MEMPHIS, TENN. 
-RUSSELL-HECKLE _ spray calendar 57 
Spray Calendar 
CROPS 
INSECTS AND 
DISEASES 
MATERIALS 
DILUTIONS 
TIME TO SPRAY 
One Gal. of Water 
50 Gal. of Water 
Soal#, Insects and 
Leaf Curl 
Lime-Sulphur Sol. 
Oil Emulsion or 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 
1 pint 
14 pint 
18-20 teaspoonfuls 
5-7 gallons 
2 gallons 
12-15 pounds 
In the fall or In the spring before the buds 
swell. Add Bordeaux to Oil Emulsion to pre¬ 
vent leaf curl. 
PEACH 
PLUM 
CHERRY 
Curcullo 
Arsenate of Lead 
Dry Mix 
2 teaspoonful. 
14 Pound 
H to 1 pound 
8 to 10 pounds 
Combine these two as soon as blossoms fall. 
Scab and Brown Rot, 
and to prevent Rot 
developing after fruit 
is picked 
Dry Mix, a special 
mixture replacing 
self-boiled Lime-Sul¬ 
phur. Or use Dritomic 
Sulphur or Sulfooide 
12-20 teaspoonfuls 
1 tablespoonful 
8-10 pounds 
1 quart 
1. When most of shucks are off. 
2. Two weeks after shucks dropped. 
3. Four weeks before picking, If necessary. 
4. Week to ten days before picking. Very 
Important. 
Borers 
Paradlchlorbenzene 
for Peaches only 
1 to 2 ozs. In a circle evenly distrib¬ 
uted 2 in. away from trunk of tree. 
In the fall if possible. 
PEAR 
QUINCE 
Scale Insects and 
Blister Mites 
Lime-Sulphur 8ol. 
OH Emulsion or 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 
1 pint 
(4 pint 
18-20 teaspoonfuls 
6-7 gallons 
1 Vz gallons 
12-15 pounds 
Dormant or delayed dormant. When the buds 
begin to swell. 
Psylla, Slugs, Scab 
and Codling Moth 
Bordeaux Mixture or 
Dry Lime-Sulphur or 
Lime-Sulphur Sol. 
Arsenate of Lead 
Black Leaf 40 
12-16 teaspoonfuls 
5-6 teaspoonfuls 
1/6 pint 
3-8 teaspoonfuls 
1 teaspoonful 
6-8 pounds 
3-4 pounds 
1)4-1% gallons 
1-1% pounds 
% pint 
1. Cluster or pink stage. 
2. Calyx or petals fall. 
3. Two weeks after petals fall. 
Scale Insects, San 
Jose, Oyster Shell and 
Blister Mite, Red Mite 
Lime-Sulphur Sol. 
Oil Emulsion 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 
1 pint 
>4 pint 
18-20 teaspoonfuls 
6-7 gallons 
2 gallons 
12-16 pounds 
While the trees are dormant, spring or fall. 
Delayed dormant spray applied In spring 
when buds are showing silvery. 
APPLE 
Codling Moth, Cur- 
culio, Bud-Moth, 
Scab, Frog-Eye and 
Blotch 
Lime-Sulphur Sol. or 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 
and Arsenate of Lead 
1/5 of a pint 
5-6 teaspoonfuls 
3-8 teaspoonfuls 
1)4-1)4 gallons 
3-4 pounds 
1-1)4 pounds 
1. When buds show pink. (Important scab 
spray). 
2. When petals fall. (Calyx spray). 
3. Ten days to two weeks later. (Blotch). 
4. Four weeks after petals fall. (Blotch). 
Later Codling Moth 
Broods 
Blotch 
Arsenate of Lead 
Bordeaux 
Dritomic Sulphur 
Or Blue Stone 
3-8 teaspoonfuls 
12-16 teaspoonfuls 
3 teaspoonfuls 
8 teaspoonfuls 
1-1)4 pounds 
8 pounds 
1 pound 
6 pounds 
Eight to ten weeks after petals fall and as 
often as necessary to keep fruit covered with 
Arsenate of Lead, and a fungicide where 
bitter rot is present. 
Aphids (Plant Lice) 
Black Leaf 40 
Sheps Spray 
Evergreen Spray 
1 teaspoonful 
1 teaspoonful 
1 teaspoonful 
)4 Pint 
1 pint 
)4 Pint 
Combine with other sprays and apply when 
Aphids appear. Usually in delayed dormant 
sprays. 
Black Rot Mildew 
Bordeaux Mixture 
Or Blue Stone 
12-16 teaspoonfuls 
8 teaspoonfuls 
6-8 pounds 
6 pounds 
When shoots are 8 to 10 inches long, Just be¬ 
fore blooming. 
Berry Moth 
Arsenate of Lead 
3-8 teaspoonfuls 
2-3 pounds 
1. After the blossoms fall. 
GRAPE 
Black Rot Mildew 
Bordeaux Mixture 
12-16 teaspoonfuls 
6-8 pounds 
2. Ten days to two weeks later. 
3. When berries begin to touch in the clusters. 
Leaf Hopper 
Black Leaf 40 
1 teaspoonful 
)4 pint 
Apply when first nymphs of the Hopper ac¬ 
quire wings. 
General Spray Information 
Oil Emulsion 
For dormant spray to control seals, Oil HJmulslon Spray has 
no squat; It creeps and covers svery part of ths tree. Use It In 
January, February or March on a bright, warm day; avoid ex¬ 
posure to freezing. 
Made according to formula in U. S. Farmers Bulletin No. >S3. 
Use 1 gallon to 20 gallons of water. To control peach tree leaf 
curl, use 4 pounds Bordeaux Mixture or 1 pounds of Blue Stone 
(put these in water first) and 1 gallon of Oil Emulsion to 20 gal¬ 
lons of water. Price: Qt., 35c; % gal., 50c; 1-gal. can, 65c; 5-gal. 
can, $2.25; 10-gal. can, $4.00; f. o. b. Memphis. 
Dry or Peach Mix 
A summer spray on Peaches and Plums, for use In place of 
self or home-boiled Lime-Sulphur, for the control of brown rot, 
scab and leaf spot. Use 1 pound to 4 gallons of water, first appli¬ 
cation, when the husks fall. Spray every two weeks with Dry Mix 
and add a little Black Leaf 40. This Is to oontrol brown rot, 
scab, curcullo and Oriental Peach Moth. Price: Dry Mix, 1 lb., 25c; 
5 lbs., 75c; 12*4 lbe., $1.25. 
Concentrated Lime-Sulphur Solution 
One of the best fungicides for the dormant or growing period. 
To control scale and peach tree leaf curl. Full direction* on cans. 
Price: Qt.. 35c; *4 gal.. 50c; 1 gal., 65c; 5-gal. can, $2.25; 10-gal, 
can, $4.00. 
For prices on other Insecticides, see pages 54. 55 and 56. 
Powdered or Dry Lime-Sulphur 
A convenient material to control San Jose scale and other fun¬ 
gus trouble, such as peach tree leaf curl and blister mites. Dilute 
1 pound Dry Lime-Sulphur to 4 gallons of water. Price: l-lb. can, 
25c; 6-lb. can, $1.00; 12%-lb. pkg., $1.50. 
Dritomic Sulphur 
One of the beet preparations for the shuck spray, and growing 
period or summer spray on peaches, apples, etc. On the shuck spray 
add arsenate of lead. Dritomic Sulphur will control scab and 
brown rot on peaches and plums, and scab on the apple. Use one 
pound to 20 gallons of water with Vi lb. Arsenate of Lead and 1 
lb. lime. We have both apple and peach Ditromic Sulphur. Price: 
l-lb. pkg., 60c. 
Bordeaux Mixture 
One of the most generally used and satisfactory preparations 
for controlling plant diseases of most kinds. It is especially good 
to correct blight on Phlox, Roses, Snapdragons; black or blossom 
end rot on Tomatoes; blotch on Apples; black rot on Grapes, etc. 
Price: 1 lb., 25c; 4 lbs., 70c. 
Black Leaf 40 
For all sucking Insects, such as lice, red spider and aphids, 
on roses, apple and plum trees, evergreens, etc. Use 1 ounce to 5 
gallons of soapy water. Price: 1 ox., 35c; 5 oxs., $1.00. 
CULTIVATE FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES, HTC.—KEEP THE HARROW IN THEM. SPRAY YOUR FRUIT TREES IF YOU WANT 
GOOD FRUIT. DO IT AT THE PROPER TIME AS DIRECTED ABOVE. 
