1946 VIOLET 



manila paper bag and this into a second bag. Attach 

 each package to a string or wire so arranged as to allow 

 it to be lowered from the outside of the house into its 

 respective jar. Pour into each jar au amount of water 

 about equal to the bulls of cyanide in the bag, add com- 

 mercial sulfuric acid until steam is evolved, then from 

 the outside lower the baas into the jars beneath. Fumi- 

 gate double varieties thirty minutes and single varieties 



;it I.Mst sixtv minutes before 



side, leaving tbf 

 entering the li..,, 

 37, Dept. of Af,'i I 

 also be combat rj 

 many forms, Imi 

 and make them i 

 on this account is 

 Red spider (7V 

 on the under surf 

 RuffiHfnt Tiiinil.n 



nay 



tialde t(» tht* attack of fungi, and 

 V objectionable. 



!/cIius telariux I. -This pest lives 

 n( the leaves, and when present in 

 ises considerable damage. It is 

 I a great variety of plants, and 



VIRGINIA CREEPEK 



iquefolia. 



VIRGINIA, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 2693. His- 

 torii-ally \ ni.'iiiia Ijorticiiltiirf lii-s;:in with the earliest 

 settlers', lilaiiiiiigs biiiig uiude uii .Jamestown Island in 

 1G07. The London Company sent vines in 1019 and 

 scions and trees in 1622 which were rapidly dissemi- 

 nated, so that before 1700, orchards of considerable 

 size had been planted. As the settlers pushed west- 

 ward into the Piedmont section, favorable results with 

 the tree fruits became more common. In this section 

 Thomas Jefferson took an active interest in horticul- 

 ture, and from the vicinity of "Monticello," apples 

 first won their supremacy in the markets (.f the world. 



Virginia is separated into six main plr-ii il .li.i litis 

 known as Tidewater, Middle Virgii,.,. " Tliv 



Valley, Blue Ridge and Appalachi:iii I ' ■■ 



tions of varying width, extending ni. Ill- . ,iili 



west through the state, with marked i ;iri,iin-]i... in suil, 

 altitude and climate. 



but. It euli be helil in check, and 

 often the plants may be kept en- 

 tirely free from it, by frequent 

 syringing with clear'water un- 

 der a pressure of 20 to 30 pounds 

 per square inch. Care must be 

 taken to syringe early in the 

 morning and on bright days, 

 so that the plants may dry off 

 before night. Neglect may be 

 the means of inducing disease. 



regions of interest to farmer and fruit-grower. 



Orchanl'niij. — lX, is in the larger fruits that Virginia 

 horticulture has won most renown. The present pro- 

 duction of apples is about 500,000 barrels, the bulk of 

 which is produced in The Valley and Piedmont sections. 

 Piedmont, Virginia, with a varying altitude of 500 to 

 over 1,000 feet, and a soil ranging from dark red to 

 black, is famous as the producer of the most perfect 

 type of Albemarle Pippin and Winesap apples. .Situated 

 in mountain coves, and on hillsides in many instau.-es 

 barelv arable, these orchards enjov specially favoreil 



fruii 



tions these pests do considerable damage, especially to 

 the flowers. They also can be controlled by the hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas treatment. p_ jj_ Dorsett. 



VIOLET, AFRICAN. SaintpauHa. V., Damask or 

 Dame's, is If.sp.ris ninlnnialis. V.,Dog. ]'iol,i raiiiii,: . 

 V . Dog's Tooth, fjriithronium l)ens-V(iiiis. V., Water. 



8ee l[nll„i.,„. 



VIPER GOURD, Trichosautlies Anijninri. 

 VIPERS BUGLOSS. See £ch turn. 

 VIEGlLIA liftea. See Clailrasth thielnrin. 

 VIRGINIA COWSLIP or V. Lungwort= .Vo/oi.s/r, 



ferenee of trunk; 

 of 130 bus. at on 

 production, and h 



4n,nonor ninri' tri- 



Hill fo 4.000 feet anil rich limestone 

 ■actically undeveloped horticultu rally, 

 (1 are a field of rich promise. Among 

 its of Virginia the apple takes first 

 Red .June. Early Harvest and Yellow 

 t* leading first earlies, open the sca- 

 rf of .June and carry the season into 

 'cession is taken up by Sweet Bough, 



