Why Pears Crack Your Problem?

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 88, 13 April 1940, Page 9 (Supplement)

Why Pears Crack Y our Problem?

QCCASIONALLY growers of FRUIT TREES (Onchunga).—Now is a good pears are disappointed in a time to put grease bauds on fruit trees. particular variety because most, NA ', ™ a , r ,?J'"!), uyri : wl " >J°" r ' icll mc the name oj the need cncloncd if not all, of tke fruits become "? c */ wa ,l t0 cradicalc »'• 11 '* prevalent in the flower garden and unfit for Use tHroucrh crackinsr. though constantly pulled out, is always ° 0 making a fresh appearance.

This is sometimes because of an it is suckling clover nnd in light soil unsuitable soil, lack of proper prei>ara- wou,< J h e p ersistent - Cultivation ' I « l i would jrrt rid of It In time. Tlierc is really tion, or incorrect planting, but is more no other way to eliminate It in n flower it ii_ ~ , - garden, hut with the free use of the hoe generally the result of a fungus disease, and spa(le it gllould not be dlfflcult n ' t £ which attacks fruits, foliage and wood, control it. Spray twice in spring, first as soon as AVOX DALE nays: Could you please let me activity U noticeable in the buds, and hOW '° Carr °" b "'' again a few weeks later after leaves «r he bost wny to 9torc cnrrotg an( ] t, PPtroot appear, making use of a fungicide such ' s to P u " U P the roots and wrench off the as Bordeaux mixture. Destroy all moisture'and ctoi/'off s any cl{!mp" ofTin® diseased fruits, and collect fallen leaves c.uPhf'lfept S[ PO ft and burn, whilst the soil around may the roots in layers and cover with drv sand i,„ _ j ~ c , ~ or soil. Sufficient sand or soil should he be remo\ed to a depth of two or three used to just keep the roots from actually inches and replaced with fresh soil. touchiug <>ach other. It is most important r to keep them dry, for although tlie.v may oven shrivel a little, it does not affect them ™ for cooking.

A READER (Onehunga) asks: (1) Coulil you kindly advise vie as to the corrcct time to sow the following seeds so they would all be flowering at the same time': Asters. phlox Drummondii, salvia*, antirrhinum, zinnias, lobelias, portulacca. (:!) Also, if J had the beds wanted in stocks, would they finish flowering when the summer plants tccrc due to go in 1

It must be remembered that it Is very (Uflicult to get some plants to flower out of season. To get the best results tlie following timpß would he approximate. Sow tlie following the first week in September: Asters, salvias, lobelia. The first week iii October: Antirrhinums. Tlie first week in December: Phlox Druinmondii. zinnias, portulaeca. Weather and attention will make a difference to tlie result. CJI Stocks would lie over and could be pulled out by the time tlie above would need planting, which would be in January.