DANGEROUS FUNGOUS DISEASES 
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RUST ON RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES. 
Spray witli copper sulphate solution before buds break. 
Use Bordeaux mixture if rust appears in spring or 
summer. 
FUNGICIDE AND INSECTICIDE SOLU¬ 
TIONS AND FORMULAE. 
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. 
I wo pounds to 50 gallons of water will give good 
results against most biting insects. 
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 blue-stone 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 24 hours. Remem¬ 
ber this 
COPPER-SULPHATE SOLUTION. Dissolve one 
pound of copper-sulphate in 15 gallons of water. Do 
not apply this solution to foliage; it must be used 
before buds break on grape and peach trees. For 
the latter, use 25 gallons of water. 
KEROSENE EMULS.ON. One-half pound of soap 
dissolved in 1 gallon of water; add to this, while 
hot, 2 gallons of Kerosene. (The boiling soap solu¬ 
tion should be removed from the fire before the kero¬ 
sene is added.) Churn violently with a spray pump 
or garden syringe until the mass becomes of the con¬ 
sistency 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 of water. 
Sour milk may be used instead of soap. 
LARKIN’S SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP is a unversal 
insecticide. A sure and safe exterminator of all 
kinds of insects and vermin on plants, shrubbery, 
vines, small fruits and trees. It also acts as a 
powerful fertilizer; plants that have wilted from the 
ravages of insects will regain their freshness and grow 
luxuriantly. The soap is non-poisonous and abso¬ 
lutely safe to handle. It will not injure the tenderest 
growth. 
LEMON OIL. We have found this an invaluable 
insecticide for all plants grown in greenhouse or in 
pots. 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, SALT AND SULPHUR WASH. Lime, un¬ 
slaked, 25 pounds; sulphur, ground, 20 pounds; salt, 
10 pounds; water to make 60 gallons. Place 8 to 
10 gallons of water in an iron kettle over a fire, and 
when it reaches the boiling point add the sulphur and 
GOULD’S SPRAY PUMPS 
THEY ALWAYS REPRESENT THE BEST VALUE 
THEY ARE MADE BY PUMP SPECIALISTS OF OVER 50 
YEARS’ STANDING. 
WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL PRICES. 
SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP 
A WONDERFUL INSECT 
AND BUG EXTERMINATOR 
Gives best results in quickly exterminating all insect life on plants and flow¬ 
ers, ii» and out of doors. Effectively destroys squash and potato bugs, currant 
worms, lice, greenfly, 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 tenderest 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. 10-lb. cake by express $3. 
KILLS 
SULPHO- 
TOBACCO 
SOAP 
INSECTS 
| mix thoroughly, then add the lime, which will im¬ 
mediately produce a violent boiling. From time to 
time add a small quantity of water as needed to pre¬ 
vent boiling over or burning. The sulphur gradually 
goes into solution, and the mixture, at first thick 
and pasty, becomes thinner and thinner, changing 
in color through several shades of yellow. After at 
least one hour’s constant boiling the salt should be 
added and the boiling continued for another half 
hour. Then dilute with the required amount of water, 
preferably hot water. If a suitable boiler is con¬ 
venient, the mixture may be more economically cooked 
in barrels or tanks by the use of steam. 
The lime, salt and sulphur wash is now generally 
recommended for controlling San Jose scale, and in 
some respects is superior to the other remedies named. 
NAPTHA SOAP AND NICOTICIDE. One once of 
soap and one-quarter ounce of Nicoticide to each gal¬ 
lon of water. It is advisable to have the water at 
100 degrees Fahrenheit. This is an excellent spray 
for Red Spider. 
PARIS GREEN. Actively poisonous. Add 4 ounces 
Paris green, 1 pound fresh lime to 50 gallons of water. 
Paris green and Bordeaux mixture may be applied to¬ 
gether without the action of either being weakened. 
POWDERS. With 50 pounds of land plaster mix 1 
pint of crude carbolic acid. Sprinkle over vines for 
beetles and aphides. 
PYRETHRUM 1 ounce qS the “Bubach” powder, 
add to 2 gallons of cold water, on any plant used for 
food, as this is non-poisonous. 
SULPHUR, 1 pound; 1 pound of air-slaked lime, 
and boil it in 8 quarts of water until the concoction 
simmers down to about 6 quarts; add 1 gallon of this- 
mixture to 50 gallons of water. Use as a spray for 
red spider every five of six days until the spider 
is eradicated. 
TOBACCO, 1 pound; boiling water, 2 gallons; strain 
when cool. Very effective when used as a spray 
against Ilea beetles, lice 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 
horticulturist to spray his fruit trees and grape-vines 
if he desires good fruit. Follow directions carefully. 
Experiments frequently result disastrously. Careless 
spraying will result in loss of fruit and sometimes 
the trees. Every fruit-grower should purchase a 
spraying apparatus; they 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 kero¬ 
sene emulsion; this should be used on bright sunshiny 
days. (We recommend the Gould Pumps. Write us 
i for prices on these; we can save you money.) 
