FRUIT GROWING.
A writer in au Americau .iournal, who lias had practical experience with a fruit garden, believes iv letting tlie cows have access to the orchard. "The trees," ho explains, "will give shade and comfort to tlie cows, while tho cows feed auct nourish the trees—a fair' exchange." He adds :—"Be carot'ul to trim tlie trees carefully and to burn all the rubbish ; this precaution, especially in the case of dead limbs, is important, for most dead wood in youug trees is due to disease, often infectious, and should be burned at ouco. My spraying, pump was fitted to a sound oil barrel, and we made tlie first attack on fungus .disease with the Bordeaux mixture. Another vigorous spraying was carried out when the buds were swelling, another wheu the flower petals were falling, anil still another when the truit was as large as peas (the two last sprayings had Paris greeu added to the Bordeaux mixture) aud the fight against apple enemies was euded for that year."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9593, 3 February 1910, Page 3
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169FRUIT GROWING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9593, 3 February 1910, Page 3
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