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SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

Spraying Guide for Fruit 

CROPS | 

PEACH 
PLUM 
CHERRY 
APRICOT 
GRAPE 

BLACKBERRY 
DEWBERRY 
RASPBERRY 

STRAWBERRY 





DILUTIONS 
INSECTS AND MATERIALS 
DISEASES One Gal. of Water | 50 Qsis. of Water 
Scale, Insects and Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1 pint 5-7 gallons 
Leaf Curl Oil Emulsion or % pint 2 gallons 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds 
Shot Hole or Fungi | Zinc Sulphate 1 teaspoonful 2 pounds 
Curculio Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful % to 1 pound 
Dry Mix, 
Dritomie Sulphur 
12-20 teaspoonsful 
8 teaspoonsful 
4-10 pounds 
Scab and Brown Rot 2% pounds 
Paradichlorbenzene 1 oz. 2 in. from trunk of tree 





Borers Ethylene Dichloride Sprinkled around trunk of tree 
Emulsion 
Scale Insects and Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1 pint 5-7 gallons 
Blister Mites Dry Lime-Sulphur 18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds 
Bordeaux Mixture or] 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds 
Psylla, Slugs, Scab | Dry Lime-Sulphur or | 5-6 teaspoonsful 3-4 pounds 
and Codling Moth | Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1/5 pint 14%-1% gallons 
with Arsenate of Lead| 3-8 teaspoonsful 1-1% pounds 
Later Codling Moth | Arsenate of Lead 3-8 teaspoonsful 1-144 pounds 
For Blight at full 
blossom Bordeaux 12-16 teaspoonsful 8 pounds 
Blotch Dritomic Sulphur 3 teaspoonsful 1 pound 
Aphids (Plant Lice) | Black Leaf 40 1 teaspoonful % pint 
Chewing Insects Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful 1-1% pounds 
Black Rot-Mildew Bordeaux Mixture 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds 
Leaf Hopper Black Leaf 40 1 teaspoonful % pint 
Rose - Scale, Cane- A Pi Fees) 
Blight, Iseaf-Spot | Dry Lime-Sulphur y 12 pounds 
Bid Aanpaeh one 2 i tablespoonsful i 
2 
Anthracnose Dry Lime-Sulphur ® Giessen 3 pounds 
Leaf-Spot, Flea Bee- 7 level 
tle and Leaf-Roller Femrey tablespoonsful ereanda 



TIME TO SPRAY 

Before the buds swell. Add Bordeaux to 
Oil Emulsion to prevent leaf curl. 
Combine with petal fall and later sprays 
Use in combination with Dritomic Sulphur 
on petal fall, shuck and cover sprays. 
When most of shucks are off. 
Two weeks after shucks have dropped. 
. Four weeks before picking if necessary 
One 
In the fall or spring. 
In the fall or spring. 

Dormant and delayed dormant. When buds 
begin to swell. 
1. Cluster or pink stage. 
2. Calyx or petal fall. 
3. Two weeks after petals fall. 
Eight to ten weeks after petals fall and as 
often as necessary to keep fruit covered 
with Arsenate of Lead, and a fungicide. 
Combine with other spray and apply when 
Aphids appear. 

1. After the blossoms fall. 
2. Ten days to two weeks later. 

Apply when first nymphs of the Hopper 
acquire wings. 

In spring before growth starts. 
Just before the bloom. 

1 Before the blossoms open. 
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 

PEACH 
PLUM 
CHERRY 
APRICOT 
APPLE 
PEAR 
GRAPE 
BLACKBERRY 
DEWBERRY 
RASPBERRY 
STRAWBERRY | Old plantings: 
HOW AND WHEN TO APPLY 

Broadcast evenly under and 3 feet or more beyond spread of limbs in 
tall, (winter in warmer climates), or very early spring at least a month 
before blooming. Avoid common practice of doubling application on 
replant, weak, or diseased trees. On sandy and gravelly soils, fall or 
winter application only is recommended. Do not apply Cyanamid to 
newly-set trees hefore end of first growing season. 

Broadcast evenly under and 3 feet or more beyond spread of limbs in 
fall, (winter in warmer climates), or early spring several weeks before 
blooming. For sandy and gravelly: soils, fall or winter application is 
recommended. Do not apply Cynamid to newly-set trees before end of 
first growing season. 

Broadcast evenly over entire area in late fall, or early spring two weeks 
or more before blooming. 
Apply as side-dresser, 12 to 18 inches to side of row, or broadcast evenly 
in midles in fall, or early spring a month or more before blooming. 
Avoid letting material fall into crowns. 
New plantings: Broadcast before or after plowing. 
Side-dress in late fall or early spring. 
Top-dress down middles before nlowing in. 

RATE 

Fall or-early spring after first grow- 
ing season—2 0z.; 2 yr.—4 oz.; 3 yr.— 
oz; 4 yr.—1 lb.; 5 yr. and older—¥% lb. 
per year of age up to 2 to 3 lbs. per 
tree. On sandy and gravelly soils ap- 
ply broadcast over entire area at rate 
of 200 to 250 lbs. per acre. 
Fall or early spring after first grow- 
ing season—2 0z.; 2 yr.—4 oz.; 3 yr.—8 
oz.; 4 yr.—1 lb.; 5 yr. and older—¥ Ib. 
per year of age up to 8 Ibs. per tree, 
basis 54 trees per acre. If planted 
closer than 20 by 40 feet, broadcast 
400 lbs. per acre over entire area (300 
pie ee acre on sandy and gravelly 
soils). 

200 lbs. per acre 

1 to 1% Ibs. per 100 feet of row, or 
150 to 200 Ibs. per acre. 

300 lbs. per acre. 
100 lhs. per acre. 
397 Ibs. per acre. 
We List Many Good Fertilizers for Various Crops and Plants. See Page 32. 
