April, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



143 



The Vegetable Garden — Continued 



NAME OF PLANT 



Celery 



Corn 



Cucumber 

 Melons. 



Onion 



Pea 



Potato ... 



Squash, 



Pumpkin . . . 

 Sweet Potato 



Tomato 



Caterpillar .... 

 Blight or rust. . 

 Earworm 



Aphis 



Striped beetle. . 



Squash bug 



Blight or mildew 



Maggot 



Thrips 



Anthracnose . . . 



Smut 



Aphis 



Mildew 



Colorado beetle . 



Flea beetle 



Blight 



Scab 



Borer 



Flea beetle 



Tortoise beetle . . 



Black rot 



Cutworm 



Flea beetle 



Fruit worm 



Horn worm 



Potato beetle . . . 



Blossom-drop . , 



Blossom end rot 



Leaf spot 



Wilt 



DESCRIPTION 



Pea green caterpillar; black band on 



each ring 



Leaves yellowish with brown spots .... 



Same as tomato fruit worm and cotton 

 boll worm. Eating tip of young ear. . . . 



Dark green plant lice in masses under 

 leaves 



Small active beetle with black and yellow 

 stripes 



Dark brown bug sucking foliage 



Spotting of leaves which wither and die . . 



White maggots mining stem and bulbs . . 

 Small slender brown insects which rasp 



the surface of the leaves 



Circular black spots on bulbs 



Black dusty outbreaks on plants from 



seed 



Large green plant lice on ends of growths 



White downy growth on leaves and stems . 



Yellow and black striped beetle and grub . 



Small blackish beetle which jumps. Per- 

 forates foliage 



Tops turn black and prematurely wither. 



Corky scales on tubers 



Tunnels in base of stem causing decay. . . 

 Similar to those on potato 



Bright golden, tortoise-like beetles and 

 grubs covered with an excreta 



Brown patches on root. Flesh becomes 

 black and bitter 



Grayish striped caterpillars cutting off 

 plants at surface of soil 



See under potato 



Large yellowish or greenish striped worm 

 boring into green fruit 



Large green worm with horn near one 

 end 



See under potato : 



Falling of blossoms; due to over-luxuriant 

 growth 



Small rotten spots at blossom end of fruit 



Whitish round spots on leaves 



Sudden wilting of part or all of plant. 



TIME OF 

 APPEARING 



August .... 

 July, August 

 June 



July, August 



June 



July, August. 



July 



June 



All season . . 



Often in stor- 

 age 



May, June . . 

 Late summer 



May to Octo- 

 ber 



May to Octo- 

 ber 



August, Sept. 



August, Sept . 

 August 



Just after 

 planting . . 

 Same as flea- 

 beetle . . . 

 In storage 



May, June 



Young plants 



All summer . 



July, August. 



Young plants 



July, August 



August .... 

 July, August 



TREATMENT 



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



as needed. 

 Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv) or 



Bordeaux mixture (xix) every ten days. 

 Plow deeply and harrow soil in winter. Poison: 



drop dry Paris green in axils of leaves of young 



plant. 

 Spray:kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap 



(vii) at once. Fumigate: tobacco (x. c). 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture containing arsenate 



of lead (xix + ii)- Keep plants thickly coated. 

 Hand pick. Destroy eggs which may be found 



on under side of leaves. 

 Spray: Bordeaux (xix) as soon as plants are 



established. Keep plants well covered. 

 Plant trap rows of early radishes. Rotate crops. 

 Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap 



(vii) thoroughly and often. 

 Store bulbs when dry. Scatter air-slaked lime 



on piles. 

 Sprinkle seed with formaldehyde (xvii. &.). 



Avoid infected land. 

 Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap 



(vii) whenever discovered. 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) which must 



contain soap or resin-lime mixture (iii). 

 Spray: Paris green (i) may be added to Bor- 

 deaux mixture (xix) when spraying for blight. 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix), keep plants 



covered 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every two weeks 



while plants remain green. 

 Soak seed potatoes in corrosive sublimate (xviii) 



i^ hours, or formeldahyde (xvii. i.)for 2 hours 

 Cover joints of vine with soil. Grow early 



plants for traps and destroy them. Cut out. 

 Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) as soon as planted 



and keep them well covered. 

 Same as for flea-beetle. 



Take slips from only healthy potatoes. Plant 



no slip with "black shank." 

 Poison: arsenite in bran mash (iv) before 



setting plants. Fallow land in early spring. 

 Same as for potatoes. 



Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) in Bordeaux mix- 

 ture (xix). 

 Hand pick. Deep fall or spring plowing. 



Same as for potato. 



Avoid heavy applications of nitrogenous man- 

 ure. Prune to single stem. Give thorough 

 cultivation. 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix). Destroy dis- 

 eased fruits. Cultivate! 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xi :) three or four 

 times at intervals of two weeks. 



Burn plants. It is carried from one plant to 

 another by insects. 



Celery caterpillar 



Harlequin bug 



Peach leaf curl 



The Home Orchard 





ENEMIES 



DESCRIPTION 



TIME OF 

 APPEARING 



TREATMENT 







L 



i 





Orchard trees . . 





Large swelling or knot with hairy out- 



All the year . . 

 August, Sept. 

 All the year. . 

 All the year . . 



Beetle in 

 June 



April, May . 



April, May . 



Dig out all roots and burn on the spot. 



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



on first appearance. 

 Cut out and burn infected wood. Apply 



carbolic soap (xii) in May. 

 Spray: lime-sulphur wash (xi) as soon as tree 



is dormant in fall and again before growth 



starts in spring. 

 Wash: carbolic soap (xii) in May and until 



mid-summer. Wrap trunk in paper. 

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



in Bordeaux mixture (xix) as buds swell. 

 Band trees in March to prevent female from 



ascending. Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate 



of lead (ii) as for codling moth. 







Fall web-worm 



Fruit-tree bark- 







Hairy caterpillars making webs over 







Makes many small holes in bark from 







San Jose scale 



Grayish or blackish scales encrusting 







White grubs mining under bark and 



















Cankerworm 



Dull colored measuring worm. Eat 

 foliage in spring. Drop from tree by 



Plum rot 



