HOW TO GROW AND MARKET FRUIT 



Blight. This must be cut out quickly, whenever it appears, 

 and tools washed after every few cuts with a strong antiseptic. 



ASPARAGUS 



Insects Fungous Diseases 



Asparagus Beetle Rust 



Rose Chafer 



Asparagus Beetle and Rose Chafer are both chewing insects, 

 and are controlled best by arsenite of zinc. This is best applied 

 in a fungicide (use one and one-half to two pounds in fifty 

 gallons), but never must be used on cutting beds, as it is a 

 deadly poison. If necessary to combat the insects on cutting 

 beds, hellebore may be used if given a week on the plants in 

 which to lose its strength, before the plants are sold. 



Rust. Use diluted lime-sulphur solution or sel f -boiled 

 lime-sulphur; make either only three-fourths as strong as for 

 spraying apple. 



[NOTE. Owing to the spindly nature of asparagus, effective spraying 

 is very hard. This must be fully realized and efforts made in proportion, 

 or results will be only partially successful.] 



CHERRY 



Sucking Insects Chewing Insects Fungous Diseases 



San Jos6 Scale Tent Caterpillar Brown Rot 



Plant Lice Canker Worms Leaf Spot 



Curculio 



San Jose Scale. Treat exactly the same as you do on apple. 



Plant Lice. Spray when they appear with weak solution of 

 soap or oil. 



Tent Caterpillar. Arsenate of lead as directed for same 

 trouble on apple. 



Canker Worm. Arsenate of lead when worms appear. 



Curculio. Arsenate of lead after bloom is down, and repeat 

 in two weeks. 



Brown Rot. Use diluted lime-sulphur solution with arsenate 

 of lead, or self-boiled lime-sulphur with arsenate of lead. First 

 spraying must be while leaves are unfolding. A second and 

 third spraying should follow at intervals of two or three weeks. 



Leaf Spot, etc., will be covered by spraying for brown rot. 



[NOTE. Arsenate of lead must not be used within a month of ripening 

 time, owing to danger of poisoning those who eat the fruit. Use hellebore 

 if poisons are needed later than this.] 



CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY 



These fruits are subject to attacks from a few of the same 

 enemies that attack fruit trees, and the remedies are the same 

 in each case, both in material and time to apply. Use combi- 

 nations of lime-sulphur in proper form, with arsenate of lead, 

 or soap or miscible oil solutions in their places. 



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