SPRAYING CALENDAR 
PLANTS 
Regular Spraying 
APPLES 
Special Spraying 
Disease or Insect 
let Application. 
2d Application' 
3d Application 
4th Application. 
Before petals 
open. 
After petals fall. 
A week or ten 
days later. 
Apple scab and 
leaf spot 
Apple curculio. 
Plum curculio. 
Canker worm, 
Bordeaux m i x- 
ture. 
Lead arsen- 
ite "double 
strength" i n 
the Bordeaux. 
Repeat. 
Repeat. 
Codling moth. 
An arsenite in the 
Bordeaux. 
Repeat. 
Repeat. 
Apple aphis. 
Tobacco infusion or kerosene emulsion when they appear 
All leaf eating 
insects. 
An arsenite when they appear. 
Scurfy scale. 
Oyster-shell scale 
Kerosene emulsion ust after young hatch in late May or early June. 
Lime-sulphur wash in late winter. 
PEAR 
Scab, leaf spot 
and leaf blight. 
Bordeaux before 
buds start. 
Just after blos- 
some fall. 
Repeat. 
If foliage Is eat- 
en by Insects 
add an arsenite 
to second and 
third sprays. 
PEACH 
Leaf curl and 
brown rot. 
Bordeaux before 
leaves open. 
Bordeaux (dilute 
solution) just 
after blossoms 
drop. 
Bordeaux (dilute 
solution) 10 to 
15 days later. 
CHERRY 
Leaf spot- 
Bordeaux. 
Repeat. 
Two weeks later. 
A m m onlcal 
copper carbon- 
ate after fruit 
is full grown 
if necessary. 
Plum curculio. 
Lead arsen- 
ate "double 
strength" 1 n 
the Bordeaux. 
Repeat. 
Repeat. 
Cherry aphis. 
'lobacco infusion, kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap when they 
appear. 
Cherry slug. 
An arsenite when they appear. 
PLUM • 
Plum curculio. 
Lead arsen- 
ate "double 
strength" in 
the Bordeaux. 
Repeat. 
Repeat. 
'Mum aphis. 
appear. 
Tobacco infusion, kerosene .emulsion or whale oil soap when they 
Shot hole fundus. 
Brown rot (de ■ 
stroy diseased 
specimens 1 n 
autumn). 
Bordeaux before 
blossoms open 
(dilute for Jap 
anese). 
Bordeaux pust 
after blossoms 
have fallen. 
Bordeaux (dilute 
solution) 10 to 
15 days later. 
A m m o n i c a 1 
copper carbon- 
ate before fruit 
ripens, if rot 
threatens. 
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GOOSEBERRY 
Currant worm. 
An arsenite when worms appeal-, repeat if necessary. 
Mildew. 
When growth be- 
gins with potas- 
sium sulphide. 
Repeat as neces- 
sary. 
STKAWBERKY 
Leaf-roller. 
Lead arsenate "double strength" when they appear, repeat every week 
if necessary. 
Rust. 
Bordeaux when 
growth begins* 
in spring. 
Bordeaux just 
after blossoms 
fall. 
Raspberry, Black- 
berry, Dewberry. 
Anthracnose and 
rust. 
Bordeaux before 
buds burst. 
Bordeaux just 
a fter blossoms fall 
GRABE 
Mildew and rot. 
Bordeaux when 
leaves are halt 
grown. 
When fruit has 
set. 
MELONS 
Striped Beetle 
and anthracnose 
Bordeaux mixture repeated every few days. Plant decoy crop of very 
early squash around field and spray it" with arsenate of lead when 
beetles appear. 
CUCUMBERS 
Blight. 
Slacked lime dusted on heavily. 
Keep plants coated with Bor- 
deaux after first indications. 
Aphis. 
Tobacco infusion, kerosene emuision or whale oil soap when they 
appear. 
CABBAGE 
Caterpillars. 
An arsenical solution In resin lime mixture as soon as they appear; 
repeat every 10 days; or an arsenate in dust form as soon as they 
appear; repeat every 10 days. 
. 
Aphis. 
Tobacco " Infusion, kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap when they 
appear. 
POTATO 
Colorado potato 
beetles. 
Blister beetles. 
An arsenical solution in Bordeaux If that Is used, as soon as they 
appear; repeat every 10 days If necessary. 
Scab. 
Soak the tubers in 40 per cent formalin solution at rate of 1 pint to 
30 gallons of water, for 2 hours before planting, by suspending 
them In a coarse sack. 
Blight and rot. 
Bordeaux at first 
Indication o f 
disease. 
At intervals of 10 
days, as long 
as disease per- 
sists. 
