P. J. Berckmms Co. Avgusta , Georgia 
Fungicide and Insecticide Solutions 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. Two 
pounds to fifty gallons of water will give good results 
against most biting insects. 
Bordeaux Mixture. Copper sulphate, four pounds; 
quick lime, six pounds; water, fifty gallons. Dissolve 
the copper sulphate by putting it in a bag and hanging 
it in a wooden or earthen vessel holding twenty-five 
gallons; slake the lime gradually and add water until 
you have twenty-five 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 twenty-four 
hours. Remember this. 
Copper-Sulphate Solution. Dissolve one pound 
of copper-sulphate in fifteen gallons of water. Do not 
apply this solution to foliage; it must be used before 
buds break on grape-vines and peach trees. For the 
latter, use twenty-five gallons of water. 
Kerosene Emulsion. One-half pound of soap dis¬ 
solved in one gallon of water; add to this, while hot, 
two 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 nine to 
fifteen parts of water when using, so that it will not be 
stronger than one part of oil to nine to fifteen of water. 
Sour milk may be used instead of soap. 
Land Plaster. With fifty pounds of land plaster 
mix one pint of crude carbolic acid. Sprinkle over vines 
for beetles and aphides. 
Larkin’s Sulpho-Tobacco Soap is a universal 
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 absolutely safe to handle. It will 
not injure the tenderest growth. 
Lemon Oil. We have found this an invaluable 
insecticide for all plants grown in a greenhouse or in 
pots. Plants should be dipped in a solution of suitable 
strength. While it kills all scale insects, it is not inju¬ 
rious to the most tender plants. 
Lime and Sulphur Wash. Lime, unslaked, twenty 
pounds; sulphur, ground, sixteen pounds; water, to 
make fifty gallons. Place eight to ten gallons of water 
in an iron kettle over a fire, and when it reaches the 
boiling point add the sulphur 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 mix¬ 
ture, at first thick and pasty, becomes 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 amount by the 
addition of sufficient hot water. If a suitable boiler is 
convenient, the mixture may be more economically 
cooked in barrels or tanks by the use of steam. 
The lime and sulphur wash is now generally recom¬ 
mended for controlling the San Jose scale, and in some 
respects is superior to the other remedies named. 
Naptha 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 ioo degrees 
Fahrenheit. This is an excellent spray for Red Spider. 
Paris Green. Actively poisonous. Add four ounces 
Paris green, one pound fresh lime, to fifty gallons of 
water. Paris green and Bordeaux mixture may be 
applied together without the action of either being 
weakened. 
Pyrethrum. One ounce of the “Bubach” powder, 
add to two gallons of cold water, on any plant used for 
food, as this is non-poisonous. 
Scaleside. One per cent solution of Scaleside or 
i per cent prepared lime-sulphur solution will eradicate 
Red Spider. 
Sulphur. One pound; one pound of air-slaked lime, 
and boil it in eight quarts of water until the concoction 
simmers down to about six quarts; add one gallon of 
this mixture to fifty gallons of water. Use as a spray 
for Red Spider every five to six days until the spider is 
eradicated. 
Tobacco, one pound; boiling water, two gallons; 
strain when cool. Is very effective when used as a 
spray against flea beetles, lice aphides (plant lice). 
White Hellebore, one ounce; water, three 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 kerosene emulsion; 
this should be used on bright, sunshiny days. (We re¬ 
commend the Gould Pumps. Write us for prices 
on these; we can save you money.) 
Sulnlin-Tnharrn Snan A WONDERFUL INSECT AND 
juipno i ooacco ooap BUG exterminator 
Gives best results in quickly exterminating all insect life on plants and flowers, in- and out-of-doors. Effec¬ 
tively 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 satisfac¬ 
tion. 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. We have discontinued handling 
anything smaller than the io-lb. size. 10-lb. cake by ex¬ 
press, $3. 
Spray Pumps 
Pomona. No. 1100 
We can ship promptly from Augusta, the following Goulds 
Spray Pumps: ‘’Bordeaux” No. 1129, “Pomona” No. 1100, 
“Monarch” No. 1506; also, hose, nozzles, couplings and bands. 
The “Pomona” pump is the most durable barrel sprayer. It 
is very powerful and will supply four leads of hose and eight 
nozzles. The “Bordeaux” is placed in bucket, with foot-hold 
on outside. This is the best small pump made. The “Monarch” 
is the best high-grade sprayer for large orchards. We recom¬ 
mend the pumps made by the Goulds Manufacturing Com¬ 
pany. Write us for descriptive catalogue and special prices. 
Bordeau x 
Pump 
No. 1129 
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