SPRAY GUIDE 



HOW TO GUARD YOUR FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN 



INSECT OR 

 DISEASE 



DESCRIPTION 



MATERIAL TO 

 USE (See List) 



WHEN TO APPLY 



Anthracnoie 



A common disease recognizable from dusky 

 white spots on stems with brown spot on 

 leaves. 



B— Q 



Make first application when growth start* In 

 spring. Repeat weekly until plants start 

 blooming. 



Ants 



Sweet or grease eating. 



Antrol 



When ants appear. 



Aphis 



Small green, red or black lice feeding on the 

 tender terminal growth of many plants. 



C— E— X 



When pests first appear. Wet insects thor- 

 oughly. Repeat as necessary. 



Asparams Beetles 



Olive colored, both adults and grub like 

 larvae. 



A— E— N- 



When grubs first appear, preferably when 

 plants are wet with dew. 



Bat Worm 



Builds %-inch to 2-inch tapering bag-web. 



A— M— P— X 



When insects first appear or when evidence 

 of feeding is observed. Repeat as needed. 



BUekRot 



(Grapes) Fungus disease. Shows first as 

 small white spots, later surrounded by brown 

 ring. 



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



10 to 15 inches long. Just after blossoms 



fall 



BlirhU 



Bacterial disease that attacks young shoots 

 and leaves, causing brown or black spots 

 and sudden wilting. 



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 leaves of roses, later turning to 

 light center with purple margin. 



B— F— a 



As above. 



Cabbage Leoper 

 Cabbag* Worm 



Pale green-white, striped caterpillar, 

 hies or loops as it crawls. 



0OU- 



A— E— N- 



When larvae first appear. 



When insects first appear or when evidenca 

 is observed. Repeat as needed. 



Catcrpillan 



Wooly or naked. Feed on leaves. 



A— E— M— P- 



Colory 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 fir»t shows through th« 

 tips of each ear. Repeat two or three time* 

 within week. 



Cnenmbcr Beetlw 



Yellow and black striped. 



A— E— N- 



When vines begin to run. 

 quent intervals. 



Repeat at frc- 



Cnrrant Worm 



Green leaf-devouring worm. 



A— E— P— S— X 



When pests appear. 



Cat Worms 



Destroy plants by cutting stems. 



Snarol 



WTien first appear. 



Damping Off 



Causes plants to suddenly wilt as though 

 rotted at the ground level. 



Caprocida 



Semesan 



Formaldehyde 



Treat seed or soil. 



Downy Mildew 



White, downy mold on pods of lima bean, or 

 under side of melon leaves. 



B— F— S 



At weekly intervals. 



Graps Berry Moth 



Grapevine Flea Beetlo 

 Grape Root Worm 



Lays eggs from which small worm develops 



in fruit. 



Dark brown larvae. 



Grayish brown beetles. 



EJ— S 



Just after blossoms fall. 

 intervals until July. 



Repeat at monthly 



Horn (Tomato) Worms Large green worms. 



A— E— N 



When bugs or worms first appear. 



Japanese Beetles 



Bronzy-green about % inch long. 



When first appear. 



When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly 



Leaf Beetle* 



Yellow beetles with twelve spots on wings. 



A— E— N- 



intervais. 



Leaf Hoppen 



Small greenish insects that suck plant juices. 



C— E— N— X 



When pests first appear. 



sary. 



Repeat at intervals. 



Repeat as neces- 



Leaf Spot 



Fungus disease causing brown spots on 

 leaves. 



B— F— Q 



Mealy Bag 



White, cottony appearance. 



E 



Every few days until under control. 



Mexican Bean Beetle* 



Copper-colored beetles with eight black spots. 

 Cream-colored larvae, which also devour 

 leaves. 



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



Spray or dust plants as soon as they break 

 through and every ten days thereafter. 



Potato Bug or 

 Blister Beetle* 



Gray, black or striped beetles up to % inch 

 long. 



A— P— X 



When white growth makes its appearance. 



Powdery Mildew 



White growth on leaves. 



B— F— Q 



When pests first appear ; on strawberry os* 



Strawberry Dust (86-15). 



When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly 



intervals. 



Red Spiders 



Small mites that feed on foliage, causing it 

 to assumo a rusty appearance. 



E— T 



Rose Beetle 



Long-legged clay-colored beetles on roses and 

 peonies. 



A— B— S— X 



When first appears, or early and weekly as 



a preventative. 



Begin when leaves are size of mouse ear* 

 and repeat every ten days or two week*. 



Rnst 



Orange-colored pustules (fungus) in streaks 

 or patches on leaves or stems. 



B— Q— V 



Scab Spot 



Fungrus disease causing black spots on leaves. 



B— F— Q 



Scale 



Attacks bark of tree. 



L— R 



As late dormant spray. 



Senrfy Scale 



Gray, pear-shaped scale. 



When first appears. 



Thrips 



Tiny winged or wingless insects that rasp 

 leave* and suck juices from plants. 



C— E— X 



When pests first appear, 

 sary. 



Repeat as neee*- 



Tassock Moth 



Caterpillar 1^ inches long. Red head. Has 

 tufts of yellow, red, black and white hairs. 



A— E— P 



When insects first appear or when erldenc* 



is observed. Repeat as needed. 



When pests first appear. Repeat as nece*- 

 sary. 



White Flic* 



Small whitish flies. In larval stage, tiny, 

 scale-like, greenish objects. 



B— O 



A — Arsenate of Lead. 



B — Bordeaux, Kopper King, Kopper Queen 



C — Aphis Spray, Black Leaf 40 



D— tO-20-60 Doat. 



E — *D-X Evergreen, Red Arrow 



F — Dusting Sulphur, FUngtrogen. 



G — Grape Dost. 



LIST OF MATERIALS INDICATED IN ABOVE CHART 



J — Acme Japansse 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 



R — Scalecide. 



S— 'Slug Shot. 



T — Emo, Emo-Nik and Selocide. 



V— Volck. 



X — Nicotine-Pyrox. 



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

 tnd Roteeide are contact spray* and must strike the insect* to be effective. 



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J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



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