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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Apkil, 1907 



The Home Orchard— Continued 





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Tent caterpillar 



Tent caterpillar web 



Black knot 



NAME OF PLANT 



Apple 



Cherry 



Peach . 



Pear. 



Plum. 



Codling moth. 



Leaf aphis 



Oyster-shell bark-louse 



Plum curculio 



Railroad worm ... 



Red-humped cater- 

 piller 



Root or woolly-aphis . . 

 Tent caterpillar 



Yellow-necked cater- 

 piller 



Bitter-rot 



Rust . 

 Scab . 

 Aphis . 



Curculio . . . 



Slug 



Black knot 

 Brown rot . . 

 Leaf blight 

 Aphis 



Curculio . . 

 Brown-rot 



Leaf curl 

 Yellows . 



Leaf-mite 

 Psylla . . . 

 Slug .... 



Fire-blight or twig- 

 blight 



Leaf-blight or spot 



Rust and scab 



Aphis 



Curculio 



Brown or ripe rot . . 

 Black knot , 



DESCRIPTION 



Common apple worm entering calyx and 

 boring into core and out 



Green plant lice on expanding buds and 



curling leaves 



Brown scales shaped like an oyster shell 



encrusting bark 



Crescent-shaped marks causing knotty 



growth of fruit 



White maggot mining pulp of summer 



apples 



Stripping foliage from ends of limbs 



inward 



Aphis covered with white woolly wax, 

 causing knots. Also on leaves 



Hairy caterpillar with white streak down 

 back. Makes webs in spring 



See red humped caterpillar. 



Makes brown threads through flesh which 

 terminate at skin. Tastes bitter 



Bright yellow spots on leaves and fruits. 



Dark spots on leaves and fruit. Fruit 

 scabby and cracks 



Green or brown plant lice on leaves of 

 twigs. Leaves curl 



See under plum 



See under pear 



See under plum 



See under peach 



See under plum 



Black plant lice curling leaves and knot- 

 ting roots 



See under plum 



Fruit turns brown, dries up and hangs on 

 tree. Worse in damp seasons and 

 localities 



Leaves pucker and curl with yellow or 

 red patches 



Foliage turns yellow. Yellow water 

 sprouts with leaves in whorls. Fruit 

 premature with red spots 



Causes black blisters on leaves 



Small winged bug which jumps sucking 



foliage. Excretes honey-dew copiously. 



Yellow slugs eating surface of leaves .... 



Foliage on twigs turns dark brown or 

 black 



Reddish brown spots which turn black 

 on leaves and fruits 



See under apple 



Same as cherry and peach .... 



Crescent scars on fruit. White grub in 

 stone. Fruit drops 



See under peach 



Black knotty swellings on twigs. 



TIME OF 

 APPEARING 



June 



April, May. 

 All the year . 



May 



August .... 

 August 



All the year 

 April, May 



July, August 



May, June . 

 July, August 

 May, June 



May, June 



July, August . 



June, July 



June 



July, August . 



June 



June to Aug. 

 May 



May, Ju 



All the year 



TREATMENT 



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

 ture (six) as soon as petals drop and repeat 

 three weeks later. 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap 

 (vii) or tobacco (x) before foliage opens. 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) when the young 

 crawl in late May or early June. 



Spray as for budworm. Cultivate orchard. 



Destroy windfalls and cultivate orchard. 



Hand pick. Spray: Paris green (i), arsenate of 



lead (ii), kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil 



soap (vii). 

 Remove soil and give liberal dose of tobacco 



(x. a.) and cover. 

 Spray webs while dew is on with kerosene. 

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



Cut off eggs in winter. 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) once before 

 buds open and every two weeks from July 

 until fruits are almost ripe. Remove mum- 

 mies and limb-cankers. 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix). Destroy 

 cedars with "cedar-apples." 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) once before 

 blossoming, and twice after. 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap 



(vii), or tobacco (x. b.) when the first few 

 appear and before leaves curl. If leaves 

 have curled cut them off. 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap 

 (vii), or tobacco (x. &.) as soon as they appear, 

 before leaves curl. 



Spray: copper sulphate (xiii) just before buds 

 swell. Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xx) when 

 buds are opening and when fruit is set. 

 Spray fruit: copper carbonate (xv) as needed. 



Same as for brown rot. Spray: lime-sulphur 

 wash while buds are dormant. 

 Cut out trees and burn. 



Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or lime-sulphur 



wash (xi) in winter. 

 Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap 



(vii) very thoroughly and repeat. 

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



or dust air- slaked lime on appearance. 

 Cut off and burn, cutting back into healthy 



wood. 

 Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) as for scab. 



Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead 

 (ii) as buds expand and again in a week. Every 

 morning in May jar adults from trees. 



In fall or winter remove limbs with knots cutting 

 four inches below knot. Spray: Bordeaux 

 mixture (xix), as buds swell but use a weaker 

 solution (xx) after blossoming. 



The Flower Garden and Greenhouse 



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ENEMIES 



DESCRIPTION 



TIME OF 

 APPEARING 



TREATMENT 



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Pale green plant louse on stems and 



All the year . 

 All the year . 



Fumigate: tobacco (x. c). Spray: whale oil 



soap (vii) or tobacco (x. c). 



Spray: clear water, or sulphur (ix). Keep house 



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Microscopic red mites causing foliage to 



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Anthracnose 



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Grayish brown sunken spots on bases of 



Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix), or if in bloom 

 ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv). 



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