Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . ?^ •^ Fig. 239.—Large shears, e, will hasten the pruning work; hand shears, /, are necessaryfor small trees and twigs. The hole pruner, n, aids in the high tops. The heavy pruningknife with hooked blade is used on small limbs and for smoothing the saw work. (NebraskaStation.) ing later than this will not be necessary except where bitter rotis likely to attack the crop. In that case a summer campaign maybe necessary, spraying every two or three weeks according to thefrequency of rainfall. This would be practi
Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . ?^ •^ Fig. 239.—Large shears, e, will hasten the pruning work; hand shears, /, are necessaryfor small trees and twigs. The hole pruner, n, aids in the high tops. The heavy pruningknife with hooked blade is used on small limbs and for smoothing the saw work. (NebraskaStation.) ing later than this will not be necessary except where bitter rotis likely to attack the crop. In that case a summer campaign maybe necessary, spraying every two or three weeks according to thefrequency of rainfall. This would be practiced only in specialcases, and should be considered somewhat experimental. Thematerial recommended is Bordeaux mixture made with fourpounds of copper sulfate to six pounds fresh ^unslaked lime in 50gallons of water. 336 WORK BY SEASONS Spraying Campaign for Stone Fruits.—This campaign is very-similar to that described for the apple orchard. In general thesprajdng is the same for all the stone fruits, including peaches, r.
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