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THE PLUM CURCULIO (CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR, HERBST), 
The female curculio makes a small hole in the fruit with her 
proboscis, and there deposits her eggs; after this she gnaws a 
crescent-shaped slit around and partially under the eggs. 
Remedies recommended. 
To 1 1b. of whale-oil soap add 4 ozs. of flour of sulphur, to 
half-a-peck of quicklime add 4 gallons of water, and stir well 
together; add to this mixture, say, 4 gallons of strong tobacco 
water. 
If no rain falls for three weeks after spraying, one application 
will be sufficient. 
PUCCINIA PRUNI (same order as rust in wheat): OR PEACH-PLUM 
LEAF-RUST. 
Remedy. 
Ammoniacal solution of carbonate of copper, as a spray—d ozs. 
of copper; first spraying after blooming or when the old wood is 
in leaf. 
PODOSPHZRA OXYACANTHA: POWDERY MILDEW, FOUND BOTH ON 
THE CHERRY AND PLUM. 
It belongs to the group of true moulds known as the Erysiphee. 
Remedy. 
The Bordeaux mixture and the ammoniacal solution of carbonate 
of copper. 
MONILIA FRUCTIGENA (as shown in 1, Fig. No. 6): PLUM-RoT oF 
THE FRUIT. 
Prevention. 
Burning all diseased fruit, which destroys the spores. 
PHYLLOSTICTA DESTRUENS : SHOT-HOLE OF THE PLUM (ANOTHER 
NAME—SEPTORIA PRUNI.) 
Both these fungi riddle the leaves with holes (as shown in 3, 
Fig. No. 6). 
Preventions and Remedies. 
All fallen leaves should be destroyed. 
Dressings of sulphate of iron, either applied in solution or solid 
form. 
Improved form of Bordeaux mixture :—Bluestone, 132 o2s.; 
lime, 134 0zs.; treacle, 183 ozs.; water, 15 gallons. 
EXOASCUS PRUNI : BLADDER OR POCKET PLUM. 
This disease is due to a fungus, and attacks the young plums 
i as they are beginning to swell. 2, Fig. 6, shows the diseased 
plum. 
