. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. sease. The barkon the main parts dies and peelsfrom an attack of sun clean and washing withantiseptics are recommended. In setting young trees careshould be exercised to allow theirown growth to shade their are sometimes severely at-tacked by sun scald after a winterwith much snow. It is supposedthat the reflection of the sun fromthe surface of the snow w
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. sease. The barkon the main parts dies and peelsfrom an attack of sun clean and washing withantiseptics are recommended. In setting young trees careshould be exercised to allow theirown growth to shade their are sometimes severely at-tacked by sun scald after a winterwith much snow. It is supposedthat the reflection of the sun fromthe surface of the snow will blister the bark so openly exposed atthat season of the year. Tying the trunks with paper will pro-tect them in the winter as well as in the summer. This methodmay be easily practiced in the home orchard. Apple rust is a fungous disease which seriously attacks theleaves, twigs and young fruits of pears and apples. The fungushas an alternate generation in the form of a fleshy growth on cedartrees, known as the cedar apple (Figs. 125 and 126). A remedy for the disease is to cut down all cedar trees in thevicinity of the orchard. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture, as forscab, will aid in controlling the Fig. 127.—Frog-eye leaf spot disease onapple leaf. The usual spraying to preventscab holds this disease in check. (VirginiaStation.) 202 ENEMIES OF THE APPLE, PEAR, AND QUINCE Frog-eye is a fungous growth forming round spots on the leaves(Fig. 127). It also attacks the twigs and fruit of pears and sprayings recommended for scab disease will usually controlfrog-eye. Curculio on Core Fruits.—A species of curculio closely resem-bling the one which attacks peaches, plums, and cherries, is an
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