PEST CONTROL CHART 
Use Sprays and Dusts For Healthy Flowers and Vegetables 

Plants 
FLOWERS 
Aster 
Begonia 
Calendula 
Canna 
Camellia 
Carnation 
Chinese Lantern 
Cineraria 
Coleus 
Cosmos 
Chrysanthemum 
Dahlia 
Daisy 
Delphinium 
Fern Foxglove 
Fuchsia 
Gardenia 
Geranium 
Golden-Glow 
Gladiolus 
Hibiscus 
Hollyhock 
Lantana 
Morning-Glory 
Nasturtium 
Pansy 
Peony 
Petunia 
Phlox 
Primula 
Rose 
Snapdragon 
Sweet Pea 
Violet 
Zinnia 

FRUIT TREES 

Apple 
Pear 
Peach 
Plum 
Cherry 
Description of Injury, 
Insect or Disease 
Aphids are small soft-bodied sucking 
insects 1/10 inch long, clustered to- 
gether on flowers, leaves and stems, 
Tiny black or yellowish elongated 
winged or wingless insects. Thrips 
rasp flowers and leaves, causing them 
to brown and die, 
Leafhoppers are wedgeshaped insects 
4%— % inch long, winged or wingless; 
rear legs are very long. When dis- 
turbed they walk sideways. 
Beetles are hard-shelled insects of 
various colors and sizes which eat 
into or entirely consume leaves and 
flowers. 
Slugs are soft-bodied, slimy and legless. 
They rasp away upper leaf surfaces 
or eat holes in them. 
Caterpillars are fuzzy or hairless worm- 
like insects eating away at buds, 
flowers and foliage. They may occur 
singly or in colonies rolling leaves 
together or spinning webs. 
Cutworms pierce or cut off leaves or 
main stem of seedlings near the 
ground line. 
Sowbugs are dark grey oval-shaped, 14 
legged creatures 4% inch long; if dis- 
turbed they curl up like a pill. Sow- 
bugs feed upon seedlings and tender 
plants. 
Slugs are soft-bodied, slimy and legless, 
rasping away at upper leaf surfaces or 
eating out holes. 
Rust is a disease that causes leaves or 
stems to be rusty brown or yellowish, 
in streaks or in patches. 
Mildew shows powdery or felt-like 
patches on leaves and stems, causing 
leaves to curl up and drop. 
Leafspot is the cause of small spots on 
leaves or masses of spots, usually 
brown. Sometimes centers of spots 
fall out leaving leaf-holes. 
Ants are six-legged insects familiar to 
all. 
Several kinds of scale on bark, leaves or 
fruit; vary in color from white to red; 
size, from nearly invisible to 144 inch 
in diameter. 
Insect or 
Disease 
Aphid 
Thrips 
Leafhopper 
Beetle 
Slug 
Caterpillar 
Cutworms 
Sowbug 
Slug 
Grasshopper 
Rust 
Mildew 
Leafspot 
Ant 
Oyster-shell 
San Jose and 
Scurfy Scale 
Spray or Dust 
Aphis Spray 
Black Leaf 40 
Evergreen 
Rotenone Garden 
Guard 
Ortho Extrax 
Red Arrow 
Emo-Nik 
Black Leaf 40 
Aphis Spray 
Diamond 
Naphthalene Flakes 
Meta 
Snarol 
M-R-S Dusting 
Sulphur 
Garden Sulphur 
Kopper Queen 
Greenleaf 
Ant-Kill 
(several good 
brands) 
Dry Lime Sulfur 
Emo-Nik 
Kleen-up Spray 
How and When to Apply 

Spray thoroughly, make sure to 
hit the insects to be controlled; 
repeat sprays every few days. 
The nicotine only is effective 
against these insects. Be sure 
to hit the insects with it. The 
powder can be added according 
to directions to control any 
chewing insects or blight which 
may be present. 
Spray upon insects. Be sure to 
hit them. 
Apply a heavy spray upon insects 
and entire plant; both nicotine 
and powder are effective. 
Broadcast the dust over the in- 
sects and plant from shaker 
carton or hand duster. 
Spread a thin band of Bait-M on 
the ground around the plant to 
be protected. For larger area 
spread small windrows criss- 
cross over like a checkerboard 
with two foot squares, or 
broadcast. 
Scatter about on plant, thoroughly 
cover all parts. Repeat every 
10 days. icotine also can be 
added to control certain insects. 
Dust from shaker carton or hand 
duster over entire foliage, com- 
pletely covering all leaves. Re- 
peat before rain periods or 
every few days. 

Ant-Kill is effective against sweet- 
eating varieties of ants. For 
grease ants put bacon rind with 
syrup. 
Spray during period plant is dor- 
mant, best in spring before buds 
swell, apply when temperature 
is above freezing. 



Numerous red, green, black soft-bodied 
sucking insects massed together on 
stems and twigs 1/12 inch long, 
winged or wingless. 

Leaves of apple and pear disfigured by 
small brown to red blisters. Leaves 
shed prematurely. 

Wedge-shaped insects 4% to 4 inch long, 
winged or wingless. ‘When disturbed 
Green Apple 
Rosy and 
other Aphids 
Pear Leaf 
Blister Mite 


Nicotine Sulphate 
Dry Lime Sulfur 
1. First spray, before buds turn 
green. 
2. Delayed dormant, when leaves 
are 14— % inch long. 

Dry Lime Sulfur 
Aphis Spray 
Red Arrow 







Apply in spring before buds open. 
California—Apply in fall when 
crop is off. 
Summer spray, spray when lice 
are numerous. 

Apply spray when young insects 
become numerous. 
1. When most petals have fallen. 
2. Respray 14 days later. 3. 21 
days later. 3. 28 days later. 
Spray second brood when fresh 
worm injury is seen. 
Spray whenever insects make their 
appearance. 
Apply when spiders become num- 
erous or when foliage becomes 
brown or spotted. : 
1. Delayed dormant when buds 
show green. 
2. Before buds show pink. 
Add to midsummer sprays for — 
codling moth. 

they walk sidewise. Leathoppers)| 
Nicotine Sulphate 
Kes te Nat Ee ee err eens Spray Soap 
Core of fruit wormy, worm % inch long, 
pink, with brown bead. Fruit is shed . 
before ripened. Codling Arsenate of Lead 
Moth 
Leaf-eating caterpillars. Tent Cater- | Arsenate of Lead 
pillars 
Red or brown spotted leaves shed pre- : Emo-Nik 
maturely; tiny red spiders and thread | Red Spider Volk 
tangles on under leaf surface. Red Arrow 
Olive spotted, lopsided fruit showing 
crackings. Spots also on leaves and | Scab Dry Lime Sulfur 
stems. Fruit spots characterized by | Lead Spot 
light colored rings. 
Olive-black patches on fruit, or masses | Blotch Bordeaux Mixture 
of them. 
Paint pruning scars and other wounds Kopper Shield 
to prevent entrance of fungi. Paint 
: Canker- 
Insects crawling up trunks for feeding | worms Stop, Deadline 
and egg laying purposes. Wingless Tree Tanglefoot 
ede ts Moth 
nts 
Apply with brush as it comes in 
the package. 
Encircle the entire tree trunk with 
a band 1%” to 3” wide, using 
putty knife, paddle, or spread 
with fingers. Spring and Fall{ 

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