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INSECT OR 
DISEASE 
Ants 
DESCRIPTION 
Sweet or grease eating. 
Aphis 
Asparagus Beetles 
Bag Worm 
Small green, red or black lice feeding on the 
tender terminal growth of many plants. 
Olive colored, both adults and grub like larvae. 
MATERIAL TO 
USE (See List) 
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WHEN TO APPLY 
When ants appear. 
C—E—X—_K 
E—N—S 
Builds %-inch to 2-inch tapering bag-web. 
Bean Beetles 
{Nh ES 8 
Copper-colored beetles with eight black spots. Yel- 
low larvae, which also devour leaves. 
E—K—M—N—S 
When pests first appear. Wet insects thoroughly. 
Repeat ag necessary. 
When grubs first appear, preferably when plants are 
wet with dew. s 
When insects first apepar or when evidence 0° 
feeding is observed. Repeat as needed. 
When pests first appear. 
Black Rot 
(Grapes) Fungus disease. Shows first as 
white spots, later surrounded by brown ring. 
small 
Blights 
Bora 
When leaf buds first open. When shoots are 10 to 
15 inches long. Just after blossoms fall. 
Diseases that attacks young shoots and leaves, caus- 
ing brown or black spots and sudden wilting. 
SEO 
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—Q 
As above. 
Cabbage Looper 
Cabbage Worm 
Pale green-white, 
loops as it crawls. 
striped caterpillar. Doubles or 
A—E—N—S—X—K 
When larvae first appear. 
Caterpillars 
Wooly or naked. Feed on leaves. 
A—E—M—P—S—x 
When insets first appear or when evidence is ob- 
served. Repeat as needed. | 
Celery Leaf Tior Pale green or green striped caterpillars. A—E—P—X Stop spraying 3 weeks before harvest. 
Corn Earworm Green worm which eats into ears of corn. A—M—D Apply to sill whem it firs’ shows through the tips 
Corn Earworm of each ear. Repeat two or three times within . 
Drops week. 
Cucumber Beetles Yellow and black striped. A—E—I—S—X When vines begin to run. Repeat at frequent 
intervals. 
Cut-Worms Destroy plants by cutting stems. Snarol—S—K When first appear. 
Damping Off Causes plants to suddenly wilt as though rotted at Semesan Treat seed or soil. 
the ground level. Formaldehyde 
Downy Mildew White, down mold on pods of lima bean, or under B—F At weekly intervals. 
side of melon leaves. 
Plea-beetles Extremely small black beetles on blades of grass. Q—K—S During warm weather. 
Grape Berry Moth Lays eggs from which small worm develops in fruit. E—S—K Just after blossoms fall. Repeat at monthly inter- 
vals until July. 
Grubs White or colored larvae. A—D—J Apply to soil, Fall or Spring. 
Horn (Tomato) Worms Large green worms. A—E—Rothane When bugs or worms first appear. 
Japanese Beetles Bronzy-green about % inch long. J—D—A When first appear. 
Leaf Beetles Yellow beetles with twelve spots on wings. A—E—N—S—X When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly intervals. 
Leaf Hoppers Small greenish insects that suck plant juices. C—E—N—X—K When pests first appear. Repeat as necessary. 
Leaf Spot Fungus disease causing brown spots on leaves. B—F—Q—Y Repeat at intervals. 
Mealy Bug White, cottony appearance. E—V Every few days until under control. 
Mites Very small sucking insects on azaleas, Holly, etc. H Protect new growth and repeat as necessary. 
Potato Bug or 
Blister Beetles 
Gray, black or stripped beetles up to % inch long. 
Spray or dust plants as soon as they break through 
and every ten days thereafter. 
When white growth makes jts appearance. 
When pests first appear; on strawberry use Straw- 
When pests first appear. Repeat at weekly inter- 
Powdery Mildew White growth om leaves. B—F—Q 
Red Spiders Small mites that feed on foliage, causing it to H—V—K 
assume @ rusty appearance. berry Dust (85-15). 
Rose Beetle Long-legged clay-colored beetles on roses and A—E—S—X 
peonies. vals. 
Rust Orange-colored pustules (fungus) in streaks or B—Q—V 
patches on leaves or stems. ventative. 
Scale Attacks bark of tree. L—R As late dormant spray. 
Spittle Bug 
When first appears, or early and weekly as a pre- 
Bug surrounded by foamy substance. 
When first appear. 
repeat as necessary. 
Spray must penetrate foam, [ 
When pests first appear. Repeat as necessary. 
Thrips Tiny winged or wingless insects that rasp leaves D—C—E—X—G 
and suck juices from plants. 
White Flies Small whitish flies. In larval stage, tiny, scale- E—O—V—H When pests first appear. 
like, greenish objects. 
Repeat as necessary. 
LIST OF MATERIALS INDICATED IN ABOVE CHART 
A—Arsenate of Lead. I—Cucumber-Melon Dust Q—Sulfocide. 
B—Bordeaux, Kopper King. J—Chlordane. R—Scalecide, Scaletox. 
C—Black Leaf 40. K—Parathion, Malathion. S—tytox. 
D—DDT. L—Lime Sulphur Solution. T—Tomato Dust. 
“E—*D-X, Red Arrow, Evergreen. M—Garden Guard. V—Emo. 
F—Dusting Sulphur, Funegtrcgen. N—*Rotenone Dust. X—Nicotine-Pyrox. 
G—Dieldrin. O—*Fish Oil Soap. z Y—Dithano. 
H—Aphid & Mite Spray. P—Paris Green, Red River Potato Mix. 
Materials marked (*) are non-poisonous when used as directed. Pyrethrum and Rotenone base materials such as DX and Red Arrow are contact sprays 
and must strike the insects to be effective. 
D.D.T., Parathion, Malathion Control: Flies, Mosquitoes, Gnats, Horn Fiies, Lice, Pleas, Sheep Ticks, Ants, Wasps, Hornets, Codling Moth, Mealy Bug, 
Japanese Beetle, Leaf Hoppers, Oriental Fruit Moth, Peach Borer, Rose Shafer, Cabbage Worm, Flea Beetles, Onion Thrips, Tomato Fruit Worm, Caterpillars, 
Boxwoud Leaf Miners and many others. Ask for special DDT folder and use wits caution, wad 
50 J, MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. . Superior Seeds 
