TO PREVENT RUSTING OF ORANGES. 



From the Flm-ida Farm 



The season for active operations, if we in- 

 tend to keep our oranges bripht, is at liand. 

 Already tlie rust mite is coming. I fiud on 

 some trees the leaves are swarming with them, 

 and Ihey will soon reach the fruit, and then 

 the work of discoloration begins. 



Some of the readers of last j^ear's Pasmek 

 AND Pkuit Growek will perhaps remember 

 an article from me on this subject. Since 

 then I have received many letters from part- 

 ies in different parts of the State, asking for 

 further information, methods used, and as to 

 results at the end of the season. Allow me to 

 answer through your columns some of these 

 questions. 



As to results, I am well pleased with last 

 year's experience. Not over Ti per cent, of 

 my oranges were rusty, and these but slightly 

 But, owing to carelessness, about 5 per cent, 

 additional were .slightly spotted or burned by 

 the solution being too strong. This was 

 caused by not having the whale oil soap and 

 potash in every application thoroughly dis- 

 solved before beginning to use it, and on get- 

 ting near the bottom of the barrel it became 

 thick and too strong. 



«;■ and FruU-Groivcr. 



My formula last season was, 5 pounds 

 whale oil soap, + pound concentrated potash 

 and li pounds of sulphur, to 40 gallons of 

 water. But I am satisfied that was unneces- 

 sarily strong, and I think I shall leave out 

 the potash this season. Lime or sulphur are 

 equally as efficient in destroying the rust mite. 



Place 5 or 6 pounds of good stone lime and 

 1 pound of sulphur in a barrel. Add water 

 enough to slake. Then fill up and let settle. 

 Then use. This is somewhat cheaper and 

 •somewhat more dilficult to handle, o.wing to 

 danger of whitewashing trees and fruit. Early 

 in the season it would not matter much if 

 leaves and fruit were whitened somewhat, but 

 later the solution would have to be used clear. 



As to the method of application, I apply 

 with one of the Field Force pumps, manu- 

 factured for this purpose at Lockport, N._Y., 

 and advertised in your columns. It has eight 

 feet of delivery hose, with fine spray nozzle, 

 and two and three fourths feet of suction pipe 

 mounted on frame work on top of the barrel. 

 The solution can be rapialy applied. 



ALFRED BAILY. 

 San Mateo, Putnam Co., Fla., 



May 1.5th, 1888. 



TO DESTROY THE CODLING MOTH. 



To de,stroy the Codling Moth, Canker 

 Worm or Apple Curculio, use one-fourth 

 pound Loudon Purple to 40 gallons of water, 

 and spray the trees about the time the blos- 

 soms are falling, or just as the fruit is begin- 

 ning to form. This should be repeated two 



weeks after the trees are out of blossom. Care 

 should be taken to keep the poison and water 

 well mixed by frequent stirring. Prof. Cook 

 thinks the third spraying injurious to the 

 foliage. 



TO DESTROY THE SCALE BUG. 



The following explains itself : 



Ouanqe, Los Angeles Co., Cal. 



Field Fouce Pump Co. — Oents: — The two 

 brass cylinder pumps received from you were 

 very fine pumps, and I was well pleased with 

 them. I used them for spraying twelve hun- 

 dred large orange trees, and will spray four 

 or five hundred more this week. We have 

 the red and black scale-bugs to fight, and 

 have to sjjray our trees every year. We 



boil one pound of whale oil soap in one-half 

 gallon of water in order to dissolve the soap, 

 and then add water to make it one-half pound 

 to the gallon. It kills all the young scale- 

 bugs, and most of the old ones. We throw 

 a very fine spray in order to wet every leaf 

 and branch, using as little water as possible. 

 We use about two gallons of the preparation 

 per tree. Yours truly, 



T. D. COLLINS. 



TO DESTROY COTTON WORMS. 



Ed. Connally, in 

 Put five pounds of arsenic in five gallons 

 of water and boil ; add one pound of sal-soda, 

 or enough to dissolve the arsenic, but not 

 too much sal-soda as it will burn the cotton. 

 Use one pint of this mixture in forty gallons 

 of water applied with a force pump which 

 can be mounted on a barrel, using hose and 

 a nozzle or sprinkler. The water should be 

 strained through a sieve ; the barrel mounted 



Home and Farm. 

 on a wagon, with extra barrels filled to sup- 

 ply the one on which pump is mounted. Five 

 rows can be sprayed at once. Forty gallons 

 should cover about two acres. Take three 

 men — one to drive, one to pump and one to 

 guide the sprayer. In this manner you can 

 spray thirty to forty acres per day. If direc- 

 tions are followed it will kill the worms 

 effectually and not injure the cotton. 



OF SPECIAI. lNTEKE,9T.—I?rom correspondence with the most extensive and most successful fruit 

 growers in America, and from careful experiments, we have learned the following facts of special interest ; 

 First— Use London purple for spraylns fruit trees, because it is soluble in water and not so liable to rtamage 

 the foliage as Paris fjreen. Second — Use ^ more dilute preparation than has before been recommended ; 

 one-fourth pound to forty gallons of water is strong enough. Third — Soak the London purple over night ; 

 haying decided on the amount necessary for the following day's work, weigh it out and put in a tin can or 

 other old dish and add water enough to coyer it well, allowing it to soak twelve hours— it will then mix 

 readily with the water. When using, keep the liquid well mixed by frequent stirring. 



Yours truly, FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 



