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POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



General Treatment For Raspberry, Blackberry and Dewberry. 



When to Spray. 



When orange rust ap- 

 pears. Note. — This dis- 

 ease Is easily recognized 

 by the bright orange col- 

 or on the under side of 

 the leaf. The whole cane 

 looks sickly. 



When anthracnose and 

 other cane diseases are 

 doing serious damage. 



What to Spray With and What For. 

 Dig plants at once and burn. 



After leaves drop In fall or in early 

 spring, cut and burn over the v/nole af- 

 fected patch. 



General Treatment For Potato. 



When to Spray. 



Begin when plants are 

 about 8 inches high or 

 when beetles first appear 

 and spray at intervals of 

 from 10 to 15 days till 

 growth stops. 



Spray more frequently 

 In hot. damp weather and 

 less often in dry weather. 



Soak seed potatoes two 

 hours. 



What to Spray With and What For. 



Bordeaux mixture combined with Paris 

 Green or other poison for early blight 

 and late blight and rot, also for flea 

 beetles, blister beetles, and Colorado po- 

 tato beetles. Make strong Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, using at least one pound of cop- 

 per sulfate to make 3 gallons of the 

 mixture. 



To prevent potato scab, use commercial 

 formalin (40 per cent solution) 1 pint to 

 30 gallons of water. This is enough for 

 twenty bushels of seed. 



General Treatment For Cucumbers, Squashes and Melons. 



When to Spray. 



When young plants 

 come through the ground; 

 repeat irequently. 



About 1 month after 

 planting. Repeat at in- 

 tervals of 10 day 



What to Spray With and Wliat For. 

 Tobacco dust for striped beetle. 



Spray with Bordeaux mixture for 

 blight, flea beetles and striped beetles. 



General Treatment For Cabbage and Cauliflow^er. 



Wlien to Spray. 



When "worms" appear. 

 Repeat when necessary. 



Lice or aphis. 



What to Spray With and What For. 



Paris Green or other arsenical poison 

 In dust, or In resin-lime mixture. Do 

 not apply poison after heading begins. 



Bury the affected plants. 



