398 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CIIERKV. 



1. Follow the general directions for the plum. 



GRAPE. 



1. Before buds open, use copper sulphate solution A. 



2. When leaves are about half grown use Bordeaux mixture (with an insect 

 poison). 



3. Ten days or two weeks later, repeat No. 2. Use potassium sulphide solution 

 if powdery mildew appears. 



4. After ten days or two weeks, repeat No. 3, if necessary. 



5. When fruit approaches maturity, use a clear fungicide if needed. 



6. If mildew persists, after harvesting, use Bordeaux mixture. 



RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. 



1. Cut out canes badly affected with anthracnose and insects. Before buds 

 open spray with copper sulphate solution A. 



2. After new growth is ten or twelve inches long, use Bordeaux (with an in- 

 sect poison). Dig out and burn plants showing orange rust. 



3. At intervals of one to three weeks, repeat No. 2. Use a clear fungicide be- 

 fore fruit ripens to avoid stain. 



4. After fruit is gathered remove old canes, spray with Bordeaux. 



CURRANT. 



1. When leaves are well out and as soon as leaf-spot appears, use soda Boar- 

 deaux or ammoniacal copper carbonate. 



2. After fruit is gathered use Bordeaux. 



3. If leaf-spot continues, repeat No. 2. 



GOOSEBERRY. 



1. Before buds open, use Bordeaux (with insecticides). 



2. When fruit is formed, use potassium sulphide if mildew appears. 



3. When necessary, repeat No. 2. 



4. After fruit is gathered, use Bordeaux if needed. 



STRAWBERRY. 



1. Just before blossoming, use Bordeaux (with insecticide). 



2. After fruit sets, copper sulphate solution B. 



3. After harvest, if to be kept, use Bordeaux. 



New plantations during first year should be given treatments No. 1 and No. 3. 



SPRAYING CALENDAR. 



L. B. TAiT, Uortictilturist : c. d. smith, Director. 



[Special Bulletin No. 26.] 



Farmers and fruit growers are beginning to understand the importance of the 

 use of insecticides and fungicides to preserve their crops from the attacks of 

 insects and diseases. To supply information as to the best remedies and the 

 methods of preparing and using them, in a form that can be preserved so as to 

 be convenient for reference, the following bulletin has been prepared. The 

 remedies have been thoroughly tested, and if the directions regarding their 

 preparation and application are carefully followed, they will be found effectual 

 and can be used without danger to the foliage and fruit, or the health of the 

 consumer. 



Explanation. — While the entire number of applications given will be found de- 

 sirable in seasons when insects and fungous diseases are particularly troublesome, 

 and in the case of varieties that are subject to attack, a smaller number will 

 often suffice. To indicate those that are of greatest importance, italics have been 

 used, while others, that, although seldom required, may sometimes be of value, 

 are printed in plain type. Whenever an asterisk (*) is used, it cautions against 

 spraying trees with poisons while they are in blossom. 



