Insecticides 



lilMB-SuiiPHUE-SALT-SoDA 



3 lb. quicklime. 



3 lb. flowers of sulphur. 



3 lb. salt. 



1 lb. caustic soda. 



10 gallons water. 



Make the sulphur into a paste, thin and pour 

 over the lime ; allow to boil with its own heat ; stir 

 and add caustic soda and salt. Bring up to 10 

 gallons with water. 



For spraying pears against the pear-leaf blister 

 mite; used in November while trees are dormant 

 only. 



Vor Cleansing Trees ; used in Winter 



, Caustic Wash 



1 lb. caustic soda. 

 10 gallons water. 



Dissolve the soda in the water. 



Lime-Sttuhub 

 See notes above — ^but used at winter strength. 



LiME-WASH roE Tebes 



Purchase quick-, stone or btulder's lime and slake 

 it by adding water gradually in a tub until the lime 

 falls to pieces. Add more water to make a milk, 

 and spray on as soon as possible, covering trunk and 

 branches as thoroughly as possible. 



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