. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 76 THE PLUM. abuâaaLt!4nSfc, fr"t ^"^' "'"^ ^'" ^"PP'^ «»«', more d/sdi;,t!?^eSi^s^7[hI-âf > ]" "gj't ^'ottom land, or on san- ation. ^ ^ â ^"^ '? '^ "^«f"l manure, applied in moder- tlie CUKCULIO It t f .'«..» """"''t<"- ''"s *» contend with, is eirect. the ^e^tructi^n": Te^Sto7;;tllt tr;^^^^^^^^^^^ po": J^;â?th:tL&quo
. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 76 THE PLUM. abuâaaLt!4nSfc, fr"t ^"^' "'"^ ^'" ^"PP'^ «»«', more d/sdi;,t!?^eSi^s^7[hI-âf > ]" "gj't ^'ottom land, or on san- ation. ^ ^ â ^"^ '? '^ "^«f"l manure, applied in moder- tlie CUKCULIO It t f .'«..» """"''t<"- ''"s *» contend with, is eirect. the ^e^tructi^n": Te^Sto7;;tllt tr;^^^^^^^^^^^ po": J^;â?th:tL"S ^iL^r LT^: figure. (« ) The semilunar marks are inci! sions made by the insect, into which it in- serts an egg. The egg hatches into a worm, works Its into the fruit and causes It tâ avoid trees hang- nnd one oTthe' best mode, of rl """"*'' ^'S""'^' '""^ '^e easiest fâ¢:^S ^^r,f writs'v^5^^^^^^^^^ trees a« protect? t=. ^lifedtu^dX^^-'^"' "â ^'- ">« sprtdlrel^ .S?he Snd1nrt"'^7 ^"'^^ ^"-«»-' " *« S^^^i^gTe^SS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ on the end of I ^^c^an^dl^lLVS ^-£J"tt ^.ttooto?. THE PLUM. the morning or early evening is the best time, when the insects are not disposed to fly. The credit of suggesting this plan belongs to David Thomas.âBoys will take delight in thus hunting down the marauder. The odor of manure is said to be oflfensive to the cur- culio. Neither salt nor lime prevent it: washes are useless. Sin- gle plums or bunches, may be saved by an envelope of gauze, or by cutting out the egg from under the lip of the incision before the hatched worm penetrates the fruit. Black Knots.âThese are similar in appearance to those so commonly seen on the common Morello Cherry. But although the cherry trees are almost exterminated here, the plums are not yet attacked. The knots seem partly to proceed from a constitutional disease in the sap, transmi
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