May, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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weaker than when used for a winter spray, 
one and one-third gallons commercial lime- 
sulphur to fifty of water being sufficient 
where it is to be used on foliage. 
Spraying Calendar 
Work for April 
Mix arsenate of lead and first strength 
Bordeaux mixture together and use as one 
spray, as soon as the leaves are unfolded, 
on apple and pear. Spray again with the 
same mixture, same strength, three days 
after the flower petals fall. This may be 
around the first of May. 
Mix arsenate of lead and second 
strength Bordeaux mixture together and 
use as one spray, as soon as the leaves are 
unfolded, on cherry, plum, peach and apri¬ 
cot. Spray again with arsenate of lead 
when petals have fallen and every ten days 
thereafter until three more applications 
have been made, or five in all. Cultivate 
the ground to a depth of two inches under 
trees for five weeks after the full bloom. 
Curculio larvae are changing to beetles 
under ground during this time, and are 
thus destroyed, by the destruction of their 
earth cells. Bordeaux mixture, second 
strength, may be used with every other ap¬ 
plication of the arsenate. This is used al¬ 
ways as a preventive against fungous dis¬ 
eases, and it is too late to use it when such 
disease has made its appearance. Hence 
the advisability of adding it to nearly all 
other sprays, and using it constantly. 
Use second strength Bordeaux mixture 
on all small fruits, ornamental trees and 
shrubbery generally, as soon as leaves un¬ 
fold. 
Spray roses with the full strength soap 
wash, applied hot, before growth starts, 
for scale insects. Use second strength of 
Bordeaux on them by the middle of the 
month, or as soon as their leaves are un¬ 
folded. 
Work for May 
Use same mixture of arsenate of lead 
and Bordeaux on apple and pear as soon 
as the first “worm-hole’’ is discovered on 
one of the tiny sets of fruit. The exact 
time of this application may be deter¬ 
mined by careful watching alone, for it 
should be used when the larvae of codling 
moth and Curculio are entering the fruit. 
Look over the trees daily and as soon as 
the sign appears, get busy. 
Use arsenate of lead and second strength 
Bordeaux on peach and apricot, as di¬ 
rected under “April.” 
Use arsenate of lead on cherry and 
plum, as directed under “April.” 
Use second strength Bordeaux and ar¬ 
senate of lead on all small fruits, orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubbery generally. 
Spray roses with the diluted soap wash 
for aphids and with second strength Bor¬ 
deaux or with potassium sulphide, for 
fungi. The latter is preferred for roses. 
It is made from a stock composed of three 
pounds of potash, three and one-half 
pounds of sulphur, ground very fine, three 
ounces of salt and one gallon of water. 
Mix the first three together in a metal or 
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