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- PRACTICAL SPRAY CALENDAR 
The following spray calendar has been carefully worked out to aid you in 
the care of your nursery stock and if followed will assure you clean, healthy 
| trees and shrubs, free from insect pests and fungus diseases. 

Level 
Tablespoon- 
fuls to 
1 Gallon 
Water 
fa pen ae 
2 
Dry Lime Sulfur 
WHEN TO SPRAY 
50 Gallons 
Water 
San-Jose and Oyster- 
Shell Scales and 
Blister-Mite 
In spring when the leafbuds show tip-green. 
1. When the blossom buds show pink. 
| 2. At the fall of the petals, 
lio, Bud-Moth, Scab, an j 
Frog-Eye and Blotch }| Arsenate of Lead - a Seis Leet ‘gra me 
Sear grecmanain Codling AieonatatotitErad ae ners after the fall of the petals. Around 
2% to 3 
1. Just before blooming. 
2. When the petals fall. 
3. Ten days later. 
4. Two wecks after the fall of the petals. 
Codling Moth, Curcu- 
Dry Lime Sulfur 
and 
Arsenate of Lead 
Dry Lime Sulfur 214 to 3 Just after picking (when leaf spot bad). 
Cherry Fruit-Fly or 1s A ‘the fruit fli 
4, to 23 s soon as le fruit flies appear. 
Maggot Roe Arsenate of Lead aN 1 to 1% rains make additional applications. 
3 1. When shoots are 8 to 10 inches long. 
Bordeaux Mixture 2. Just before blooming. 
and d d 3. Just after the blossoms fall 
Arsenate of Lead 4. Two weeks later. 
Brown Rot, Leaf-Spot, 
Curculio and Slug 
Black-Rot, Mildew 
and Berry-Moth 
CURRANT 
: and making three applications. 
Pe ee ERRY 
When the worms first appear. 
Rose-Scale, Cane- 
Blight, Leaf-Spot and 
Gi tor dd a wih 12 to. 15 In spring before growth starts. 
Anthracnose ‘y Vr ee eee cms wo? barrie 
Dry Lime Sulfur 2% to 3 4 to 5 Just before the bloom. 
Leaf-Spot, Flea Bee- | Bordeaux Mixture 
tle and Leaf-Roller 
|| BUSH-FRUITS 
{| (BLACKBERRY 
_}]| LOGANBERRY 
_ RASPBERRY) 
1, Before the blossoms open. 
2. As soon as the fruit has been picked. 
ence of Jeaf-Roller larvae and. Flea-Beetle. 
Scale insects including ; 
Oyster-Shell Dry Lime Sulfur 9 to ll 
European Elm 
Cottony-Maple 
Tulip 
Pine-Leaf and 
Terrapin Scales 
Tussock Moth 
Brown Tail Moth _ 
In spring before the buds open. 
on container | In spring before buds open. 
3 As soon as the caterpillars appear. | 
3 Spray at the time pear blossoms are falling and 
in August. Burn the winter nests. 
NOTE 1: Whenever aphis (plant lice) appear on fruit trees, vegetables, shade trees, shrubs and flowers, spray with 
Nicotine Sulfate at the rate of 1 level tablespoonful to 1 gallon of water or 1% pint to 50 gallons of water. 
NOTE 2: This spray program is made primarily for growers in regions where climate conditions are similar to those 
in Minnesota. 
NOTE 3: Ingredients and instructions for Bordeaux Mixture can be obtained at any drug store. 
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SHRUBS Arsenate of Lead 4 
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In case of 
Every ten days after the buds begin to open, 
Additional applications will depend upon the pres- 


ewe fail to have your ground ready before goods 
arrive, 
DON’T fail to plant om same day you receive the 
goods, If possible. 
DON’T fail to cut the end off of each root with a 
_ sharp knife before planting. 
DON’T fall to plant deep and solid. 
DON’T fall to thoroughly soak ground around each 
plant and tree after planting. 
DON’T fall to trim each fruit tree, leaving but two 
buds on the last year’s growth of each Umb, and 

leave only about five branches on sw tree. 
DON’T trim your tree too high as low branches 
will protect the body of the tree. 
DON’T fail to cut back all shrubs after planting, to 
within ten laches of the ground. 
DON’T fail to spray your trees as per instructions 
on this sheet. 
DON’T fail to cultivate your young stock thor- 
oughly regularly until July 18, each year, until 
thoroughly established and mulch well during 
late summer, 


