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•2(\ spravino;. liordeiuix' mixture (B) thoroughly as soon as the fruit 



has set. 

 3d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) thoroughly as soon as the fruit 

 has been gatliered. 

 This is for tlio leaf blight. 



The currant icorrns are best destroyed by using hellebore or pyre- 

 thrum in water, one tablespoonful to two gallons sprayed over the 

 bushes, or by dusting them with the same while they are wet with 

 rain or dew. 



STRAWBERRY. 



1st spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) thoroughly and 1 lb. of Paris 



green to 100 gallons, as soon as growth begins. 

 2d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) thoroughly and Paris green, 1 



lb. to 150 gallons, not later than the opening of the first 



flowers. 

 3d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) thoroughly as soon as the fruit 



is gathered, if the bed is to be fruited a second season. 

 This is for the black par ia and leaf blight. 



The iieichi set^fiehls for next year's fruiting should l)e sprayed with 

 the Bordeaux mixture as soon as set out and two or three times at 

 intervals of from two to four weeks after they begin to make runners. 

 If possible the leaves of the plants should be dipped in the Bordeaux 

 mixture before planting. 



POTATO. 



1st spraying. Bordeaux mixture (A) thoroughly and Paris green, 1 



lb. to 100 gallons as soon as the larvae of the potato 



beetle or the flea beetles appear. 

 2d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) thoroughly and Paris green, 1 



lb. to 150 gallons whenever the insects demand attention. 

 3d spraying. Boi'deaux mixture (B) thoroughly and Paris green, 1 



lb. to 150gallonsshouldthe insects appear in abundance. 

 F'oi- the potato beetle, the flea beetle and potato blight and rot the 



above treatment has been found verv effective. 



