. Cultivation of the apple in Canada with descriptions and lists of Apples. 19 Repellant Washes.—The following repellant wash was recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and given by Macoun in his bulletin, " The Apple in Canada ":— Unslaked lime—20 pounds. Flowers of sulphur—15 pounds. Water—40 gallons. This is applied to the trunks of the trees with a brush. Treatment of Injured Trees.—Trees that are badly girdled by mice usually die or are, at least, very much reduced in vigour. If completely girdled, death is certain. If the girdle is only partial,
. Cultivation of the apple in Canada with descriptions and lists of Apples. 19 Repellant Washes.—The following repellant wash was recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and given by Macoun in his bulletin, " The Apple in Canada ":— Unslaked lime—20 pounds. Flowers of sulphur—15 pounds. Water—40 gallons. This is applied to the trunks of the trees with a brush. Treatment of Injured Trees.—Trees that are badly girdled by mice usually die or are, at least, very much reduced in vigour. If completely girdled, death is certain. If the girdle is only partial, it may be cleaned out and covered. Fig. 13 Scions inserted under the bark and ready for binding and waxing. with grafting wax or melted paraffin to exclude air. Treated thus, partial girdles will heal over. When the girdle is extremely bad or complete, bridge-grafting may be adopted as a means of saving the tree. Of course if the tree is very young it might be better to cut it off at the ground and graft a scion into the old root. This is described under the section on grafting. 3736-4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, M. B; Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Dominion Experimental Farms Branch. Ottawa : Dept. of Agriculture
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