The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-10-19
INQUIRIES ANSWERED
BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT
i OF AGRICULTURE.
Relating to the Farm Garden, Dairy,
Stock Raising, Etc.
Spraying for Blight.

as omitted on account of the unusual
amount of matter before us:
FOR THE APPLE.
y Spray for the destruction of the spores
OF the apple scab and leaf blight, with
sulphate of copper-blue vitriol-one
pound to rs gallons of water or sulphate
OF iron-copperas-one pound to two
gallons water.
For destruction of the tent caterpillar,
capker worm and bud moth, use the
Bordeax mixture, one-half strength with
Paris green. one pound to $50 gallons
Just before the blossoms unfold, and for
the same and the codling moth as soon
as the petals have fallen.
Make third application of the Bor-
deaux mixture and Paris green in about
two weeks from the time the petals fall,
should there have been heavy rains since
the last application, then use the ammo
nlacal carbonate of copper one pound to
% gallons of water at intervals Of from
TWO to four weeks, according to the
weather, until the middle of August.
We would recommend the trial of sui
phate of copper, one pound to 500 and
oOO gallons of water after the middle of
June. Should no rain occur after the
use of any fungicide or insecticide, no
further application need be made until
II does rain; but if the interval has been
long, spraying should Immediately fol-
low heavy rain.
FOR THE PEAR. p
For the pear scab leaf blight, and
sucking of the fruit and coddling moth,
the same treatment should be given as
for the apple, except that no Paris green
need be used until after the petals have
fallen, and only two applications of that
need be made.
1t the pear tree psylla should appear,
spray the trees thoroughly with kerosene
emulsion, one part to twenty parts water.
FOR THE PLUM.
We would advise the same treatment
as given to the apple and pear, for the
plum leaf blight, black wart and the
fruit rot. For the plum curculo use
the Bordeaux mixture, one-half strength,
with Paris green one pound to 200 gal
Ions. One application of ..he ammoni-
acal carbonate of copper should be made
after the middle of August, to prevent
the rotting of the fruit and the leaf
blight.
FOR THE PEACH.
To destroy the plum curculio, spray
with the Bordeaux mixture, one-fourth
strength, and Paris green one pound to
200 gallons. For the fruit rot, spray
with the ammoniacal carbonate of cop
per, one pound to so gallons of water.
Try the sulphate of copper, one pound
to 100 gallons of water for the fruit rot.
FOR THE GRAPE.
Spray with the concentrated solution
of sulphate of copper every part of the
vines and trellis before the buds unfold.
Just before the blossom buds unfold,
spray with the Bordeaux mixture, one
half strength, with Paris green, one
pound to 100 gallons. As soon as the
petals have fallen, spray again with the
same; then at intervals of about two
weeks use the ammoniacal carbonate of
copper, one pound to rs gallons. Try
the sulphate of copper, one pound to 500
and 700 gallons of water at the same in
tervals.
FOR RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY.
For the anthracnose of the blackcaps
and the yellow rust of the blackberry,
use the concentrated solution of sulphate
of copper before the buds open. Then
spray with the Bordeaux mixture one
half strength, or the ammoniacal car
Donate of copper before the blossom buds
unfold, and two or three times after the
fruit has been gathered at intervals of
two or three weeks. The first disease
attacks the canes principally, and more
attention in spraying should be given to
them than to the leaves.
FOR THEpSTRAWBERRY.z
Spray with the Bordeaux mixture,
oue-half strength and Paris green one
pound to 100 gallons for the leaf blight
and the spotted paria," as soon as
growth begins in the spring. Just be-
fore the blossoms open use the Bordeaux
mixture same strength, but no Paris
Green. After the fruit has been gath
cred Paris green and the Bordeaux MKT
nre should be used if the bed or field is
to be carried through another season.
FOR THE POTATO.
AS soon as the Larvae of the potato
beetle begin to appear, spray with the
Bordeaux mixture, one-half strength,
I and Paris green one pound to 100 gal
Ions. Use the same mixture as often as
thew appear in sufficient numbers to be
injurious. If the weather be warm and
moist. applications should be made at
intervals of from one to three weeks
after the vines have blossomed, of the
Bordeaux mixture, one-half strength or
&c