32 BULLETIN 1482, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
DUSTING SCHEDULE 
FIRST APPLICATION 
When 75 per cent of the petals (pink part of flower) have fallen: Arsenate of 
lead 5 per cent, lime 95 per cent. 5 
SECOND APPLICATION 
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When calyces or "shucks" are falling, or when small peaches are exposed * 
(this usually occurs about 10 days after the falling of the petals) : Arsenate of 
lead 5 per cent, lime 95 per cent. 5 
THIRD APPLICATION 
Two weeks after the second application, or about four weeks after the petals 
have been shed: Sulphur 80 per cent, arsenate of lead 5 per cent, lime 15 per cent. 
FOURTH APPLICATION 
Four weeks before the peaches are due to ripen: Sulphur 80 per cent, ai senate 
of lead 5 per cent, lime 15 per cent. 
An additional application of a dust composed of sulphur only or preferably 
sulphur 80 per cent and lime 20 per cent seven to ten days before the fruit ripens 
may furnish additional protection against brown rot. 
EARLY PEACHES 
Early varieties need dusting only three times, using the mixture containing 
arsenate of lead and lime at the time indicated for the first dusting, and the 
mixture containing sulphur at the time indicated for the second and fourth 
dustings. 
LITERATURE CITED 
(1) Chase, W. W. 
1916. the principal parasites of the peach. Ga. State Bd. Ent. 
Bui. 43: 5-39, illus. 
(2) 
1920. EXPERIMENTAL DUSTING AND SPRAYING OF PEACHES FOR 1919. 
Ga. State Bd. Ent. Circ. 30, 13 p. 
(3) QUAINTANCE, A. L. 
1900. THE BROWN ROT OF PEACHES, PLUMS AND OTHER FRUITS. Ga. 
Agr. Expt, Sta, Bui. 50: 237-269, illus. 
(4) and Jenne, E. L. 
1912. the plum curculio. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 103, 
250 p., illus. 
(5) Scott, W. M., and Ayres, T. W. 
1910. THE CONTROL OF PEACH BROWN ROT AND SCAB. U. S. Dept. Agr., 
Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 174, 31 p., illus. 
(6) and Quaintance, A. L. 
1911. SPRAYING PEACHES FOR THE CONTROL OF BROWN ROT, SCAB, 
and curculio. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 440, 40 p., 
illus. 
(7) Snapp, O. I., Turner, W. F., and Roberts, J. W. 
1922. controlling the curculio, brown rot, and SCAB IN THE 
peach belt of Georgia. U. S. Dept. Agr. Circ. 216, 30 p., 
illus. 
(8) United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. 
1921-24. climatological data, Georgia section . . . Februarv to 
October, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924. Atlanta, Ga, 
(9) 
1926. SUMMARY of the climatological data for the united states 
BY SECTIONS. CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA. U. S. Dept. 
Agr., Weather Bur. Bui. W r , ed. 2, v. 3, illus. (Reprint Sec. 86.) 
5 It is not necessary to use sulphur in the first and second applications, although the regular 80-5-15 dust 
may be used if desired. 
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