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fight the worms with salt, insect
powder, ashes etc. The Rural New
Yorker gives directions for blanching
celery quickly. by using 10 inch boards
set on edge each side of the row of
plants - and kept in place by tying the
ends of the boards together. Prop over
laden peach and pear Trees. Sow pansy seed
The assistant Sec. read the list of exhibits;
the quality and variety over all that
could be wished. The fine display of
fruit from Hermon gave encouragement
to some of us who have planted fruit
trees recently.

Questions
1 A peach tree which has borne four or five
crops this year formed the fruit which
soon shriveled and fell off what
treatment advised? Try cutting back
to three feet from the ground; not much
hope given for its recovery.

2 Any remedy for blight of rose leaves?
None Known.

3 Black berry bushes too thick, should they
be thinned out like Raspberry? Yes, any
time now cut out all the canes that
have borne and thin the young canes