20 WAR GARDENING 



PREVENTIVES AND REMEDIES 



NOTE : It is important that immediate attention be given insects and 

 as soon as they appear. Delay in spraying or removal may prove fatal. 



ASPARAGUS 



Rust (Rusty appearance of leaves and stems). 

 Procure rust resistant variety, such as Reading 

 Giant or Palmetto. 



Beetles (Eat young stems and leaves). 



Remedy : On young plants spray with arsenate 

 of lead when pests appear, repeating 10 days later 

 and again 10 days later if necessary. Add an 

 ounce of laundry soap per gallon of spray to make 

 it stick to the foliage. Do not use arsenate of 

 lead on new stems used for food during cutting 

 season. On old plants, spray after cutting 

 season. Nicotine sulphate sprayed on the young 

 insects will kill all it hits. 



BEETS 



Leaf spot (Reddish and purple spots, turning ashy 

 gray). Usually not affecting garden beets. 



Remedy: Spray with Bordeaux mixture when 

 plants are 3 to 4 inches high, repeating 2 and 4 

 weeks later. 

 Web worm (Eats the leaves). 



Remedy: Spray with arsenate of lead when 

 worms appear; repeat when necessary. 



Spinach aphis (Sucks sap f^m leaves). 



Remedy: Spray with nicotine sulphate when 

 pests appear and repeat when necessary. In 

 order to strike the aphids the spray must be 

 directed against the undersides of the leaves. 

 Beet-root aphis (Sucks sap from roots). 



Remedy: Pour a small amount of. nicotine 

 sulphate spray around roots and repeat if necessary. 



BUSH BEANS 



Anthracnose (Dark, sunken spots, scab-like, on 

 pods; spots on leaves). Pick and burn diseased 

 pods. In saving seed discard those from diseased 

 plants, as seed carry the infection. 



Leaf beetles (Very small, dark or pale stripes; eat 

 leaves). 



Remedy: Spray with arsenate of lead when 

 pests appear, repeat in 10 days and later if neces- 

 sary. Bordeaux mixture repels but does not kill. 



Aphids or plant lice (Suck sap from plant and 

 make leaves crumple). 



Remedy: Spray with nicotine sulphate when 

 pests appear, repeating when and as often as 

 necessary. Crumpled leaves protect lice from 

 spray, and should be picked and burned. Ap- 

 ply spray to underside of leaves, to strike aphids. 



Bacterial blight (Water soaked spots on leaves 

 and pods). No satisfactory remedy. Pull up 

 and burn plants. 



Downy Mildew (thick white growth). Burn all 

 diseased pods. Spray with Bordeaux mixture, 

 repeating every ten days if necessary. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER 



Club root (Root swells and decays). Pull up and 

 burn plants. 



Preventive: In spring apply 1 Ib. lime to each 

 8 sq. ft. of ground before setting out plants. 

 Black rot (Leaves turn yellow, then brown and 

 black and decay. Pull up and burn plants.) 



Preventive: Soak seed 15 minutes in solution 

 made of J oz. formalin and 3 pints water; rinse 

 in clean water; plant at once. 



Yellows (Leaves turn yellow, then brown, and drop). 

 Pull up and burn plants. 



Preventive: Treat seed as for black rot. 

 Cabbage worms (Eat leaves). 



Remedy: When worms appear spray with 

 arsenate of lead, repeating if necessary before 

 heads form. Add an ounce of laundry soap per 

 gallon of spray to make it stick to the leaves. 

 not use arsenate of lead later than 3 

 before using or marketing cabbage. 

 Aphids or lice (Suck sap from leaves). 



Remedy: Spray with nicotine sulphate solu- 

 tion when pests appear; repeat if necessary. 

 Cabbage looper (Eats leaves). 



Remedy: Treat as for cabbage worms. 



Cabbage Maggots (Tunnel inside of roots). 



Preventive: When plants are set out take a 

 piece of tarred building paper 2 or 3 inches in 

 diameter, cut a slit from one side to center, and 

 4 or 5 slits at center. Fit this around stem by 

 slipping plant through the long slit, and press 

 paper firmly against ground, to prevent young 

 maggots from reaching root. 



Black leg (Diseased, sunken areas on stem, leaf 

 stem and leaves, plant becoming purplish). 

 There is no remedy. Pull up and burn plants. 



Preventive: Disinfect seed for 10 minutes with 

 1 tablet of corrosive sublimate mixed in 1 pint 

 of water. 



Cutworms (Dark colored, eat young plants off at 

 surface of earth). 



Remedy: Spread poisoned bran mash over 

 ground before setting out plants; spread around 

 plants when set. Afterwards spread poisoned bait 

 around plants as necessary to control worms. 

 It is wise to wrap paper around stem from leaves 

 to root just before setting out. Cutworms are 

 especially abundant where sod has grown. 



CELERY AND CELERIAC 



Blight or leaf spot (Gray or brown spots, drooping 

 stems). 



Remedy: Spray young seedlings, in seed box 

 or seed bed, with Bordeaux mixture. Spray 

 again as soon as set in garden, repeating 10 to 

 14 days later. Repeat again if necessary. Spray- 

 ing in seed bed must not be neglected if disease 

 appears. 



SWISS CHARD 



Leaf spot (Symptoms same as with beets). 



Remedy: When disease appears, spray as di- 

 rected for beets. (Usually no spraying will be 

 found necessary). Wash sprayed leaves well 

 before using. 



Damping off (Small seedlings dying in seed bed). 



Preventive: Care should be taken to water 



and partially shade the young seedlings in hot 



and dry weather. As soon as seed are planted 



cover bed with thin layer of sand. 



SPINACH 







Aphids (Suck sap from leaves). 



Remedy: Spray under side of leaves with 

 nicotine sulphate, when aphids appear. Repeat 

 a second and third time if necessary. 



