DAMAGE BY PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES 
MILDEW. Roses are especially vulnerable. White powdery substance 
appears on stems, foliage and flower buds. Follow-up essential to 
complete control, particularly in foggy areas. Controls: 
Bordelo. Listed under Blights. 
Botano Dust. Listed under Aphis. 
Flotox. Listed under Blights. 
Greenol. Listed under Blights. 
Dupont Fermate. Prepared fungicidal dust recommended by rosa- 
rians. 3-lb. bag. $2.50. For preparation as a spray, should be used 
with 
Dupont Spreader-Sticker. Insures efficient coverage. ]6-oz. 95c. 
RED BERRY MITE: Fruits of the blackberry do not mature properly, 
part of the fruit retaining red color. Controls: 
Kleenup. For dormant season only, just before foliage appears. 
Listed under Mealybugs. 
Orthol. For use when foliage present. Listed under Aphis. 
Extrax (listed under Aphis) combined with 
Volck (listed under Codling Moth). 
RED SPIDERS. Minute insects, smaller than pinheads. Cause mottled 
graying or yellowing of the foliage, resulting in ultimate loss of the 
plant. Found on the undersides of leaves through the growing season. 
Red Spiders do not like moisture and frequent sprinkling of the fo- 
liage will discourage them. For complete control use: 
Dowspray 17. Quick control in all stages. 1 Ib. $4.00 (makes 125 
gals. of solution). 
D-N Dust No. 12. Highly recommended. 10-lb bags $5.00. 
Extrax (listed under Aphis) combined with 
Volek (listed under Codling Moth). 
Orthol. Listed under Aphis. 
RODENTS (Rats, Mice, Moles and Gophers). 
traps. Recommended: 
Force’s Gopher Killer. 
Force’s Mole Killer. 
$1.00. 
Ortho Rodent Destroyer. Poisoned grain bait for gophers, squirrels, 
rats andi mice. 6-oz. box 35c, | lb. 60c. 
Ortho Rat Bait Pellets. Red squill bait in handy pellets. 
35c, 6-oz. box 50c. 
Rodent Bombs. Kills by poisonous fumes. 
moist, easy to use. 75c per dozen. 
Use poison baits and 
75 pellets 50c, 175 pellets $1.00. 
22-0z. box pellets 50c, 5-o0z. box pellets 
2-0z. box 
Efficient when soil is 
Cyanogas. Kills by cyanide fumes. 4-0z. tin 30c, 1-lb. tin 75c, 
5-lb. tin $3.00 
Ampco Gopher Trap. Self-setting and efficient. 75c. 
Superior Gopher and Mole Trap. Dual-purpose trap, has no sharp 
prongs, kills by strangulation. 30c. 
ROSE SPRAY KIT. Handy kit contains one 2-oz. 
bottle each of Extrax (listed under Aphis) and 
Greenol (listed under Blights). Combined in the 
same solution, makes an excellent spray for the 
control of most rose pests. $1.00. 
ROSE WEEVILS. Fuller’s rose weevil and the 
rose snout beetle are small insects with long snouts 
used to penetrate stems and flower buds of roses, 
sucking out plant juices. Use: 
Caltox. Listed under Beetles. 
Pest-B-Gone. Listed under Beetles. 
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RUST. Appears as small pustules of various colors on the undersides of 
leaves, particularly those of roses. Suggested controls: 
Bordo (listed under Blights) combined with 
Volek (listed under Codling Moth). 
Dupont Fermate (listed under Mildew) combined with 
Dupont Spreader-Sticker (listed under Mildew). 
SCAB. Scabby distortion of tissuzs in foliage of pears and apples. 
Controlled by spraying in dormant season. Recommended controls: 
Flotox. Listed under Blights. Use in solution with water. 
SCALE. A variety of oval, hard-shelled small insects living on prac- 
tically all woody plants. Suck plant juices from stems and foliage. 
Residue left by scale insects turns black with smut fungus. Best con- 
trolled by frequent spraying in early summer and fall. Use: 
Orthol. Listed under Aphis. 
Volck. Listed under Codling Moth. 
Kleenup. Listed under Mealybugs. Use only on deciduous plants 
after foliage drops in late fall. 
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SLUGS AND SNAILS. Eat great chunks out of the foliage of a wide 
variety of plants during the course of a night’s foraging. Fortunately, 
they like our poison baits, too. Use: 
Bug-geta Pellets. Listed under Cutworms. 
Snarol. Poison bait in meal form. 1-lb. package 35c, 2% Ibs. 65c, 
GulbseSilk2>). 
SOD WEBWORM (Lawn Moth). If small yellowish-brown butterflies 
fly jerkily over your lawn at dusk, or webs in lawns sparkle with morning 
dew, you have it. Eggs hatch into larvae feeding on grass roots, causing 
irregular brown patches. For immediate relief, use the recommended 
liquids; for long-time control, give one application of the recommended 
arsenical. Use: 
Extrax. Listed under Aphis. 
Lawn Moth Foil. Specially prepared for lawn moth control. 
SILOOM Mates lnoon oagala 55> Omlmgala bors O: 
Lead Arsenate. Listed under Caterpillars. 
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SOWBUGS. Feed on decayed vegetable matter, but vary their diet 
with small bedding plants and strawberries. Use: 
Ortho Sow Bug Killer. Specially prepared poison bait for sow bug. 
1-lb. carton 50c. 
THRIPS. Prevalent on the foliage, flower-buds and leaf-buds of most 
shrubs and trees. Damage appears as streaking and mottling of sur- 
face tissues. Control requires follow-up and careful spraying of under- 
sides of foliage during the growing season. Recommended: 
Botano Garden Dust. Listed under Aphis. 
End-O-Pest. Listed under Aphis. 
Ortho!. Listed under Aphis. 
Pest-B-Gon. Listed under Beetles. 
Dowspray 17 and D-N Dust No. 10. Listed under Red Spider. 
WEEDS. The new weed killers are very efficient, and best results are 
obtained by using a tank sprayer. Advisable to set aside your old 
equipment for this purpose as it is impossible to clean out well enough 
to insure no damage to foliage of plants when next used for insect 
spray. Weeds most vulnerable when in full growth and air is humid. 
Recommended: 
Ammate. Best for poison oak. Non-selective killer in powder form; 
dilute with water. 2-lb. jar 75c, 10 Ibs. $2.00. 
Dow Contact Herbicide. Kills tops of weeds without sterilizing soil. 
Non-selective. 1 gal. $3.60 (makes 35 gals. solution). 
2-4 Dow Weed Killer. Selective; kills broadleaved weeds without 
iniury to grasses. Y2 gal. to 100 gals. water. 1 gal. $7.50, 1 qt. 
3) 25, il pre, SSW, Va fore, S25. 
Weed-B-Gone. Selective hormone spray. 4 oz. 49c, | pt. $1.50, 
Y gal. $4.00. 
Tricx. Kills weeds and sterilizes soil. Yo gal. $1.50, 
1 galion $2.40. 
WEEVILS. Best known of these are the Black Vine Weevil and the 
Common Strawberry Weevil. The adult of the first-named is partial 
to plants having foliage of good substance (camellias, privet) and the 
larvae attack the roots of fibrous-rooted plants (azaleas, camellias, 
rhododendrons). Injury pattern on the leaves in the form of neat 
scallops on the margins. Recommended bait should be applied March to 
June: Appo Cutworm Bait. Listed under Cutworms. 
Non-selective. 
WIREWORMS, NEMATODES and the GARDEN CENTIPEDE. Prepare 
the soil before planting to rid the soil of these pests. 
Garden Dowfume. | gal. $3.50. Treats 400 ft. of 6” furrow. 
Ortho Soil Fumigant. 4-0z. bottle 35c, 1 pt. $1.00. 
D-D Soil Fumigant. | gal. $5.85, 1 qt. $1.75, 1 pt. $1.00. Apply at 
rate of 1 gal. per 1500 sq. ft. 
WHITE FLIES. Tiny white-winged flies appear in masses when foliage 
is brushed. Larvae suck and feed on plant juices. Control: 
Orthol. Listed under Aphis. 
Pest-B-Gon. Listed unded Beetles. 
WOUNDS. Pruning wounds should be treated to prevent damage by 
decay and disease. Use: Contax Pruning Paint. 1 pt. 35c. 
Insecticide Concen- 
D I L U T O N Cc H A R T Dilution trate to | gallon 
Rate Water 
3 Teaspoons=1 Tablespoon IptoreZ5 1/3 Pints 
2 Tablespoons=1 Fluid Oz. tomes © 6  Tablespoons 
16 Fluid Ounces=1 Pint. 1 to 100 3. Tablespoons 
2 Pints (32 oz.)==1 Quart 1 to 200 1% Tablespoons 
4 Qts. (128 oz.)==1 Gallon 1 to 400 2 Teaspoons 
1 to 800 l Teaspoon 
