No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1011 



MILDEW: 



1. Bordeaux mixture on first appearance. 2. Burn vines after 

 gathering the crop. 



Currant and Gooseberry. 



CURRANT WORM: 



1. Paris green or Hellebore when tlie worms first appear. 2. Re 

 peat, using Hellebore every ten days or two weeks if needed. 



STEM GIRDLER: 



1. Cut off stem three inches below the girdled place and burn. 



GOOSEBERRY FRUIT WORM: 



1. Let fowls run among the plants. 2. Pick off and destroy in- 

 jured fruit. 3. Kake up and burn the fallen leaves and rubbish 

 near by, in the fall. 



FOUR-LINED LEAF BUG: 



1. Spray, in May, with Kerosene Emulsion, one part; water five 

 parts. 



LEAF- SPOT: 



1. Spray v.ith ammoniacal copper carbonate soon after leaves 

 open, 2. Repeat with Bordeaux mixture every two weeks as 

 long as needed. 3. Gather and burn fallen leaves in the fall. 



MILDEW: 



1. Spray with Potassium Sulphide solution (liver of sulphur) as 

 the leaves begin to open. 2. Repeat every two or three weeks 

 if needed. 



Egg Plant. 



LEAF-SPOT: 



1. Bordeaux mixture as soon as plants are established in the field 



2. Retteat everv two or three weeks 



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3. Then use ammoniated carbonate. 



2. Repeat every two or three weeks till fruit is half grown. 



Elm. 



ELM LEAF BEETLE: 



1. Spray with Paris green or Arsenate of Lead when leaves first 

 open. 2. Repeat two weeks later. 3. Repeat if necessary. 



TUSSOCK MOTH: 



1. Gather and destroy the whitish egg masses in winter. 2. Re- 

 peat in July or August, before the eggs hatch and the caterpil- 

 lars scatter. 3. If the caterpillars are feeding, spray with 

 Paris green or Arsenate of Lead as often as needed. 



