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Show FEW USES OF LIME-SULPHUB LlGt of Pests to Combat With Winter Strength, Just as Leaves Are Falling, Is Given. V.y W. II. HICK'S. I r.rtl ullnr.ilkit. M.ihn Kxp.-rlni'.-nt Static.";. ? Mint all of our orchardists realize the value of lime-sulphur as a sprav. In order to make thin spray the mta: effective. It Is necessary to know ho, when and for what trouble to apply IL The Hut of pests to combat with winter strength lime-sulphur just as the leaves are falling from the Lreu In the fall are as follows: Apple cankers, aphis eggs, moj4 snd lichens, pear le-if blister bite, rabbils and field mice, red spider cggM, wooly aphis. Soma orchardists have found it ha beep entirely satisfactory to spra.v for (hone pests in the spring befor the buds open with winter stren4'i of 'iiie-sulphur. Conditions govern the time of application. The following list of pests may be Biiccessfully combated by applying II me-sulphur. winter strength, in the spring, while the buds are swelling: I Jut. moth, eggs of apple aphis, eggs of red spider, green peach aphis, grape rot and anthracnose, mildew (apple and rose), moss and lichens, oyster shell Bcale, peach leaf curl, peach moth, pear leaf blister mite, rabbits and mice, San Jose scale, scurfy scale, twig borer, wooly aphis. All spraying should be systematically systematic-ally and thoroughly done. Test both the commercial and homemade lime-sulphur lime-sulphur with the hydrometer before using to secure the right strength. The plant must b5 completely covered cov-ered with the winter-strength lime-BUlphur lime-BUlphur in order to insure satisfactory satisfac-tory results. Get every portion from the ground to tip of twigs by spraying spray-ing from top downwards. Then spray Into the bud scales and crevices. |