Spray Calendar. 49 



SPRAY CALENDAR. 



This calendar has been prepared to answer the question, so often 

 asked, when to spray, what to spray with, hotv to spray, and what 

 to spray for, thus obviating the error to use the wrong spray for 

 any given insect or fungus. 



All fruit trees should be sprayed in the fall, as soon as all the 

 leaves have dropped, with sulphur, lime, and salt ; if no scale are 

 present, full strength of bordeaux mixture will be found snfficient. 



SULPHUR, LIME, AND SALT. 



This is a winter spray, and used for all scale insects, pear-leaf 

 blister mite, green aphis, twig borer, bud moth, and clover mite. 



HOV^ PREPARED. 



Ingredients— hime (unslacked), 50 pounds. 

 Sulphur, 50 pounds. 

 Stock salt, 50 pounds. 

 This will make 150 gallons of wash. 



Directions— ^l&ck 50 pounds of lime, then add the 50 pounds of 

 sulphur, boil it over a brisk fire for one hour, then place all the 

 salt with it in the boiler and boil for 15 minutes more, then add 

 the necessary water to make 150 gallons. This solution should be 

 used at a temperature of at least 100 degrees. Before using, strain 

 it. The utility of this wash depends a great deal upon the strength 

 of the sulphur. It is therefore recommended that those who use 

 this wash have a Beaumes scale for acid. When it shows eight de- 

 grees when cold it is of the proper strength. These scales can be 

 obtained through any druggist at a cost not to exceed 50 cents. 



This combination is the result of Mr. Emile Schanno's extensive 

 experiments in the Fourth District. 



FOR SAN JOSE SCALE, GREEDY SCALE, AND TURTLE-BACK SCALE. 



Sulphur, lime, and salt in the fall as soon as the leaves have 

 dropped, and again in the spring before the buds begin to swell. 

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