March, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUEIST 



71 



When Ordering Your 



STRAWBERRY 

 PLANTS 



Order from the old reliable 

 Plant Grower 



W. H. VANDERBURG 



Poplar Hill, Ont. 



He excels in 



A Choice Selection of Varieties 



Uniform Excellence of Stock 



Moderation in Prices 



Promptness, Honesty, Reliability 

 and Courtesy in Dealing 



Send for 1910 Price List at once 



W. H. VANDERBURG 



POPLAR HILL, ONT. 



brand of commercial lime-sulphur costs $8 

 a barrel or about twenty cents a gallon. 

 If we use it at the strength of one gallon 

 to thirty gallons of water, which is probably 

 as strong as the foliage will stand, it will 

 cost approximately twenty-seven cents a 

 barrel of diluted spray. 



From these figures we see that the dif- 

 ference in cost is very little, the commercial 

 wash being five cents a barrel dearer but 

 requiring much less labor to prepare it. 



LIME-SULPHUR FOR SCALE INSECTS 



One other point should be mentioned be- 

 fore closing : The lime-sulphur washes have 

 considerable value, much more than Bor- 

 deaux, as insecticides in destroying the 

 newly hatched San Jose and oyster-shell 

 scales. A thorough application of the com- 

 mercial wash last summer just after the 

 oyster-shell scale eggs had hatched killed a 

 very large percentage of them and therefore 

 added to the merits of the wash. 



WHICH ARE WE TO USB? 



In conclusion, the question comes up : 

 <V^hich are w-e to use for a summer spray, 

 lime-sulphur or Bordeaux? Each man will 

 have to answer this question for himself 

 now that he has heard the pros and cons. 

 If his orchard is infested with San Jose 

 scale or if he has not got the oyster-shell 

 scale under control, I should advise him 

 to use the lime-sulphur wash, preferably the 

 commercial form ; if these insects have not 

 to be combatted, he might experiment with 

 this wash on a few rows but should not be 

 in a hurry to give up Bordeaux, as the lat- 

 ter is on the whole slightly the better fungi- 

 cide. 



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