SPRAY GUIDE 



HOW TO GUARD YOUR FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN 



INSECT OR 

 DISEASE 



DESCRIPTION 



MATERIAL TO 

 USE (See List) 



WHEN TO APPLY 



Anthrmcneac 



A common disease recognizable from dusky 

 white spots on stems with brown spot on 

 leaves. 



Make first application when growth itarta la 

 sprine. Repeat weekly until plants start 

 blooming. 



AnU 



Sweet or grease eating. 



Small green, red or black lice feeding on the 

 tender terminal growth of many plants. 



Antrol 



When ants appear. 



Aphis 



C— E— X 



When pests first appear. Wet insects thor- 

 oughly. Repeat as necessary. 



Aapararns Beetles 



Olive colored, both adults and grub like 

 larvae. 



A— B— N- 



When grubs first appear, preferably when 

 plants are wet with dew. 



Bac Worm 



Builds Mi-inch to 2-inch tapering baj-web. 



A— M— P— X 



When insects first appear or when evidence 

 of feeding is observed. Repeat as needed. 



BkckRot 



(Grapes) Fungus disease. Shows first as 

 small white spots, later surrounded by brown 

 ring. 



Bacterial disease that attacks young shoots 

 and leaves, causing brown or black spots 

 and sudden wilting. 



B — F — G — L — Q When leaf buds first open. When shoots are 



10 to 16 inches long. Just after blossoms 

 fall. 



Blichte 



B— F— Q 



Make first application when growth starts in 

 spring. Repeat weekly until plants start 

 blooming. 



Brown Canker Disease which develops small purple spots on 

 stems and leave* of roses, later turning to 

 light center with purple margin. 



B— F— Q 



As above. 



Cabbac* Loopor 

 Cabbag* Worm 



Pale green-white, striped caterpillar, 

 bles or loops as it crawls. 



Doa- 



A— B— N- 



W^en larvae first appear. 



When insects first appear or when evidence 

 is observed. Repeat as needed. 



Catarpillars 



Wooly or naked. Feed on leaves. 



A— E— M— P— S— X 



CWsry Leaf Tier 



Pale green or green striped caterpillars. 



A— E— P— X 



When first appears. 



Com Earworm 



Green worm which eats into ears of com. 



A— M— P— S 



Apply to silk when it first shows through the 

 tips of each car. Repeat two or three time* 

 within week. 



Caenmber Beetles 



Yellow and black striped. 



A— E— N- 



When vines begin to run. 

 quent intervals. 



Repeat at fre- 



Carraat Worm 



Green leaf-devouring worm. 



A— E— P- 



When pests appear. 



Cat Worms 



Destroy plants by cutting stems. 



Snarol 



When first appear. 



Treat seed or soil 



Damping Of 



Causes plants to suddenly wilt as though 

 rotted at the ground level. 



Cuprocide 



Semesan 



Formaldehyde 



Dewny Mildew 



White, downy mold on pods of lima bean, or 

 under side of melon leaves. 



At weekly Intervals. 



Grape Berry Moth 



GrapevtBO Flea Beetle 

 Grape Root Worm 



Lays eggs from which small worm develope 



in fruit. 



Dark brown larvae. 



Grayish brown beetles. 



E— S 



Just after blossoms fall, 

 intervals until July. 



Repeat at monthly 



Hem (Tomato) Worms Large green worms. 



A— E— N 



When bugs or worms first appear. 



Japanese Beetle* 

 Leaf Beetles 



Bronzy-green about % inch long. 



Yellow beetles with twelve spots on wings. 



When first appear 



A— E— N— S— X 



wnen nrst appear. 



When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly 



intprvHlR. 



intervals 



Leaf Hoppers 



Small greenish insects that suck plant juices. 



C— B— N— X 



Fungus disease causing brown spots on 

 leaves. 



When pests first appear. Repeat as neces- 

 sary^ 



Repeat at intervals. 



Leaf Spet 



White, cottony appearance. 



Mealy Biv 



E 



Every few days until under control. 



Mexiean Bean Beetles 



Copper-colored beetles with eight black spots. 

 Cream-oolored larvae, which also devoor 

 leaves. 



D — E — K — M — N — S When pests first appear. 



Potato Bog or 

 Blister Beetles 



Gray, black or striped beetles up to % inch 

 long. 



A— P— X 



Spray or dust plants as soon aa they break 

 through and every ten days thereafter. 



Powdery Mildew 



White growth on leaves. 



When white growth makes its appearance. 



When pests first appear; on strawberry use 



Strawberry Dust (8t-lt). 



When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly 

 intervals. 



Red Spiders 



Small mites that feed on foliage, causing it 

 to assume a rusty appearance. 



E— T 



Roee Beetle 



Long-legged clay-colored beetles on roses and 

 peonies. 



A— B— S— X 



Rast 



Orange-colored pustules (fungus) in streaks 

 or patches on leaves or stems. 



When first appears, or early and weekly as 

 a preventative. 



Scab Spet 



F^ingus disease causing black spots on leaves. 



B— F— Q 



Begin when leaves are size of motue ears 

 and repeat every ten day or two weeks. 



Scale 



Attacks bark of tree. 



I^-B 



As late dormant spray. 



Scarfy Scale 



Gray, pear-shat>ed scale. 



When first appears. 



When pests first appear. Repeat as neeee- 



■itrv 



Thrlps 



Tiny winged or wingless insects that rasp 

 leaves and suck juices from plants. 



C— E— X 



sary, 



When insects first appear or when eridenee 



is observed. Repeat as needed. 



When pests first appear. Repeat as neces- 

 sary. 



TassoekMetli 



Caterpillar 1% inches long. Red head. Has 

 tufts of yellow, red, black and white hairs. 



A— B— P 



White Files 



Small whitish flies. In larval stage, tiny, 

 scale-like, greenish objects. 



B— O 



LIST OF MATERIALS INDICATED IN ABOVE CHART 



J — Acme Japanese Spray, D-X and Japtox. Q — Sulfocide. 

 K— Dutox. 



L — Lime and Sulphur Solution. 

 M— Garden Guard, Magnesium Arsenate. 

 N — •Rotenone Dust. 

 O— •Fish Oil Soap. 

 P — Paris Green, Red River Potato Mix 

 Materials marked (*) are non-poisonous when used as directed. Pyrethrum and Rotenone base materials such as Evergreen, Red Arrow 

 aad Kotaeide are eentact sprays and most strike the Insects to be effective. 



A — Arsenate of Ijcad. 



B — Bordeaux, Kopper King, Kopper Queen 



C — Aphis Spray, Black Leaf 40 



D— CO-20-40 Dust. 



E — 'D-X Evergreen, Red Arrow 



F — Dusting Sulphur, FUngtrogen. 



G — Grape Dost. 



R — Scalecide. 



S— 'Slug Shot. 



T — Emo, Emo-Nik and Selocide. 



V— Volck. 



X — Nicotine-Pyrox. 



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J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



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