HOW TO GROW AND MARKET FRUIT 



Lecanium Scale. Use miscible oil in spring, just before 

 buds open. Caution is necessary in the use of oils on peach. 

 They will burn foliage badly if the least bit too strong. 



Aphis. Use soap solution when noticed. 



Curcullo. Appears about the time blossom shucks are 

 shedding. Spray with arsenate of lead in some combination, 

 and again in four or five weeks if there seems to be need of it. 



[NOTE. Peach foliage is tender, and the arsenate of lead must be 

 weaker than for apple spraying. Using one and one-half pounds of paste 

 to fifty gallons of other mixture.] 



Leaf Curl. Is controlled by dormant lime-sulphur spray, ap- 

 plied just before buds begin to swell. This is the same treat- 

 ment given San Jose Scale in spring. 



Scab. Self-boiled lime-sulphur and arsenate of lead, applied 

 about two weeks after the blossom shucks go down, and again 

 two weeks after that. 



Brown Rot. Controlled by the treatment given for scab. 

 May require an earlier and a later spraying with a fungicide. 

 Be sure to cover the twigs and fruit all over, especially with 

 the later sprayings. 



PLUM 



The principal enemies of plum are the same as those of peach, 

 and must be treated the same for successful control. Plum 

 foliage is more tender than apple foliage, but not quite so tender 

 as peach, and the benefit of slightly stronger spray material 

 than peach will stand can be utilized if needed. 



QUINCE 



Quince enemies, with treatment for them, are exactly the 

 same as for apple or cherry. The foliage is relatively tough, 

 and the enemies are easily overcome by the proper measures. 

 Quince will be attacked more than apple, however, if not 

 sprayed, therefore we can say that spraying is more important 

 with quince than with apple or pear. 



STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, TOMATO AND OTHER 

 SMALL FRUITS 



Many of the enemies that attack the large fruits also attack 

 these. Rusts and blights, however, are especially bad on some 

 small-fruit foliage and canes. For control of these there is 

 nothing better than self-boiled lime-sulphur. If chewing insects 

 are present, as they nearly always are to some extent, the 

 addition of arsenate of lead to the fungicide will kill them. The 

 time of application of the fungicide is just before leaves come 

 out, and again when leaves are half-grown. A third applica- 

 tion can be made when canes are six inches high, but none must 

 ever go on mature canes of raspberry and blackberry, particu- 

 larly. The time to apply poison for insects is when they are 

 first noticed, or about the time petals fall, and again in two 

 or three weeks. On tomatoes, lime-sulphur may be sprayed on 



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