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BIGGIE ORCHARD BOOK 



MAKING BORDEAUX 



partly filled with water. Next, slake the lime in a 

 tub, and strain the milk of lime thus obtained into 

 another receptacle. Now get 

 someone to help you, and, with 

 buckets, simultaneously pour 

 the two liquids into the spray- 

 ing barrel or tank. Lastly, add 

 sufficient water to make fifty 

 gallons. ( For making this mixture on a large scale, 

 an elevated platform with pipes, etc., as shown in 

 cut is very handy.) 'Tis safe to use this full- 

 strength Bordeaux on almost 

 all foliage, except on peach * 

 trees, Japanese plums, and 

 similar tender trees. For 

 these it is wiser to use the 

 following half-strength mix- 

 ture : 



T , t . A ELEVATED PLANT FOR 



Half-strength Bordeaux: MAKING BORDEAUX ON A 

 One and one-half pounds LARGE SCALE 



copper sulphate, two pounds lime, fifty gallons water. 



BORDEAUX COMBINED WITH INSECT POISON. By 

 adding one-quarter pound of Paris green to each fifty 

 gallons of either of the Bordeaux formulas, the mix- 

 ture becomes a combined fungicide and insecticide. 

 Or, instead of Paris green, add about two pounds of 

 arsenate of lead. The advantages of this over Paris 

 green, are, first, it is not apt to burn foliage even if 

 used in rather excessive quantities; and, second, it 

 "sticks" to the foliage, etc., better and longer. It is 

 the best form in which to use arsenical poison. 



(Note: Seedsmen sell ready-prepared forms of most 

 of the mixtures, etc., mentioned in this book.) 



