FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES 



* II. Destruction of Apple Sucker. 3 lbs. caustic soda (98 per cent.), 3 lbs. 

 caustic potash, 2 lbs. soft soap, 1 gallon petroleum, 30 gallons water. 



Hellebore Wash. Destruction of Saw-fly larvae. 1 oz. fresh ground helle- 

 bore, 2 ozs. flour, 3 gallons water. Mix hellebore and flour with a little 

 water, then add rest of 3 gallons. Constantly stir while using as fine spray. 

 For fruit-trees it must not be used on ripe or ripening fruit for four weeks 

 before gathering. 



Iron Sulphate. Destruction of resting spores of fungi. Spray before 

 leaf-buds begin to swell. In a barrel pour 1 pint sulphuric acid upon 25 

 lbs. sulphate of iron ; add 50 gallons water by degrees. 



Lime Wash. Useful for " painting " fruit-trees. Make a whitewash of 

 8 lbs. lime, 1 lb. soft soap, a small quantity of size, 4 gallons water. 



* Lime and Salt Wash. For cleaning trees of moss and lichens, and pre- 

 vention of hatching of eggs of Apple-Sucker, Plum-Aphis, and Mussel- 

 Scale. Spray from end of February to beginning of April, ceasing as soon 

 as buds open. 



I. Lime, 1-1| cwt. ; salt, 30-40 lbs. ; water, 100 gallons. 



II. Lime, 1-1^ cwt. ; salt, 30-40 lbs. ; water-glass, 5 lbs. ; water, 100 gallons. 



III. Lime, 1-1. V cwt. ; salt, 30 lbs. ; washing-soda, 3 lbs. ; water, 100 gallons. 

 Gradually slake best fresh lime; mix with water in which salt has been 



dissolved ; strain through sieve or sacking. If using water-glass or soda, 

 previously dissolve in water and add to strained wash. Water-glass is said 

 to make wash hold better on trees. 



* Oregon Wash, or Lime-Sulphur-Soda Wash. Destroys Pear-leaf Blister 

 Mite. Spray on dormant wood ; in pear spraying cease as soon as bud- 

 scales are fully opened. 



Lime, 3 lbs. ; sulphur, 3 lbs. ; salt, 3 lbs. ; caustic soda, 1 lb. ; water, 10 gallons. 

 Mix soda and lime, and slake with hot water in which sulphur has been in- 

 corporated ; stir and add salt ; boil and then add rest of water. 



Paraffin Emulsion. I. Destruction of Aphides on Roses. Boil I lb. soft 

 soap in water; remove from fire, and while still boiling add J pint paraffin; 

 dilute to 10 gallons. 



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