. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ckinfT the ring in parts of the East, al- though it is very irregu- lar in its outbreaks. It can be controlled by thor- ough work with a spray of whale - oil soap, one l>ound in three to five gallons of water, begin- ning soon after the fruit has set. and repeating the application whenever the iisyllas becom
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ckinfT the ring in parts of the East, al- though it is very irregu- lar in its outbreaks. It can be controlled by thor- ough work with a spray of whale - oil soap, one l>ound in three to five gallons of water, begin- ning soon after the fruit has set. and repeating the application whenever the iisyllas become nu- merous. In some parts IX Js). of the East the fruit is attacked by the Pear midge, a minute fly whose maggots work in the verv young fruit Thorough cultivation will check this sen ous pest, but its complete control often ln^ohts the Cluster of Pear flowers. dest: L of all the young fruit on the lufesti t) lis the application of kamit to the soil 1 tl insect aftei it leaves the fiuit to ui I I formations : of til attic ke check 1 \ I tl j 1 I \ ago the W I 11 I) i i I i il riet> foi gio\Miiâ 11 11 luii 1 the Pear scab it [ iss 1 lu \ It dissease was due t i uii ii., ui I In vent of the sulfate i_f n ' ''P been found that tht \\hitL 1> ^lun well as ever Flemish Beiut> is i point Tieais ago it was one of the r ard varieties, but of late j ears it ha because of the cracking of tht fiuit come into vogue i, mi 1 i 1 nu | deaux mixture is a i it 11 I Pear blight or In II I i i tl of Pear trees It i u \i 11 i I by a microbe whu 1 iit i ti i i I 1 | nts (flowers and tips fall, in the Pear blight, the Iea\es turn black and hang on the tree The fire blight attacks apple trees popula j: The uised particularly in the Plains region original on hawthorns and leliti no perfect preventive of the disc i seem to be relatively immune is Duchess It is now ^ n i ilh I 1 more subject tc il 1 1 cessive growth 11 the application As the parts, severing 11 point of visible iti to lemam on
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