FRUIT PESTS AND ENEMIES 



A Pest for 

 Every Fruit — 

 A Spray for 

 Every Pest 



troubles that wither, shrivel, or dry plants up like so many mum- 

 mies. Pear-blight, peach-yellows and "little peach," the last two 

 possibly not bacterial but at least constitutional troubles, are the 

 best known. These desperate diseases require a desperate cure. The 

 affected parts of plants must be destroyed to the uttermost. The 

 lurking principle of death in these troubles may often be kept out 

 by thorough orchard sanitation. 



The destruction and annoyance wrought by insects 

 and fungi are now the chief deterrents to amateur 

 fruit-growing. Literally, there is a pest for every 

 fruit, and for some there are several. Pests are more 

 troublesome now than ever before, and new ones are 

 still coming. Yet means have been devised to combat the old-timers, 

 and as new ones come we learn how best to contend with them. 



It is a fact that the result of this intelligent fight against orchard 

 enemies has given us better fruit than our fathers ever knew. The 

 spray -pump is a machine-gun, and there is ammunition for every pest. 

 The advent of sprays for the pests of fruits is due almost wholly to 

 the splendid efforts of experiment station workers. To the experi- 

 ment stations the fruit-grower should go, then, for the latest and 

 best advice on controlling pests. Bulletins, circulars, calendars, and 

 leaflets describe every known enemy of cultivated plants and give 

 information for their control; these may be had from a station in every 

 state. A few pests are cosmopolitan and may be kept under, the 



Even on the larger fruit-grounds the portable sprayer has its uses 



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