FRUIT GARDEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 40, 16 February 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

FRUIT GARDEN.

A. the varieties ripen they should be picked, thi. .ppli.. ..pacially to reaches, Nectarines, etc. Some of the early Apples are ready, and, in the absence of storms, wul bans on the trees; a storm, howerer, will soon bring them

Th * *&!***!"* " •**>"* *««M *" cleaned oat r.u if l°» the , fru,t th *» will »oon have to be stored. Gather all fallen fruit, and get rid of it by some means or other. Spraying for codlm moth i. still necessary. Where earlier spraying, were done effectually, the infection will not be great, b J The weather will allow the moth to produce late broodT Look out for twig infection by fireblight, where . young, leafy .hoot has the appearance of being scorched, cut it out. When cutting out the twig, cut well below the affected part, and iZzzL"* each cut - dip the —•■«~•<"»• »»••*•»; Wh *out h Lra! Ch f h *r ** thered . «<» «• «>e tree, and cut out broken branches, also some of the inside growth, and alio T .. •°. me . of *• branches that fruited thi. year. vT-* W .U f ,V u the * ree * chance *° ri »~ n the wood thoroughly Vine, that show signs of mildew should be dusted with snlnhul —J hme, ,n proportion of half flower of sulphur and &2L££