| Show FIGHT FRUIT rESTS 4 h County Inspector Gives Some timely Advice Alvice 4 PROMPT ACTION NEEDED I HOW TO GET EH BID OF OP DREADED INSECTS h Trees That hat Have Rave finished Fi s ed Blooming Now Be Sprayed in Order to Sid Rid Them of ests That Are Lik ly to Injure or Ruin R n the Fruit Emit Fruitt t Inasmuch as as the of giving proper propel atton to the cleaning and spraying of orchards is engaging the interest of fruit growers County Fruit Tree Inspector advises to yield strict obedience to the requirements of the state board of horticulture Inspector tor also directs attention to the fact that the board has sued issued I bulletins and other Information for the guidance gui of oft fruit t ut Since all the advice in the bulletins cannot reach every in time timeto to be of service Inspector publishes the following special in information information formation for immediate use Nearly all pear trees and plum and an prune trees are done blooming and should now be sprayed pears for blight ht and worms plums and prunes for rust scab and gooseberries ries mies for mildew and worms The rhe same mixture Bordeaux should be applied to all these varieties of fruit now us using usI I ing lug formula as ll published by the state board of horticulture Add pound paris green reen stir well spray at once after aft mixing and keep it stirred to prevent the paris green rom set settling settling This mixture should make fifty gallons and is enough for ton ten large pear treen twenty plum p m trees or large gooseberry bushes Should Examine Cherries Cherry trees that are through bloom blooming ing hS In should be examined for the th red spider Nearly all cherries brought to tot t town wn last year yer were spoiled or unfit tobe to tobe tobe be on account of red spiders crawling all over them Spray now with kerosene emulsion for red spider Apple trees are in full bloom now and should be sprayed within ten days after blossoms fall fail but pears prunes prun gooseberries peaches and nearly all of the sweet cherries should be attend attended ed Gd to at once Peach Pooch trees tresa should be watched now for the aphis or louse If the leaves are curling these pests pesta will likely be found The remedy is to spray them with ith kerosene emulsion at once made as follows Strong hot soap water and kerosene Dissolves pound of or hard soap not resin soap in one gal gallon gallon galion lon ion of boiling water ad l two gallons of or kerosene stir or pump it from five to ten minutes or until it looks like whipped cream dilute with ten tern times as much water One gallon of boiled milk hot may be e used sed instead of the soap Emulsion made with milk must be used at once It will kill near ear nearly r nearly ly Jy all kinds of lice and aphis Remember kerosene kt rosene emulsion is for forthe forI forthe I the lice and spiders lIders Iders and the Bordeaux mixture and paris parts green is for diseases and worms not seen at present but which will wm be bd seen hereafter if the trees tre are not attended to now I CD CI |
