AUGUSTA, GEOROI 
tobacco water, using four ounces of tobacco-stems to 
one gallon of boiling water; strain the solution and add 
four ounces of soft soap while it is still hot; stir well 
to dissolve the soap. 
Black Spot—This is a fungus disease. All diseased 
leaves should be removed from the plant, and those on 
the ground raked up and burned. Spray the plants with 
same strength of Bordeaux as recommended for mildew. 
Leaf Hopper—Spray with insect powder, tobacco de¬ 
coction or kerosene emulsion. 
Mildew — This is caused by extremes of heat and cold, 
or by a continuance of damp, cold weather. Sprinkle 
the plants with water, and dust them with soot, or spray 
with Bordeaux mixture, 3-9-50, taking care to reach 
the under side of the leaves as well as the upper; also 
spray the ground around the plants. 
Slugs—Spray with hellebore or insect powder. 
Fungicide and Insecticide 
Arsenate of Lead can be used as a substitute for paris 
green and london purple. It can be used much stronger 
with less danger of injury to plants. Two pounds to 
fifty gallons of water will give good results against most 
biting insects. As a safeguard against injury to the 
foliage add three pounds of lime. 
Atomic Sulphur (Thomsen’s)—The best preventative 
against Brown Rot in Apples, Peaches, Plums and other 
fruits. 
Bordeaux Mixture — Copper Sulphate, 4 pounds; quick¬ 
lime, 6 pounds; water, 50 gallons. Dissolve the copper 
sulphate by putting it in a bag and hanging it in a 
wooden or earthen vessel holding 25 gallons; slake the 
lime gradually and add water until you have 25 gallons. 
The copper sulphate mixture and lime should then be 
poured into the pump so that the two streams will mix 
thoroughly as they fall. Bordeaux mixture will not keep 
more than twenty-four hours. Remember this. 
Copper Sulphate Solution—Dissolve 1 pound of copper 
sulphate in 15 gallons of water. Do not apply this solu¬ 
tion to foliage; it must be used before buds break on 
grape vines and peach trees. For the latter, use 25 
gallons of water. 
Kerosene Emulsion—One-half pound of soap dissolved 
in 1 gallon of water; add to this, while hot, 2 gallons of 
kerosene. (The boiling soap solution should be removed 
from the fire before the kerosene is added.) Churn 
violently with a spray pump or garden syringe until the 
mass becomes of the consistency of butter. Dilute the 
above mixture with from 9 to 15 parts of water when 
using, so that it will not be stronger than 1 part of oil 
to 9 to 15 parts of water. Sour milk may be used instead 
of soap. 
Larkin’s Sulpho-Tobacco Soap is a universal insecti¬ 
cide. A safe and sure exterminator of all kinds of in¬ 
sects and vermin on plants, shrubbery, vines, small fruits 
and trees. The soap is non-poisonous and absolutely 
safe to handle. It will not injure the tenderest growth. 
Lemon Oil—Plants should be dipped in a solution of 
suitable strength. While it kills all scale insects, it is 
not injurious to the most tender plants. 
Lime-Sulphur Solution—Lime unslaked, 20 pounds; 
sulphur, ground, 16 pounds, water to make 50 gallons. 
Place 8 to 10 gallons of water in an iron kettle over a 
fire, and when it reaches the boiling point, add the sul¬ 
phur and mix thoroughly; then add the lime, which will 
immediately produce a violent boiling. From time to 
time add a small quantity of water as needed to prevent 
boiling over or burning. The sulphur gradually goes into 
solution, and the mixture, at first thick and pasty, be¬ 
comes thinner and thinner, changing in color through 
several shades of yellow. After boiling at least one and 
a half hours, the mixture should be diluted to the proper 
Thrips and Other Insects—Same treatment as for 
Aphis. 
SHADE TREES. 
Leaf Eating Insects—Spray with two pounds of arsen¬ 
ate of lead, three pounds of lime to each fifty gallons 
of water. 
San Jose Scale—Same treatment as recommended for 
Apples. 
West India Scale—When trees are dormant use lime- 
sulphur solution as a spray, mixed with one gallon to 
eight of water. During the growing season use Schnarr’s 
Insecticide, mixed 1% gallons to 100 gallons of water. 
WALNUTS. 
See under head of Japanese Persimmons, Walnuts and 
Pecans. 
Solutions and Formulae 
amount by the addition of sufficient hot water. If a 
suitable boiler is not convenient, the mixture may be 
more economically cooked in barrels or tanks by the use 
of steam. 
Thomsen Chemical Company’s Lime-Sulphur Solution 
is recommended for the treatment of the San Jose scale; 
as the lime-sulphur treatment is superior in many ways 
to the other remedies. Write us for prices. 
Naphtha Soap and Nicoticide—One ounce of soap and 
one-quarter ounce of Nicoticide to each gallon of water. 
It is advisable to have the water at 100 degrees Fahren¬ 
heit. This is an excellent spray for red spider. 
Paris Green—Actively poisonous. Add 4 ounces of 
paris green, 1 pound of fresh lime, to 50 gallons of 
water. Paris green and bordeaux mixture may be ap¬ 
plied together without the action of either being weak¬ 
ened. 
Pyrethrum—One ounce of the “Bubach” powder 
added to 2 gallons of cold water, for any plant used for 
food, as this is non-poisonous. 
Scalecide—One per cent solution of scalecide or 1 per 
cent prepared lime-sulphur solution will eradicate red 
spider. 
Tobacco, 1 pound; boiling water, 2 gallons; strain 
when cool. It is very effective when used as a spray 
against fiea beetles, aphides (plant lice). 
White Hellebore, 1 ounce; water, 3 gallons. Effective 
as a spray for rose slugs. 
SPRAYING. 
We cannot be too emphatic in impressing on the hor¬ 
ticulturist to spray his fruit trees and grape vines if he 
desires good fruit. Follow directions carefully. Experi¬ 
ments frequently result disastrously. Careless spraying 
will result in loss of fruit and sometimes the trees. 
Every fruit grower should purchase a spraying appara¬ 
tus; it can now be had for a small sum. Be careful in 
keeping your solution continually stirred. The best time 
for spraying is late in the afternoon or during cloudy 
weather, except with kerosene emulsion; this should be 
used on bright, shiny days. (We recommend the Gould 
Pumps. Write us for prices on these; we can save you 
money.) 
Other scale insects, of which there are several species, 
such as cherry scale, pecan scale, obscure scale on shade 
trees, can be controlled during the winter months by use 
of lime-sulphur or soluble oil, or during summer months 
by spraying with kerosene emulsion or sulpho-tobacco 
soap. 
NOTE—If your trees are infested with any insects or 
fungous diseases, send infested portion to your Experi¬ 
ment Station, your State Entomologist, or the United 
States Entomologist at Washington, D. C. 
KILLS 
Su/pho- 
Tobacco 
Soapm 
INSECTS 
Larkins Sulpho-Tobacco Soap gives best results in quickly exterminating all insect life 
on plants and flowers, in and out of doors. Effectively destroys squash and potato bugs, 
currant worms, lice, green fly, mealy bug, red spider, etc. Unexcelled for spraying shrubs, 
fruit trees and vines. This popular insecticide never fails to give satisfaction. It is 
cheap, clean, harmless and non-injurious to the tederest growth. You cannot afford to be 
without Sulpho-Tobacco Soap if you desire to be successful in plant culture. A trial will 
give highly gratifying results. We have discontinued handling anything smaller than the 
10-pound size. By express, $3.00. 
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