A Spraying Calendar for the Home Garden-By e. d. Sanderson, s 



New 

 ampshire 



THE FIRST COMPLETE PLAN FOR OVERCOMING THE INSECT ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND 

 FLOWERS— PREPARED SOLELY FOR THE AMATEUR WHO WORKS ON A SMALL SCALE AND WITH SMALL APPLIANCES 



The Small Fruit Garden 



Rose scale 



San Jose scale 



Oysters'.iell bark louse 



Cabbage butterfly 



NAME OF PLANT 



Currant, Goose- 

 berry 



Currant 



Gooseberry , 



Blackberry, 

 Dewberry, 

 Raspberry 



Grape 



Strawberry. 



Currant worm 



Plant lice 



Leaf blight 



Mildew 



Sawfly 



Cane-maggot, cane- 

 borer, tree-cricket . 

 Rose scale 



Anthracnose 



Rust 



Root knot or crown gall 



Berry-moth 



Caterpillars 



Flea-beetle 



Leaf hopper 



Rose chafer 



Anthracnose 



Black rot 



Downy mildew .... 



Powdery mildew . . 

 Leaf roller 



Sawfly 



Root-aphis 



Leaf-blight 



DESCRIPTION 



Light green worm with black spots. 

 Defoliates the plants 



Yellowish plant lice make yellow galls 



on leaves 



Round spots on leaves 



Grayish or frosty substance on leaves .... 



Light green caterpillars with black spines 

 skeletonizing the leaves ^ 



Insects boring in canes. Tips of the 

 canes die back 



White scale incrusting canes 



Brown or purple spots on leaves 



Orange rust on under side of leaves 



Knotty formation at crown and hairy out- 

 growths 



Small caterpillar mining in berries which 

 darken and wither 



Various sphinx or hawk-moth larvae 



Small steel-blue beetle eating buds and 

 grubs on foliage 



Light yellowish green; flying in swarms 

 from vines in late summer. 



Eating blossoms 



Dark spots on leaves, and shoots cracking 

 open, also on berries 



Reddish or pale brown spots on leaves. 

 Fruit withers, blackens, hardens and 

 clings to stem 



Red spots on upper leaves. Fruit turns 

 brown and shrivels 



Dull white powdery patches 



Small green caterpillar rolling up and 

 skeletonizing leaves 



Pale green worms eating holes in leaves . . 



Dark bluish aphides on roots and stems. 



Purple or reddish brown spots on leaves . . 



TIME OF 

 APPEARINC 



May, June . 



May 



June, July . 



On young 

 growth .... 



June 



July to Sept. 



All the year . 



On young 

 canes 



June 



All the year . 



June to Aug 



July, August 

 May 



August , 



May 



July, August 



August, Sept 



July 



June 



Summer . . 



May 



All summer 



All summer 



TREATMENT* 



Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii). 



When fruit is half grown spray with hellebore 



(v). 

 Spray: whale oil soap (vii) at once, apply on 



under 6ide of leaves. Repeat in ten days. 

 Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate solution 



(xv) while in fruit. After fruiting Bordeaux 



mixture (xix). 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) before buds 



break. When leaves expand use potassium 



sulphide (xvi) every 10 days. 

 Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii) 



until fruit forms, then use hellebore (v). 

 Remove infected canes cutting them off below 



the injury and burning them. 

 Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) late in May. 



Remove and burn infested portions. 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) on new canes 



when six inches high; repeat until two-thirds 



grown. Remove and burn badly infested canes. 

 Remove and burn affected plants. 

 Remove all affected roots and burn them. 



Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) in Bordeaux mixture 



(xix) in spring. 

 Same as for berry moth. 

 Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii) 



as buds swell. 

 Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi). Catch on 



sticky shields. 

 Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) one pound to five 



gallons. 

 Spray: iron-sulphate (xxi) applied with brush 



before buds swell. 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every day until 



fruit is nearly grown, then use ammoniacal 



copper carbonate solution (xv). Destroy 



diseased fruits. 

 Same as for black rot. 



Same as for black rot. 



Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii) 



in May and August. Burn over beds in fall. 



Same as for leaf roller. 



Dip: tobacco (x. 6.) before planting. Set clean 

 plants. Rotate crops. 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) before blossom- 

 ing. After harvest mow and burn and spray 

 new growth with Bordeaux mixture. 



The Vegetable Garden 



Cutworm 

 * The Roman numerals refer to the formulae on page 145. 



NAME OF PLANT 



ENEMIES 



DESCRIPTION 



TIME OF 

 APPEARING 



TREATMENT 



Asparagus 

 Bean 



Beetle 



Red marked with black. Dark gray 



April, May. . 

 August 



July 



All summer . 

 All summer . 

 All summer . . 



June, July .. 

 June, July . . 



Keep young stalks cut to prevent eggs from 

 hatching. Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate 

 of lead (ii) after cutting season. 



Burn over patch in fall. Spray: Bordeaux mix- 

 ture (xix) three times in August. 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every two weeks 

 until pods form. 



Spray: resin-lime mixture (iii) as necessary. 

 After heading, spray: hellebore (v). 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), or whale oil 

 soap (vii) upon appearance. 



Spray: whale oil soap ij lbs. to 1 gal. water. 



Plant early trap crop of kale, or radish, and kill 

 those on trap with kerosene. 



Teaspoonful carbon bisulphide injected in soil 

 six inches from each plant. 



Destroy plants. Lime soil heavily. Plant on 

 uninfected soil. 





Whitish plant lice in masses sucking 



Anthracnose 



Cabbage worm 



Cabbage plusia . . 



Cabbage 



Cauliflower 



Harlequin or fire-bug 





Small white maggots mining in roots .... 





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