246 Appendix. 



Beet. — See under Sugai- Beet. 



Bluckherry. — For antliracnose, leaf spot and rust spray with 21. before leaves 

 start ; when leaves are half grown use 22 ; repeat in two weeks. 



Gabhaye and Cauliflower. — For club-root, rotate crops : destroy all stunips 

 and other waste in fall : apply lime at rate of 80 to 100 bushels per acre 

 and work into soil. For worms, use 1 or o when first observed. After plants 

 head, 17 or 18 may be used if preferred. For aphis, use 12 or 1."'). 



Carnations. — For rust and other fungus diseases, spray with 22. when dis- 

 ease first appears and repeat at intervals of two weeks. For red spider or aphis 

 use 12 or l.S. 



Celery. — For leaf-spot or leaf-blight use 22 upon young seedlings and re- 

 peat two or three times at intervals of two weeks. 



Cherry. — For brown-rot and leaf-spot, spray with 22 when blossoms are 

 opening and again when petals fall ; after fruit begins to color use 25, 26 or 27. 

 For slugs, use 1 when slugs first appear, or if fruit is ripening dust with air- 

 slaked lime or fine dry dust. For aphis, use 12 or 13. For gummosis, cut out 

 gum pockets, slit outer bark from branches to ground and wash or spray with 21. 

 For San .Jose scale use 10 or 11 when trees are dormant. 



Chrysanthemum. — For leaf-spot spray with 22 and repeat once or twice 

 at intervals of two weeks if necessary. 



Cucvmhcr. — For striped cucumber-beetle, dust the plants witli .">. or spray 

 with 22. Plant some early squash as trap plants and when the beetles are feed- 

 ing on them dust them with pure Paris green. For fungus diseases, sprny 

 with 22 when vines begin to form and repeat three or four times at intervals 

 of two weeks. 



Currant. — For mildew, spray with 28, when buds begin to open and repeat 

 at intervals of 10 to 15 days until fruit is nearly ripe. For worms on leaves, 

 use 1 or 17. For fruit worms, destroy infested fruit : allow the poultry the- 

 run of the bushes when imested fruit is falling. 



Gooseherry. — Same as currant. 



Grape. — For mildews, rot and antliracnose, spray with 22 when buds are 

 swelling, when leaves are half grown, just before blossoming, when fruit has 

 set, and repeat once or twice at intervals of two weeks. If later applications 

 are required use 25. 



Hop. — For hop-lice, spray with 12 irhen lice flr.^t appear and i-epeat as 

 necessary. 



Household Pests. — For fleas, flies, mosquitoes, roaches, etc., use 18. (rar- 

 ments infested with clothes moths may be inclosed in tight bo.x and fumigated 

 with 19. If house is badly infested with any insect pest fumigate with 19. 



Muskmelon. — For striped cucumber-beetle, see under cucumber. For anthrac- 

 nose, mildew and leaf-ljlight, use 22 when vines begin to form and i-epeat two 

 or three times at intervals of two weeks. 



Nursery t<tock. — For various fungus diseases, spray with 22 when leaves, 

 first appear and repeat at intervals of 10 to 15 days until rainy season closes. 

 Fumigate with 20. 



Outs. — For loose smut, soak seed in .30 or 24. 



Onions. — For smut, practice rotation of crops, transplanting seedlings : use 

 100 pounds of sulphur and 50 pounds of air-slaked lime per acre in the drills, 

 with the seed. For powdery-mildew, try 22 when disease first apears and re- 

 peat if necessary. For cut worms use 8. 



Pea. — For mildew, spray with 22 or 28 when mildew appears and repeat 

 once or twice, if necessary, at intervals of 10 days. 



Peach. — For leaf-curl, spray before buds swell with 10, 11 or 21 ; as bud.* 

 are opening use 2.3 ; repeat when calyx drops. For postular spot, brown-rot. or 

 scab make one or two additional applications at intervals of two weeks. If 

 brown-rot is severe follow with one or two applications of 27 while fruit is 

 coloring. For San Jose scale, apply 10 or 11 while trees are dormant. For twig- 

 borer use 10 just before buds swell. For root-borers, as a preventive wrap base 



