ABEL'S INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
Due to Fluctuating Market, Prices Are Subject to 
LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION. A _ concen- 
trated liquid form of this widely used in- 
secticide and fungicide for spraying fruit 
trees. It is usually combined with other 
materials to control several types of in- 
sects and diseases with the same spray. 
Dilution: 1 to 20 for dormant spraying. 
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LORO. A superior contact insecticide for the 
control of red spider, mealy bug, plant 
mites, lace bugs, aphis, thrips, and mum 
midge. 
Pt., $2.00; gal., $10.50. 
LUCKY STRIKE kills all plant insects on 
your flowers and vegetables. Lucky Strike 
is the revolutionary spray that has created 
a tremendous sensation among entomolo- 
gists, florists, gardeners. In the opinion of 
many, it represents the greatest advance 
that has been made in an insecticide. Lucky 
Strike is the kind of spray you have long 
wanted. It contains a substance more dead- 
ly to insects than anything else ever dis- 
covered ... yet it does not harm children, 
animals, or the plants and the delicate 
flowers on which it is sprayed. 
1 oz., 35c, makes 4-8 gals.; %4 pt., $1.00, 
makes 15-30 gals.; Y pt., $1.60, makes 
35-70 gals.; 1 pt., $2.50, makes 70-140 
gals.; 1 qt., $4.50, makes 140-280 gals.; 
1 gal., $14.00, makes 500-1000 gals. 
LUCKY STRIKE HOUSEHOLD SPRAY. 5% 
DDT, 5% pyrethrum. 
Pt., 60c;) at., $1.00; gal., $2.95. 
LUCKY STRIKE TRIPLE GARDEN SPRAY. 
25% DDT, 1% Rotenone. Very good in- 
secticide for flowers and vegetables. 
Pt., $2.50; qt., $4.50; gal., $14.00. 
MANGANESE SULPHATE (65%) (Spray 
and Fertilizer Grade). In some localities 
Manganese Sulphate is being used as a 
catalyst or a safener for Lime Sulphur Solu- 
tion. The usual recommendation is 4 to 
5 oz. per 100 gallons of spray. (1 pound 
to 400 gallons spray). Also used as a 
fertilizer to supply manganese in the soil. 
It is also used in certain types of animal 
feeds. As fertilizer, increased yields have 
been obtained with fertilizer containing 5 
to 10 pounds of this material to the ton. 
Telb:. 2OCs OMS. DCemeLOMUDS. od A OneaO 
lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $4.25; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
NAPTHALENE FLAKES. Useful in con- 
trolling gladiolus thrips, cyclamen thrips 
together with certain soil insects. 
Tabs.) SbCs)) 5 LDS: 91505) 201 bs. 2.90) 
25 lbs. and up, 25c per lb. 
NICO-FUME LIQUID. A highly refined solu- 
tion of free nicotine guaranteed to contain 
fully 40 per cent nicotine. Used for de- 
stroying aphis, thrips, ete. 
2 lbs., $3.45; 8 lbs., $12.55. 
NICO-FUME PRESSURE FUMIGATOR. 
Nico-Fume Pressure Fumigator is safe for 
the plants and is the most commonly used 
fumigant. Insects on crops grown in green- 
houses may be controlled by fumigation in 
many instances. This is advantageous to 
greenhouse owners because fumigation 
reaches every leaf and bud, and requires 
less time and labor than does spraying. 
Y%-lb. size, 45c each; case lots of 1 doz., 
$4.80; 1-lb. size, 75c each; case lots of 
1 doz., $8.35. 
OPTOX. Insecticide plant spray for the 
control of many insects in greenhouse and 
garden. 
Qt., $5.00; gal., $16.00. 
PARA-DICHLOROBENZINE (P.T.B.). For 
peach-tree borers. 
Lb., 35¢; 5 Ibs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.90; 25 
lbs., $7.00. 
PARIS GREEN. Superior quality. 
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POMO-GREEN WITH NICOTINE. For spray- 
ing or dusting against plant diseases and 
various pests. 
Lb., 95c3. 5 lbs., $3.50; 
PESTROY. An all-around spray for the home 
orchard and garden. It contains 85% Bor- 
deaux and 15% Arsenate of Lead and will 
control chewing insects and plant diseases. 
Pestroy is recommended for _ potatoes, 
beans, and all garden crops and is an 
excellent spray for flowers. Pestroy may 
be used at the strength of 7 tablespoonsful 
to 1 gallon of water or used as a dust as 
it comes from the package. 
1 Ib., 40c; 4 Ibs., $1.35. 
PARA-SCALECIDE. Protect your peach trees. 
The modern, safe, peach borer control. A 
prepared combination of Scalecide and para- 
dichlorobenzene making a liquid treatment 
for treating peach borers that is effective 
and safe on young and old trees with a 
considerable saving of labor of application. 
Qt., $1.25; gal., $2.90; 5 gal., $9.10; 15 
Cal S21 COsesOMralem poD.TD seo! gale 
$55.00. 
PROTEXALL GARDEN DUST. Protexall 
Dust is ready for instant use. Dust at any 
time, preferably when plants are moist. 
Dust the upper and lower surfaces of the 
leaves. Controls many chewing insects and 
most sucking insects. Also for control of 
Rotenone, 1%; Fermate, 5%; Sulphur, 
20%; Inert, 69%. 
1 lb. box, 95c; 4 lbs., $3.50. 
PYROX—NICOTINE PYROX. The new im- 
proved Pyrox. For the first time a spray 
that kills all garden bugs—both sucking 
and chewing insects. Controls disease such 
as blight and other plant diseases. Just 
mix with water and spray. 
20-oz. jar, 60c; 5-lb. can, $2.10. 
RED ARROW INSECT SPRAY. A _ non- 
poisonous, efficient insecticide for use 
against sucking and chewing insects, such 
as Mexican bean beetles, rose-chafers, 
aphid (plant lice), leaf-hoppers, etc. 
Oz., 35c; 4 oz, $1.00; pt., $2.85; qt., 
$5.00; gal., $18.20. 
ROTENONE DUST. 2% Rotenone and other 
Derris Resins. Thiocyanate Compound. 
15% Microscopie Sulphur. Carrier—with 
high Electrostatic Charge. Made from high 
Rotenone content Derris Root. This prod- 
uct contains soil of the Rotenone and 
other active Derris Resins contained in the 
Derris Root from which it is made. Insecti- 
cide and Fungicide. For general garden 
dry dusting or wet spraying. Defends crops. 
Ready to use. This product does not contain 
Arsenate of Lead. 
1 1Ib., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $2.00. 
ROTOCIDE. Contact and stomach poison. 
Kills mites, mealy bug, beetles, thrips, 
aphis, ete. 
Gal., $8.00. 
SAFE-N-LEAD. Sherwin-Williams Safe-N- 
Lead is a patented zine compound in 
powdered form for use with Arsenate of 
Lead sprayed on apples and peaches to 
prevent arsenical injury to fruit and foliage. 
Safe-N-Lead is recommended at the rate of 
1 pound to every 3 pounds of Arsenate of 
Lead. 
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SCALECIDE. The quality miscible oil. Old- 
est and best known dormant or delayed 
spray for fruit trees and ornamentals. Easy 
and pleasant to use. Use 1 to 15 for all 
deciduous trees, 1 to 20 for evergreens. 
Kills scale, aphis, red mite and other in- 
sects wintering on the trees. It is a com- 
plete dormant spray. Invigorates and kills 
insects. Fall spraying controls scale, peach 
leaf curl, pear pyslla, bud moth, case 
bearer, etc. Spring spraying controls scale, 
red mite aphis, red bug, tent caterpillar, 
leaf miner, case bearer, etc. 
Qt., $1.00; gal., $2.40; 5 gal., $8.10; 15 
gal., $19.00; 30 gal, $30.50; 55 gal., 
$45.00. 
SLUG SHOT DUST. The safe, non-poison- 
ous, dusting Insecticide. Kills chewing 
insects and controls fungus. Harmless to 
humans, plants and _ vegetables. Kills 
Mexican bean beetle, cabbage worms, bee- 
tles, potato bugs, green flies, slugs, etc. 
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SNAROL is a ready-prepared meal that you 
simply broadcast on the ground, under 
vegetation. Kills cutworms, sowbugs, 
grasshoppers, slugs, snails, earwigs, ete. 
It will not deteriorate from rain or sprink- 
ling. Thus it lasts longer and is more eco- 
nomical. It is non-injurious to vegetation. 
lbs 3603023) Tbs, .75c3) 10) lbs., $2.25. 
SODIUM SELENATE. A certain minimum 
concentration of Sodium Selenate must be 
absorbed by the leaves before the feeding 
insect will be killed. Once this minimum 
is reached, bugs die right on the plant. 
Stock mum plants heavily covered by 
aphids and red spider mites will look 
plastered with bugs long after 100 per 
cent of them have been killed by feeding 
on the plant juices. Makes plants poison- 
ous to insects. The system of applying 
Sodium Selenate to the soil in soluble form, 
was developed by Dr. Wm. Blauvelt of 
Cornell University. It enables the plant 
to be its own insecticide. The plant takes 
up the selenium from the soil, thereby 
making the plant juices poisonous. 
100 grams, $1.50; 1 lb., $4.00. 
Change Without Notice 
P-40 is 2% Sodium Selenate impregnated on 
superphosphate. P-40 is applied in dry 
form. Growers who have long practiced 
the broadcasting of fertilizers in dry form 
have found P-40 as easy to handle. 
25 lbs., $4.75; 50 lbs., $9.00; 100 lbs., 
$17.00; 500 Ilbs., $82.50; 1,000 Ibs., 
$160.00; 2,000 lbs., $300.00. 
SPORGO. A high-cropper adhesive type spray 
powder against fungus diseases. 
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SPRA-MULSION. A heavy-bodied oil emul- 
sion recommended as a dormant spray. It 
contains 96% active ingredients. Spra- 
Mulsion will not freeze because of its high 
oil content and low water content. Spra- 
Mulsion makes a uniform permanent white 
emulsion when mixed with water. 
1 gal., $1.30 5 gal., $5.25. 
SULFOCIDE. A liquid fungicide for fruits, 
vegetables, and flowers to control mildew, 
rust, anthracnose, brown rot, etc. 
Qt., $1.45; gal., $3.00. 
SULPHUR, WETTABLE (Dritomic). A new 
and greatly improved summer fungicide 
containing 95 per cent Sulphur of 325-mesh 
fineness. It wets immediately upon being 
placed in water and will stay in suspension 
indefinitely. Ideal for wet spraying of fruit 
and ornamental trees to control scab-rot, 
leaf-spot, mildew, rust, etc. 
Ibs, 20Cs 6 1DS..8. 7003) LO. 1 ps.,9o2.4 0smaD 
lbs., $2.75; 50 lbs., $5.00; 100 lbs., $9.50. 
SUNOCO SPRAY OIL. For the control of 
scale insects, red spider, aphis, thrip, etc. 
Cheap, effective, and pleasant to handle. 
Gal. Sl.o5;3 5 gal, $5.60°) 55 1b. drum, 
$21.73. 
TARTAR EMETIC. To control gladiolus 
thrip, use 4 lbs. Tartar Emetic with 16 lbs. 
brown sugar to 100 gals. of water. 
Tbs oi.2o. 
TREE TANGLEFOOT. Stops all climbing in- 
sects. This sticky compound is easy to 
apply with a wooden paddle. 
6 0z., 60c; 1 Ib., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $3.95. 
TRIOGEN. For controlling black spot, mil- 
dew and blight. Especially recommended 
for roses, asters, snapdragons, carnations, 
hollyhocks, delphiniums, phlox, chrysanthe- 
mums, golden glow, dahlias and many other 
plants subject to disease and insects. 
A. Small Kit (makes 16 quarts), $2.25 
protects 12 to 20 roses for season; B. Me- 
dium Kit (makes 49 quarts), $6.00, pro- 
tects 50 to 80 roses for season; C. Large 
Kit (makes 32 gallons), $9.00, protects 
100 to 160 roses for season; D. Estate Kit 
(makes 128 gallons), $30.00, protects 400 
to 600 roses for season; E. $1.35. 
TRIOGEN DUST. Contains the proper and 
laboratory controlled blend of DDT, Ro- 
tenone, Fermate and Sulphur to control 
sucking and chewing insects as well as 
mildew, black spot and certain blights. Its 
fineness and unique adhering quality assure 
great coverage. 
Lb., 85c; 5 lbs., $3.50; 25 lbs., $16.25. 
VAPOTONE-XX SPRAY. The new wonder 
insecticide for garden use. Kills Aphis, 
Red Spider mites, Thrips, Caterpillars, 
Crawler scale. 
4 0z., 85c; 16 oz., $2.43; 47/100 gal., 
$7.90; 95/100 gal., $11.90. 
FLORIDA VOLCK PASTE EMULSION. 
Used against Mealybugs, Lacebugs, Mites, 
Red Spider, White Flies and Scale Insects. 
Acts as an insecticide and spray carrier. 
Qt., $1.25; gal., $2.85; 5 gal., $8.50. 
VOLCK NURSERY AND GARDEN SPRAY. 
Controls scale, red spider, white fly, mealy 
bugs, and the eggs of various other pests. 
sre 35c; 16 0z., 70c; gal., $2.85; 5 gal., 
WILSON’S O.K. PLANT SPRAY. For inside 
and outside spraying. For aphis, thrip, 
mealy bug, scale, rose-bugs, and many other 
insects. The only insecticide recommended 
by the officers of the Garden OQlub of 
America. 
Gal., $3.50; 5 gal., $12.00. 
ZINC SULFATE. Sherwin-Williams Zine 
Sulfate is recommended for use as a 
spray on peaches to control Bacterial Leaf 
Spot and to prevent arsenical injury to 
peach foliage. Also for correcting soil con- 
ditions in Tung Nut and Citrus groves. 
Uelbs, 2bC3) 6 .1bs..  fbCs) LO bs). 91.252 
aa ee $2.50; 50 lbs., $4.25; 100 Ibs., 

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