58 L. P. GUNSON & CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Useful Hints and Information for 
Market Gardeners 

Cheap Seed 
Really cheap seed is clean, pure, of good germination and the right variety. 
Clean seed saves labor fighting weeds. Pure seed gives uniformity in maturity and 
quality of crop. Good germination insures evenness of stand. The right variety 
means adaptation to soil and climate. Such seed may cost more money than seed 
that lacks one or more of these essentials. Real cheapness in seed consists in value 
received rather than price paid. Think this over. 
For Slugs and Cut Worms 
The following poison baits are recommended: Bran 25 pounds, white arsenate 
3{ pound, water 3 gallons; or 20 pounds bran, 1 pound paris green, 2 quarts 
molasses and 3 gallons of water. Either mixture is sufficient for 3 acres. 
CONTROL OF FLEA BEETLES 
CABBAGE—Best results are secured with tobacco dust (best on small plarts), 
rotenone dust, calcium or lead arsenate dust, talc or clay dust. Lime or copper 
dusts injure cabbage. 
TOMATOES—Dust them with a 0.75 to 1.0 per cent rotenone dust. Do not use 
tobacco or lime dusts. 
AMOUNT TO APPLY—Use a well distributed even coating just heavy enough 
to be evenly seen. This can be done with a good hand duster. Shaking from a sack 
is quite satisfactory. 
Damping-Off 
Such diseases as ‘‘Damping-Off” and rots of seedlings are caused by living 
germs. Too frequently such troubles are attributed to poor seed, poisoned soil or 
weather. These disease germs live normally in the soil and on seeds. They are 
spread about with dust, water, air currents and dead or decaying parts of diseased 
plants. When seeds are planted in soil containing them, they become parasites 
and attack the young roots, in many cases as soon as the seed sprouts. If the 
seedling is not killed before it emerges the parasite makes another attack just at 
the soil level and the seedlings topple over. To eliminate these diseases sterilize 
the soil. You can obtain full particulars together with the necessary material 
from the Ansul Chemical Company, Marinette, Wis. or Bayer Semesan Co., Inc., 
Wilmington, Del. 
New Cabbage Maggot Control 
Geneva, N. Y. Experimental Station suggests calomel (mercurious chloride) as 
better than corrosive sublimate for killing the maggots that attack cabbage, 
cauliflower, broccoli and related crops. Only one application required which 
should be applied when seedlings are one week above ground. Use 4 to 5 ounces to 
10 gallons of water. 
To Control Celery Blight in Seed Bed 
There are three celery blights known as early blight, late blight and bacterial 
blight. All of them injure or kill the leaves, and late blight also affects the stalks. 
When these blights once appear in the field, it is too late to control them. The first 
infections take place in the seedbed and the time to begin combating the diseases 
is before the infections appear. 
Make the applications of spray or dust once a week after the plants are up until 
they are ready to set into the field. As a spray use a Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50 
(copper sulfate 4 lbs., good hydrated lime 4 lbs., and water 50 gallons). The Bor- 
deaux mixture is made by dissolving the copper sulfate (blue vitrol) in some water 
and then adding enough water to nearly fill the spray tank. The lime mixture is 
then added slowly to the dilute copper sulfate solution, which is stirred thoroughly 
during the mixing. If a high pressure sprayer is not available, a 20-80 copper lime 
dust can be applied with equally good results. When the Bordeaux mixture is 
