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to be sure an early frost does not kill your vegetables before t^py mature.
• Snap bean, tomato, and pepper flowers may fail to develop fruit when daytime temperatures rise above 90 degrees F.
• In late summer (around the end of August), tip layer the canes of black red raspberries by pressing branch tips 3 to 4 inches into soil where branch tips naturally fall. A good root system will form on the tip by fall, to be dug and severed from the mother plant in early spring.
If your apple or pear trees have dead branches with leaves still clinging to the twigs, they may have fire blight. This bacterium is best controlled by pruning.
When making cuts, prune at least 8 inches below the dead part of the twig and dip shears in a 10 percent bleach solution between cuts to prevent transmitting the disease to healthy wood. Also, avoid excessive fertilizing with nitrogen in the spring as succulent new wood is more susceptible to fire blight bacteria;
• lb reduce the number of pests on your fruit tree for the coming year, pick up and destroy all fallen fruit, worms hide in the fallen fruit, then
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