June, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Tent Caterpillar Control 



Horticultaral Division, Frederiction 



THE simplest and best way to control tent 

 caterpillars is to spray the trees with some 

 form of stomach poison before the cater- 

 pillars have grown to any size or done any 

 damage. In orchards where the regular New 

 Brunswick spray calendar is being applied, the 

 first spray as there recommended will control 

 these caterpillars. It consists of poisoned Bor- 

 deaux mixture made of 3 lbs. of bluestone, 10 lbs. 

 of either water-slaked stone lime or hydrated 

 lime and l}4 lbs. of arsenate of lime to 40 gallons 

 of water. Where this formula is not used the 

 caterpillars may be controlled by spraying 

 thoroughly about five days before the blossom 

 buds open with 2 lbs. of dry arsenate of lead to 

 40 gallons of water, or Paris green, 8 ounces lime; 

 3 or 4 pounds; water, 40 gallons. (Keep well 

 agitated). 



Where spraying is not practised, the cater- 

 pillars may be destroyed in clusters and nesls by 

 crushing with a thick cloth swab on a stick. It 

 is not recommended to try and destroy the cater- 

 pillars in this manner by the use of a kerosene 

 torch, as generally more damage is done by the 

 burning of the limbs than good is accomplished 

 by destruction of the caterpillars. Most of the 

 cocoons on trees are within easy reach of the 

 ground and can be pulled off and burned. The 

 destruction of these before the 1st of July pre- 

 vents the eggs being deposited. After the 1st 

 of July, it is useless to bother with them, as they 

 will be nearly all empty, the adult mother having 

 emerged. 



An *'AppIe Day'' For N.S. 



IN the troubled days of prohibition, when 

 California raisin grape growsrs feared utter 

 ruin by the passing of the vineyard industry, 

 an enterprising publicity man, now running a 

 news bureau in Vancouver, conceived the idea 

 of holding a state-wide "Raisin Day" to boost 

 the grape. The raisin was boosted widely. It 

 was acclaimed as a health-giver, a death-defier 

 and the most delicious thing that ever tickled 

 the palate of a dyspeptic. Soon everyone was 

 eating raisins. And the fad spread. The vine- 

 yards men are no* raising grapes, for the world, 

 and business never was better. 



Something like this might prove a great 

 success in Nova Scotia. Let us nave an "N.S. 

 Apple Day." Let it be an education, a revela- 

 tion of the qualities of the apple and other 

 orchard products. Any medical man or drug- 

 less healer will tell you there is not enough fruit 

 eaten. The old adage about "an apple a day 

 drives the doctor away," has much truth. An 

 apple taken daily on arising is a true health 

 giver. The human system craves fruit acids. 

 Apples and other orchard fruits are rich with 

 nature's own tonics to upbuild the body, enrich 

 the blood, build the bone, aid the growth, fortify 



the forming development of adolescence, help 

 healthy maternity, defer the ravages of old age, 

 and keep the Grim Reaper further in tne 

 background. 



By all means, let somebody organize "Apple 

 Day in N.S." Let us start a wide campaign 

 and encourage everyone to eat fruit in abundance 

 on the day. Then the orchard product will 

 receive its boost. People will learn to like fruit. 

 They will make every day fruit day. And the 

 result will be, better general health, with, in- 

 cidentally,- a greater demand for our orchard 

 products. — Wolf\alle Acadian. 



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If You Grow Potatoes You 

 Must Spray Them 



Don't matter whether you grow 100 acres or only a garden patch — you'll have bugs 

 and blight unless you spray! No other crop is so subject to insect and (fiseases. 



J-C BORDO-ARSENATE 



is a combined spray especially made for use on potatoes and other garden truck. It is a combination of Arsenate 

 of Lime and Bordeaux Mixture made by a special process to insure scientifically c»rrect proportions of insecticide 

 and fungicide: May be used for either liquid spraying or dusting. 



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