CHAPTER X 



METHODS OF CONTROL 



Growers who expect to find in these 

 pages a "cure all" for their sweet pea trou- 

 bles will be disappointed. Once a tender 

 sweet pea plant is invaded by fungi or bac- 

 teria it can rarely be cured. Insects, how- 

 ever, may be destroyed, since it is possible 

 to poison them, although the task is often 

 difficult because they are not easily ac- 

 cessible. 



The problem, therefore, is one of pre- 

 vention. Sweet pea growers would win 

 ninety per cent of the battle if they would 

 realize the importance of preventive meth- 

 ods. Here, as elsewhere, the old dictum 

 holds true, "an ounce of prevention is 



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