Apples gathered in the light of the moon will not rot. During the year in which seventeen-year locusts appear, mulberries will be poisonous. Eating gooseberries before they are ripe will give you lice. Empty your chamber pot every morning against a peach tree, so it will bear better. Frost during the light of the moon will not kill fruit.
Fruit trees bear well, if planted in the full moon.
Fruit trees pruned in the light of the moon will not die. Fruit will not decay, if picked when the moon is increasing. Gather fruit on the decrease of the moon and the fruit that is bruised will not rot or dry up. Grapevines should be trimmed after the first frost in the fall. Hang a number of old bottles on a cherry tree that does not fruit and you get a fine crop in the next year.