SPRAYING GUIDE FOR FRUIT 

DISEASES 

CROPS INSECTS AND MATERIALS 

Scale, Insects and | Lime-Sulphur Sol. 5-7 gallons Before the buds swell. Add Bordeaux to 
Leaf Curl Oil Emulsion or Y% pint 2 gallons Oil Emulsion to prevent leaf curl. 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds 
One Gal. of Water 50 Gals. of Water 






DILUTIONS TIME TO SPRAY 















CHERRY 
PEACH Shot Hole or Fungi | Zinc Sulphate 1 teaspoonful 2 pounds Combine with petal fall and later sprays. 
Curculio Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful 3% to 1 pound Use in combination with Dritomic Sulphur 
PLUM on petal fall, shuck and cover sprays. 
Dry Mix, 12-20 teaspoonsful 8-10 pounds 1. When most of shucks are off, 
APRICOT Scab and Brown Rot | Dritomic Sulphur 8 teaspoonsful 22 pounds 2. 2 weeks after shucks have dropped. 









3. 4 weeks before picking if necessary. 










Borers 
Emulsion 


Scale Insects and 
Blister Mites 
Lime-Sulphur Sol. 
Dry Lime-Sulphur 
Paradichlorobenzene | 1 
Ethylene Dichloride 
Sprinkled around trunk of tree 
1 pint 5-7 gallons Dormant and delayed dormant. When 
18-20 teaspoonsful 12-15 pounds buds begin to swell. 






In the fall or spring. 
In the fall or spring. 
oz. 2 in. from trunk of tree 


























“Bordeaux Mixture or | 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds ; 
Dry Lime-Sulphur or | 5-6 teaspoonsful 3-4 pounds 1. Cluster or pink stage. 
Psylla, Slugs, Scab | Lime-Sulphur Sol. 1/5 pint 114-112 gallons 2. Calyx or petal fall. 
and Codling Moth with Arsenate of | 3-8 teaspoonsful 1-14 pounds 3. Two weeks after petals fall. 
Lead 
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blossom Bordeaux 12-16 teaspoonsful 8 pounds often as necessary to keep fruit covered 
Blotch Dritomic Sulphur 3 teaspoonsful 1 pound with Arsenate of Lead, and a fungicide. 
Aphids (Plant Lice) | Black Leaf 40 1 teaspoonful Yo pint Combine with other spray and apply 
when Aphids appear. 
Chewing Insects Arsenate of Lead 2 teaspoonsful 1-114 pounds 1. After the blossoms fall. 
Black Rot-Mildew Bordeaux Mixture 12-16 teaspoonsful 6-8 pounds 2. Ten days to two weeks later. 













GRAPE 


Leaf Hopper 




Rose - Scale, Cane- 

Black Leaf 40 1 










Apply when first nymphs of the Hopper 
teaspoonful Y2 pint ; : 
acquire wings. 


















BLACKBERRY Blight, Leaf-Spot | Dry Lime-Sulphur 9 level 12 pounds In spring before growth starts. 
DEWBERRY and Anthracnose | | i tablespoonsful 
RASPBERRY Anthracnose Dry Lime-Sulphur 242 level 3 pounds Just before the bloom. 
tablespoonsful 
STRAWBERRY | Leaf-Spot, Flea Bee- | Pestroy 7 level 7 pounds 1. Before the blossoms open. : 
tle and Leaf-Roller tablespoonsful 2. As soon as the fruit has been picked. 









Kills Shot Hole Borers with Homemade Mixture 
‘Here is my method of controlling shot hole and other borers in my HOW TO KEEP RABBITS FROM GNAWING FRUIT TREES: Paint trees 
orchard,’’ says John Whiteside of Illinois. ‘'I take a half-gallon of liquid with the following mixture use 14 gallon of lime-sulphur, 3 pints 
lime-sulphur, a quart of hydrated lime, four ounces of crude carbolic of water, 1/4 pint of common flour, 1 lb. lime. Should be painted about 
acid, and a pint of flour, first mixing the lime-sulphur and carbolic 2 feet high for cotton tails and about 3 feet for jack rabbits. Apply 
acid together and then the flour and hydrated lime, after which they in late fall or early winter and then again about February lst. 
are all mixed, stirring well all the time. I paint this material on trees ROSE MILDEW: A light sprinkling of sulphur flour will generally 
of any age, from the bottom of the trunk up about 18 inches. The firsi check this. If this isn’t beneficial, dissolve 1 ounce of potassium 
application is made in late April and intermittently thereafter, until sulphur in 2 gallons of cold water and apply as a fine spray. 
the middle of June. I put the mixture on the trees as needed, which BLACK SPOTS ON ROSES: A disease of fungous nature that appears 
can be determined by inspection of the trees.’ 
as a black spot on the leaf and later turns yellow and falls. It 
HOW TO KILL PEACH BORERS: Use pure Paradichlorobenzene on trees usually occurs in the latter part of the season. If it has appeared 
when temperature averages 60 degrees F. Remove with hoe all 
weeds, sticks, etc., from trunk of tree for a space of 6 to 12 inches. 
Remove any thick masses of gum on the trunk of tree. 
in the past on your plants a spraying in April, before the foliage 
appears, with Bordeaux Mixture will be necessary as a correction. 
Place from BAG WORMS ON EVERGREENS: May be controlled effectively by 
3/4, to 114 ounces of Paradichlorobenzene in a narrow band 2 inches spraying with arsenate of lead, using 3 lbs. of powder in 100 gal- 
from trunk of tree. Do not place the crystals against the trunk for lons of water as soon as the larvae have all hatched, that is, some 
serious dnjury ache result. Tee eiaee 4 2 shovels full of dirt pice rnee ace es ial os eae ee Paap etic ey hand- 
over crystals, mounding up toward the trunk. Leave 3 4 ks, : ; A SICE AERIS 
ey fear down eae Should be applied in the fall. opt adi RED SPIDERS ON EVERGREENS: Wetting trees during the hot part 
of the day and then immediately dusting them with finely powdered 
PEACH CURL: A fungus that attacks the twigs, leaves and blossoms sulphur, thoroughly coating the foliage when temperature is above 
of the current season’s growth and causes the leaves to puff and 70 degrees, is most effective. Usually requires more than one appli- 
fold and makes the edges curl inward. Sprays should be applied cation. 
some time during the dormant season before growth starts. For SCHEDULE ON APPLYING SPRAYS: Write to your State Experiment 
each 100 gallons of spray, use 12l2 gallons of commercial liquid Station for information on when and how to spray your fruit trees. 
lime-sulphur. If an oil Bordeaux is desired, for each 100 gallons oil Or ask your local spray dealer and he will be glad to give you this 
spray use from 3 to 4 gallons of boiled or cold mix lubricating oil information. 
emulsion plus Bordeaux 6-6-100. These sprays will control both peach SEEDLINGS: Do not allow your trees to sprout out below the top bud 
leaf curl and San Jose scale. Where scale is not present, Bordeaux or graft as the trees will be seedlings when allowed to sprout. Break 
6-6-100 or lime-sulphur solution at the rate of 7 gallons in 100 gallons off all sprouts that come out below the top graft or buds so that the 
of spray will control peach leaf curl. trees will be true to name. 
How to Plant Evergreens: 
EVERGREENS (Planted for Windbreak) (1) Dig hole 
For results in 6 years or more— 
10 feet apart 
For results in 4 years— 
S feet apart 
(Take out every other tree later.) 
For results in 2 years— 
22 feet apart 
(Gradually thin out to 10 ft. apart 
as trees develop.) 

NOTE: Evergreens with bare roots are planted 
the same as trees. Take care never 
to leave the roots exposed a single 
moment. 
Planting B & B Stock 
DO NOT REMOVE OR LOOSEN SACK about 
ball of earth. Plant so that top of sack is 
below ground. 
ball of earth. 
to fill around 

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money will be refunded for any items 
you purchase from us that are not 
what we represent them to be. Upon 
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items returned and for all transporta- 
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planting. We will either refund or re- 
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Wallace-Homestead Company, Horticultural Printers, Des Moines, Iowa 
