15 



This mixture, thoroughly and conscieutiously apiilii'tl. will completely 

 eradicate oyster scale, is a sure preventive against the liorer, and will kill the 

 eggs of the aphides and other insect pests, and from personal experience the 

 writer is convinced that it is a most valualile fungicide. 



W'M. E. Scott, 

 Gdiiijcs Harbour, Salt Spri)ig Island, B. C. 



The following is the recommendation of the I'rovincial Inspector of Fruit 

 rests :— 



Fresh unslaked lime 40 n>s. 



Sublimed sulphur 20 „ 



Salt 15 „ 



Water 50 gals. ( Imperial ) . 



Place 10 rbs. of lime and 20 lbs. of sulphur in a boiler with 20 gallons of 

 water, and boil over a brisk tire for two hours, until the sulphur is thoroughly 

 dissolved. It will then be amber-coloured. Next place .30 lT>s. of lime in a 

 cask and pour water enough over it to thoroughly slake it. Add the salt. 

 When dissolved, add the lime and sulphur and boil half an hour longer. 

 -Vdd enough water to make 50 gallons. Apply at a temjjerature of 130 degrees 

 in the tank. 



Spray when the trees are dormant, or as soon as the leaves fall, and again 

 in the spring before the buds swell, A good force pumj) should be used, and 

 care must be taken to thoroughly cover the infe<-ttHl trees from the ground 

 to the tips of the shoots with the mi.xture, which should be constantly stirred 

 when appl.ving. 



If you have facilities for cooking the number one solution (and you should 

 have), I would certainly recommend you to use your own manufacture iu 

 preference to any brand that may be offered for sale. You are iu a jiosition 

 to know that your own article is properly made. Be very sure that the lime 

 which you use is perfectly fresh and very hot, also that .you use only suhliincd 

 sulphur ; u.se no other quality, no matter how cheap it may be. The sublimed 

 article is well refined, and so finely ground that it quickly combines with the 

 lime. 



[Recent exiieriments have demonstrated that this wash is e(iuany effective 

 if the salt is eliminated. This spray is the standard insecticide for all scale 

 insects, woolly aphis, etc.. and is highly recommended for cleansing fruit trees, 

 acting not only as an all-round insecticide, but to a great degree as a fungicide. 

 —J. R. A.] 



Central Experimental Farm fornnila : — 



I-ime 12 1T)S. 



Suli)hur. powdered 12 „ 



Water 4U gallons. 



Ontario Deijartment of Agriculture : — 



Fresh lime 20 lbs. 



Sulphur ( flowers ) is ,, 



Water 40 gallons. 



