A's' tins"’ is "fite right time’ for destroying blight on fruit trees, the following hints may be useful: A pint of kerosene oil, mixed with a quarter of a. pound of soft soap and worked up to a froth by means of hot water, and then mixed, with a gallon of cold water, will make ah effective wash for trees of any kind ; and a remedy that will kill American blight, will be equally effective in clearing the trees of scale, or any other insect pests that attack the young growth of fruit trees during the entire season of. active leaf growth. There is an old homely remedy both cheap and effective—that of syringing the trees with soap suds as they come from the wash tub.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1048, 18 June 1883, Page 3
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