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Spraying Guide for Fruit 





































CROPS | INSECTS AND MATERIALS Ber we = ALE be ante TIME TO SPRAY 
DISEASES One Gal. of Water | 50 Gels. of Water 
Seale, Insects and Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1 pint 5-7 gallons Before the buds swell. Add Bordeaux to 
Leaf Curl Oil Emulsion or % pint 2 gallons Oil Emulsion to prevent leaf curl. 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds 
Shot Hole or Fungi | Zine Sulphate 1 teaspoonful 2 pounds Combine with petal fall and later sprays. 
PEACH Curculio Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful 3% to 1 pound Use in combination with Dritomie Sulphur 
PLUM on petal fall, shuck and cover sprays. 
CHERRY 
. When most of shucks are off. 
Dry Mix 12-20 teaspoonsful 8-10 pounds 1. W 
APRICOT Scab and Brown Rot : Pe 2. Two weeks after shucks have dropped. 
Mrshcniae* nlp ie pei tate na Berane 3. Four weeks before picking if necessary. 
Paradichlorbenzene 1 oz. 2 in. from trunk of tree In the fall or spring. 
Borers Ethylene Dichloride Sprinkled around trunk of tree In the fall or spring. 
Emulsion 
Scale Insects and Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1 pint 5-7 gallons Dormant and delayed dormant. When buds 
Blister Mites Dry Lime-Sulphur 18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds begin to swell. 
Bordeaux Mixture or} 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds 1. Clust ink stage. 
Psylla, Slugs, Scab | Dry Lime-Sulphur or | 5-6 teaspoonsful 3-4 pounds 2. Galys teeta fall 
and Codling Moth | Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1/5 pint 1%4-1% gallons 8. Two weeks after petals fall. 
APPLE with Arsenate of Lead| 3-8 teaspoonsful 1-1% pounds 
REAR Later Codling Moth | Arsenate of Lead 3-8 teaspoonsful 1-144 pounds Eight to ten weeks after petals fall and as 
at con are has Bordeaux 12-16 teaspoonsful 8 pounds pac oa dean ett pda se cor 
ossom ith A te of Lead, gicide. 
Blotch Dritomic Sulphur 8 teaspoonsful 1 pound phe buat masala ies A 3 at aha ag 
i : Combine with other spray and apply when 
Aphids (Plant Lice) | Black Leaf 40 1 teaspoonful % pint Aphidi appear. 
Chewing Insects Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful 1-1% pounds 1. After the blossoms fall. 
Black Rot-Mildew Bordeaux Mixture 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds 2. Ten days to two weeks later. 
Pie 1 hen fi hs of the H 
Leaf Hopper Black Leaf 40 1 teaspoonful ¥% pint Apply when first nymphs of the Hopper 
3 acquire wings. 
Rose- Scale, Cane- 
BLACKBERRY Blight, Leaf-Spot | Dry Lime-Sulphur 9 level 12 pounds In spring before growth starts. 
DEWBERRY and Anthracnose tablespoonsful 
RASPBERRY Anthracnose Dry Lime-Sulphur 2h tab iteceonatel 3 pounds Just before the bloom. 
Leaf-Spot, Flea Bee- 7 level 1 Before the blossoms open. 
bE ah lamba tle and Leaf-Roller cer tablespoonsful A 2. As soon as the fruit has been picked. 

For Efficient and Easy Application Use a Hudson Sprayer. See Page 35. 
Fertilizing Guide for Fruit 
USING GRANULAR “AERO” CYANAMID 





CROP HOW AND WHEN TO APPLY RATE 
Fall or early spring after first grow- 
PEACH Broadcast evenly under and 3 feet or more beyond spread of limbs in ing season—2 0z.; 2 yr.—4 0z.; 3 yr.—8 
PLUM tall, (winter in warmer climates), or very early spring at least a month | 07; 4 yr.—1 Ib.; 5 yr. and older—% Ib. 
before blooming. Avoid common practice of doubling application on per year of age up to 2 to 3 lbs. per 
CHERRY replant, weak, or diseased trees. On sandy and gravelly soils, fall or tree. On sandy and gravelly soils ap- 
APRICOT winter application only is recommended. Do not apply Cyanamid to ply broadcast over entire area at rate 
newly-set trees hefore end of first growing season. of 200 to 250 Ibs. per acre. 

| Fall or early spring after first grow- 
} ing season—2 0z.; 2 yr.—4 oz.; 3 yr.—8 
Broadcast evenly under and 3 feet or more beyond spread of limbs in | 0z.; 4 yr.—1 lb.; 5 yr. and older—¥% Ib. 
APPLE fall, (winter in warmer climates), or early spring several weeks before | per year of age up to 8 Ibs. per tree, 
blooming. For sandy and gravelly soils, fall or winter application is | basis 54 trees per acre. If planted 


PEAR recommended. Do not apply Cynamid to newly-set trees before end of | closer than 20 by 40 feet, broadcast 
| first growing season. 400 lbs. per acre over entire area (300 
Ibs. per acre on sandy and gravelly 
me m3 soils). 
3roadcast evenly over entire area in late fall, or early spring two weeks 
GRAPE or more before blooming. oe a dg 200 Ibs. per acre 
BLACKBERRY | Apply as side-dresser, 12 to 18 inches to side of row, or broadcast evenl 
DEWBERRY | in midles in fall, or early spring a month or more before blooming. 1 to 1% lbs. per 100 feet of row. or 
RASPBERRY | Avoid letting material fall into crowns. 150 to 200 Ibs. per acre. 
New plantings: Broadcast before or after plowing. 800 lbs. per acre. 
STRAWBERRY | Old plantings: Side-dress in late fall or early spring. 100 lbs. cor acre. 
Top-dress down middies before plowing in. 300 Ibs. per acre. 
We List Many Good Fertilizers for Various Crops and Plants. See Page 35. 
