1S8 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OP HORTICULTURE. 

 BORDEAUX MIXTURE FOR FUNGI. 



Ingredients — Sulphate of copper, six jDouiids. 

 Lime, four pounds. 

 Water, forty-five gallons. 



MODIFIED BORDEAUX MIXTURE. 



Ingredients — Sulphate of copper, three pounds. 

 Lime, four pounds. 

 Water, forty-five gallons. 

 Dissolve bluestone in a wooden vessel, slack the lime in 

 another vessel or can, put both in a barrel of water and mix 

 thoroughly. 



FOR APPLE SCAB, PEAR SCAB AND LEAF BLIGHT. 



First application — Just as the buds are swelling, with bor- 

 deaux mixture. 



Second application — Just as the fruit buds break open, but 

 before the flowers expand, with bordeaux mixture. 



( Ready to spray second time.) 



Third application — With bordeaux mixture when the fruit 

 has attained the size of a hazelnut. 



FOR APPLE CANKER OR DEADSPOT. 



Cut out diseased spots clean in the fall when leaves have 

 dropped, and wash with bordeaux mixture ; repeat in mid- 

 summer, if found necessary. 



