Show PEACH-LEAF PEACH CURL IS READILY hEADILY CONTROLLED Thorough Application of Lime- Lime Sulphur Before Buds Swell Is Recommended According to observations made bythe by bythe bytho the tho New Jersey station peach leaf leat curl can readily be controlled by a thorough application of concentrated sulphur lime betor the buds swell in inthe inthe inthe the spring Bordeaux mixture applied early in tho the spring before the buds bud's start also will control leaf curl but the sulphur lime mixture is advisable advisable advis advis- able because it will control San Jose Joso scale scalo as well In using sulphur lime-sulphur It Is essential to use a solution that has been properly proper proper- ly prepared and diluted with water to toa toa toa a strength of ot not less than s specific gravity The spray material should then be thoroughly applied so that every bud and small twig receives Its coating Any portion of t the tree thatIs that thatIs Is not covered with the spray material is likely to become Infected The object object ob oh of the early spring application Isto la Is lato to kill the spores of the leaf curl fungus fungus fun tun gus before they germinate In other othet words spraying for leaf curl must b be preventive as no cure is possible after the disease is established I |