HORTICULTURAL HINTS.
The plum curcuJ; o beetles may be easily jarred from the trees in the m^~. n i n g. Spread sheets beneath. th p "trees to catch them. Apples keep splendidly in pi. J es f and we always thought that- pitting them gave them better flavor. t*it them as you would potatoes. We know cellars and root cellars in which, the old roots, are now rotting and sprouting. We hope that you aT^ not the party to permit it. 1 There is not much money for the average farmer in growing small fruit, but he should grow enough of all kinds for family consumption. White grapes are not as popular as colored grapes because they do not look as nice. It is always so- v.:ith fruit. The best colored sells best. Eigid pruning ooxf x evergreens every year has a tendency to destroy their vigor. We mean the pruning and trimming to give them a certain shapes You -should know * each, fruit tree intimately so that yoxi can know vrhai it needs in the way of thinning or pruning. Study your trees as, yott dp ■. or ought to study your individual animals. — Western Plowman.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 180, 23 October 1903, Page 2
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