| Show r CONTROL ORCHARD DI DISEASES EASES AND S PESTS ESTS II I I f t J fi v C 3 p i if f 1 L I to Spray for Time 2 Buds Before Open for fOI Scab Just 1 Time to Spray Has Calyx Codling Moth After Petals Have Fallen Too 3 Late Closed By J. J II H. CARMODY Kentucky Experiment mont ment Station Apple orchards must be sprayed every every ev ev- disease ery cry year against the scab apple-scab and against the and codling moth Bordeaux mixture or lime sul may be used In controlling all of the diseases diseases that work work on on the leaves and fruit For the early sprays It Is probably safer to use the lime lime- sulphur mixture In order to avoid any danger of ot the he young fruit truit Arsenate of ot lead should be used for tor poisoning the and the codling moth and a d all other insects which bite and eat the leaves of ot the fruit The first summer spray for tor controlling controlling control control- ling scab Is given at the time when tho the clusters of flower buds have separated sepa sepa- separated sea sea- rated but before the flowers themselves themselves themselves them them- selves have opened out This is as the cluster bud spray The second sec eec ond very necessary application should be given as the petals of the flowers begin to fall Call This his is the spray that Is given for the control of ot the codling moth For this application and for tor forthe forthe the scab or cluster bud spray use lime lime- s sulphur at the rate of ot 1 i gallons to 50 gallons of ot water to which add three pounds of lead arsenate Bordeaux mixture may be substituted for the sulphur lime if it the grower so desires The bordeaux mixture and the lime- lime sulphur are nrc used to control the scab while the arsenate of lead Is used to poison polson the codling moth and A third and even fourth application control outbreaks out will bo be a great help to breaks of ot scab sooty Booty blotch black rot cedar cedar- rust app apple o blotch etc By al all an middie midI middle mid mid- means one ono should spray I dIe dle of July for the second brood of th the codling moth which appe appears appers rs about this time or a little later Bitter rot Is very troublesome In Inthe Inthe inthe the western end of ot the tho state Where it Is causing damage it may bo necessary sary to start spraying about the first of ot July and continue until the middle of ot August Bordeaux mixture is clore more effective In controlling this thin trouble than lime The arsenate of ot lead may be added to the bordeaux when spraying for the codling moth and thereby save time Green aphis has caused considerable loss during the past two seasons and will very likely appear again Examine Examine Exam Exam- ine me the trees from time to time and If it the leaves begin to roll look on the under side for tor the aphis If U they are present present spray the tho trees with Black BlackLeaf BlackLeaf Leaf Leat 40 40 using three-quarters three of ot a pint to gallons of water To this mix ture tune add three pounds of dissolved soap in order to make the material spread more rapidly |
