SPRAYING SCHEDULE 163 



from 4 to 6 pounds of arsenate of lead should be added to 

 100 gallons of lime-sulphur, for codlino- moth. 



(D) The last zveek in July 



Lime-sulphur (32° Baume) diluted i to 40, for apple scab; 

 from 4 to 6 pounds of arsenate of lead should be added to 

 100 gallons of lime-sulphur for the second brood of codling 

 moth. 



SPRAYING SCHEDULE FOR PEACHES 



Dormant spray. — Before the leaf buds swell 



Lime-sulphur (32° Baume) diluted 1-8, for San Jose scale 

 and peach leaf curl. If San Jose scale is not to be com- 

 bated, lime-sulphur (32° Baume) diluted i to 15, or Bor- 

 deaux 4-4-50, should be used. 



Summer sprays 



(A) About the time when the calyxes, or shucks, are drop- 



ping from the young fruit 



(a) Self-boiled lime-sulphur 8-8-50, with arsenate of 



lead, 2 pounds to 50 gallons, for scab. 

 As this is rather early for scab and rot, the self-boiled 

 lime-sulphur may be omitted, using merely 



(b) Arsenate of lead, 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, 



for curculio. 

 If the self-boiled lime-sulphur is omitted, milk of lime, 

 made by slaking from 2 to 3 pounds of good stone lime, 

 should be added to each 50 gallons of water. This will tend 

 to counteract any caustic action of the arsenate of lead. 



(B) Tzi'o or three zveeks later, or about one month after the 



petals fall 



(a) Self-boiled lime-sulphur 8-8-50, for scab and 



brown rot. 



(b) Two pounds of arsenate of lead added to the pre- 



ceding, for curculio. 



(C) About one month before the fruit ripens 



Self -boiled lime-sulphur 8-8-50, for brown rot. Arsenate 

 of lead must not be added. 



