April 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Twenty-three 



Spraying Roses 



TF BLACK spot appeared on the leaves of 

 •'- your rose bushes last year, and the leave? 

 dropped off before the cold weather, now 

 is the time to begin treating them for this 

 year. This disease of the rose bush is 

 icnown as "black spot" and is caused by a 

 fungus. Besides causing the leaves to drop 

 too soon, it may cause the buds to begin 

 opening again in the fall, with the result 

 that the bloom for the following year is 

 much lessened. 



Black spot grows on the leaves in the 

 summer and then stays over in the fallen 

 leaves on the ground during the winter, 

 ready to attack again in the spring. It may 

 be controlled by burning all the fallen 

 leaves late in the fall or early in the spring, 

 and then spraying the bushes just as the 

 loaf buds open. 



There are three sprays which may be 

 used, as follows: Commercial lime-sulfur 

 one part to fifty parts of water, or Bor- 

 deaux mixture, in the proportions of 5-5- 

 5 0; or 15 gallons of water, 2 ounces of 

 copper carbonate and one pint of strong 

 ammonia water. 



Another method is to dust the bush with 

 a mixture of 90 parts of finely ground 

 sulfur and 10 parts powdered arsenate of 

 lead. 



Spraying must begin as '.he leaf buds are 

 opening and continue at intervals of ten 

 to twelve days, depending on how much 

 rain has fallen. 



Lewis Goes East 



Professor C. I. Lewis, formerly in charge 

 of the horticultural department of Oregon 

 Agricultural College and for more than two 

 years assistant manager of the Oregon 

 Growers' Co-Operative Association, has 

 taken the position of managing editor of 

 the American Fruit Grower, with head- 

 quarters in Chicago. In his various capa- 

 cities with the college and association and 

 through aggressive activities in all organiza- 

 tions related to the fruit industry of the 

 Northwest he has left a record for con- 

 structive work. The post to which he goes 

 has become his largely because of this 

 record. 



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 In Apples 



Between big, perfect, sound apples — and knotted, dwarfed, unmarketable fruit 

 the kind caused by aphis injury. 



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 TREES. 



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