A NEW AND EFFECTIVE SPRAY.* 



LIME, SULPHUR AND SALT. 



VIEWS OF MR, GEO. E. FISHER, INSPECTOR. 



•F we could discover a cheap and effec- 

 tive spray that would combine the 

 qualities of both an insecticide and 

 i^ fungicide, it would certainly be a great 

 relief to our fruit growers. 



Whale oil soap is very expensive, when a 

 large orchard is to be treated, costing, at 

 the very lowest count, over $3.00 per hun- 

 dred pounds, and while crude petroleum is 

 an effective insecticide, it must be applied 

 with great care or the trees will suffer injury. 



The appointment, by the Department of 

 Agriculture, of Mr. G. E. Fisher as provin- 

 cial inspector of San Jose Scale was a most 

 judicious one, for this gentlemen is possessed 

 of such tenacity of purpose and thorough- 

 ness of investigation, as is gaining for him 

 a mastery of details, superior even to many 

 persons of professional pretentions. 



In his opinion, the spray of lime, sulphur 

 and salt, used with success in California, 

 will be of great service to us, possibly dis- 

 placing the expensive Bordeaux mixture, 

 and proving effective both for destroying 

 insects and fungi. He does not advocate a 

 winter application, but advises the first 

 spraying as late as possible before the open- 

 ing of the buds. 



The following report of his experiments 

 was given us by Mr. Fisher and will be of 

 great interest. 



'•Lime, salt and sulphur, the popular Cali- 

 fornian remedy, was tried and gave very 

 encouraging lesults, both in killing the scab 

 and in cleaning up the tree, under what are 

 commonly accepted as most adverse weather 



conditions. Fifteen large peach trees were 

 treated with a mixture of the proportion of 

 thirty-five pounds lime, fifteen pounds salt 

 and fifteen pounds sulphur, with enough 

 water to make forty gallons of wash. This 



Fig. 2246. Showing tree treated on one side ; 

 appearance when dormant. The right side of the 

 tiee shown was sprayed and the left side was un- 

 sprayed. 



(• The spray used in the illustrations is the Kordeaux. but the lime, sulphur and salt appears to be equally effective 

 antl much more ecouoiuical. — Rd.] 



