yt)4 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Oft. Uoc. 



CANKER-WORM: 



1. I'aris gieeu or Arsenate of Lead wLeu caterpillars appear. 2. 

 Same ten days later. 3. Repeat every ten days if needed. 



TENT CATERPILLAR: 



I. Destroy tents at night by torch. 2. If any escape, treatment 

 for Codling moth will destroy them. See Report of Department 



for 1898. 



PLUM CURCULIO: 



1. Treatments 1 and 2 as foi- Bud moth. See also under ''Plum." 



BORERS: 



1. Cut out those already in the tree, in May. 2. Wrap several 

 thicknesses of paper around the trunk and fasten, about the first 

 of June, and leave till September; cover upper part of trunk and 

 larger limbs with whitewasli and a little Paris green, at the 

 same time. See Report of Departrpent for 1S1)8. 



OYSTER-SHELL SCALE AND SCURFY SCALE: 



1. If severe, scrape the parts affected or spray with Whale Oil Soap 

 before buds swell in spring. 2. Spray about the 5th of June, 

 with Kerosene Emulsion. 3. Rejieat 2 about June 25th. See 

 Bulletin 43 of Department. 



SAN JOSE SCALE: 



See under ''Peach." 



SCAB: 



1. Spray with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green just before the 

 blossoms open. 2. Repeat 1 as soon as blossoms have fallen. 

 .'>. Repeat 1 about ten days later, and 4. if necessary two weeks 

 later. 



BITTER-ROT : 



Same treatment as for Scab. 



APPLE LEAF RUST: 



1. Destroy all Red Cedar trees in the neighborhood of the orchard 

 a.s this fungus passes a part of its life on the Cedars, causing the 

 •Cedar Apples." 



Apiicot. 

 See Peach. 



.\sparagus. 



ASPARAGUS BEETLES: 



1. Destroy all voluuti-er asjtaragus, leaving only the shoots de- 

 signed for market. 2. Let fowls run among the plants. 3. If 

 serious, dust with fresh-dry-slacked lime while dew is on. 4. Re- 

 peat 3 every other day of ten days. 



