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FRUIT CULTURE. 



Directions for Spraying Cultivated Plants. 



PI, ANT. 



APPLICATIONS. 

 FIRST. 



SECOND. 



APPLE. 



(Scab, codlin moth, bud 

 moth). 



BEAN. 



(Anthracnose). 



CABBAGE. 



(Worms, aphis). 



CARNATION. 



(Rust and other fungus 

 diseases, red spider). 



CHERRY. 



(Rot, aphis, slug). 



CURRANT. 

 (Mildew, worms). 



When buds are 

 swelling, copper sul 

 phate solution. 



*When third leaf 

 expands, Bordeaux. 



*When worms or 

 aphis are first seen 

 Kerosene emulsion. 



*Seven to ten days 

 later, if not heading re- 

 new emulsion. 



*When rust is first 

 noticed, Bordeaux, 

 Kerosene emulsion, 

 when red spider is first 

 seen. 



*For rust repeat first 

 in ten to fourteen days. 

 For red spider repeat. 



As buds are break- 

 ing, Bordeaux; when 

 aphis appears, kerosene 

 emulsion. 



*At first sign 

 worms, arsenites. 



of 



*Just before blossom 

 opens, Bordeaux. For 

 bud moth, Arsenites 

 when leaf buds open. 



*Ten days later, Bor- 

 deaux. 



When fruit has set, 

 Bordeaux. For slugs 

 dust leaves with air- 

 slack' d lime Hellebore. 



*Ten days later, 

 hellebore. If leaves 

 mildew, Bordeaux. 



GOOSEBERRY. 



(Mildew, worms). 



*When leaves ex- 

 pand, Bordeaux. For 

 worms as above. 



*T en to fourteen 

 days later, Bordeaux. 

 For worms as above. 



GRAPE. 



(Fungus diseaseSj Flea 

 Beetle.) 



In spring when buds 

 swell, copper sulphate 

 solution. Paris-green 

 for flea beetle. 



*When leaves are 

 one inch in diameter 

 Bordeaux. Paris-green 

 for larvae of flea beetle. 



