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the other worms which lodge in the
windpipe from drinking impure water

1st Reader Patty Hopkins
read an article on improvement in
wild fruits by cultivation. 2nd Reader
Cornelia, very sorry she forgot her ap
-pointment. Readers for next meeting
Carrie M. Brooke and Roger B. Farquhar

Questions 1 Ellen Farquhar brought some straw
-berries to show their imperfection and
ask the cause, which no one could ex-
-plain. Others complained of the same
trouble. 2nd Is there a general failure of fruit
as at Rockland? Yes, with a few exceptions.
A few have Bartlet pears, and some have a
few apples.

3 Which are the three best strawberries? Cres
-cent seedling, Sharpless, Wilson, Mount Vernon
Cumberland

4 What remedy for currant worm?
Helebore is used also unslaked lime and
ashes

5 Have asparagus beds generally been
injured by a little bug resembling a "lady bug"?
Nearly all have been injured.

6 What should been done to grape vines
which were trimmed early and have made
a luxuriant growth since; Cut back to the fruit

7 Any remedy for mildew on roses?
Sprinkle with suphur.

8 Is it best to leave a mulch on a hedge
planted this spring? Fertilize and cultivate