40 SPRAYING PEACHES. 
for midseason varieties, with an additional treatment of self-boiled 
lime-sulphur alone, to be applied three or four weeks after the second 
application. 
Early varieties.—The Greensboro, Carman, Hiley, Mountain Rose, 
and varieties having the same ripening period should receive the first 
and second applications prescribed for midseason varieties. 
Where the curculio is not particularly bad, as in Connecticut, 
western New York, and Michigan, the first treatment, which is for 
this insect only, may be omitted. Also for numerous orchards 
throughout the Middle States where the insect, especially in the 
younger orchards, is not yet very troublesome, orchardists should 
use their judgment as to whether the first application may be safely 
omitted. Where peach scab is the chief trouble, and brown-rot and 
curculio are of only minor importance, as may be the case in some of 
the Allegheny Mountain districts, satisfactory results may be had 
from two applications, namely, the first with self-boiled lime-sulphur 
and arsenate of lead four to five weeks after the petals fall, and the 
second treatment of the above schedule with self-boiled lime-sulphur 
alone three to four weeks later. These two treatments, if thoroughly 
applied, will control the scab and brown-rot, especially on the early — 
and midseason varieties, and will materially reduce curculio injuries. 
Even one application of the combined spray made about five weeks 
after the petals fall would pay well, although this is recommended 
only for conditions where it is not feasible to do more. 
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