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DESCRIPTIVE SEED LIST FOR 1918 
Carco for Root Maggots 
The Root Maggots are getting to be a terrible pest all over the country. They 
are very destructive to Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Rutabagas, Turnips, Kale and 
Kadlshes. 
The fly, which looks like a small house fly, lays the eggs on the stem of the 
plants at the surface of the ground. These eggs soon hatch out and the small 
maggots work their way down into the roots, eating off the small rootlets, and 
then eating their way into the heart of the large center roots, soon spoiling the 
plant, which has already been weakened by loss of the small roots. 
Fortunately for the gardener, this fly dislikes the smell of Coal Tar, Creosote 
or of Carbolic Acid, so that by frequent spraying of the plants with Carbolic or 
Creosote solutions or emulsions, properly diluted, the fly will keep away, and the 
maggots will not appear. 
But to be effective, the spraying must be repeated every few days or the smell 
will disappear, especially In rainy weather. Prevention is better than cure— and 
It is better to keep the fly away— but if the maggots do get into the plant roots, 
spraying will not kill them, nor will It kill the eggs, unless we use a strong 
enough solution to kill the plants also. 
After the maggots have appeared, we have to resort to pouring some of the 
above diluted liquid solutions or emulsions on the plants, so it will run down the 
stems into the roots, which will kill or drive out the maggots, provided we have 
not waited so long that the maggots have protected themselves by eating Into the 
hearts of the large roots, or into the stems of the plants. 
We have found the best and most effective solution is made by using "Carco" 
diluted with about 125 parts of water. The best method of application is as fol- 
lows: 
The solution should be mixed in barrels or tubs. Men or boys can carry pails 
of the solution and dippers and easily supply two rows at one trip. The solution 
should be poured into the plant so that it will kill any aphis it may strike and 
also run down around the stem of the plant. 
In general Carco should be applied same as any other Creosote solution 
whether for cabbage, cauliflower, radishes, turnips, crown borers in strawberry 
plants or any other plant for which solutions can be used. 
If the first application does not entirely stop the work of the maggots, another 
rfttplication should be made in a week or ten days after the first one. 
In this way we have been able to save whole fields of Cabbage from de- 
struction. 
PRICES 
Price by mail, postpaid— Ms Pt., 25c; Pt, 40c; Quart, 60c. By express at 
purchaser's expense — 2 Qts., 90c; Gallon, $1.75; 5 Gallons, $7.50. 
HIGHEST GRADE ASTERS AND PANSIES 
PLANTS OR SEED— See page 2. 
