf, tennis, polo and all manner of out-door sports; places and vistas, interesting and beautiful beyond compari- son or description. You must see for yourself. THE DIRECT ROUTE TO THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND IS Union Pacific System We will be glad to help plan your trip. Ask WM. McMURRAY O- GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT PORTLAND for illustrated booklets, information, etc. San Diego's Beautiful Exposition closes with the end of December Include it in the first part of your tour 4^-5 buds, etc., between the leaves of an old newspaper, a few between each two .sliiets. Then roll into a tight bundle, wrap in stout paper. Tie well, attach one of the franked tags on which you have written your name, address and mail. It will go ijoslage free. Yours for success in this undertaking, H. H, Whetzel, head of the Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Col- lege of .\griculture, Cornell L'niversitx-. The Leaf Blister Mite Kefl or green blister-like spots ap- |)earing in the early spring on the foli- age of the apple and pear are usually due to the leaf blister mile. This is not an insect, but a small animal, in- visible to the unaided eye, which attacks standard varieties of pear and apple trees and often inflicts serious damage. Where trees are seriously in- fested, the premature fall of both fruit and leaves may result. In such cases a sjjecial application of lime-sulphur wash or other spray may be necessar\-. Ordinarily, however, the regular or- chard spraying is sullicient to control the mite. Badly-infested branches of the pear trees may be cut olT and bui-netl.' Care should be taken not to confuse the work of the mite with the leaf-spol disease or the results of heavy spraxing. Describing the leaf blistei' mile, showing how it may be , and gi
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