The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-31
SPRAY YOUR FRUIT TREES.

SPRAY YOUR FRUIT TREES.
The State Board of Horticulture Rec.
ommend the Following Solutions.
The state board of horticulture directs
that ;he following remedies he used as
indicated OH fruit trees which are in
fected with insect pests or plant diseas-
es, and especially during the dormant
season:
For all kinds of aphis in foliage sea-
sOn;
Quassla hipS....................... ....2 pounds
" maze OIL ap........................ 2 pounds
wafer. gallons
Soak the chips twelve hours in two
gallons of water, or if hot water is used
less time will be required. Dissolve the
soap by boiling i'm sufficient water to
cover it; strain the extracts from the
quassa and add the two ingredients To-
gether. Stir thoroughly and dilute to
make twenty gallons. Apply with a
spray pump.
For woolly apnis in dormant season;
The above formula may be used with
one-half as much ten gallons) water.
Apply with brush or swab or spray
pump. The chips can be bought by the
pundred, at cents per pound, from the
leading drug firms OF the state. For
some species of the lice stronger form
ulas than above recommended may be
required. The chips may be used twice.
Kerosece emulsion-Mix two quarts
of soft soap or One-half pound hard soap
with one gallon water. as soon as the
soap is dissolved, while yet hot, remove
from the fire, stir in one qual kerosene
oil; stir this violently by means of a
force pump or agitate by other means
for five minutes, or until the oil will
not rise to the surface, but remain in
corporated in the liquid. For destroy
ing wOolly aphis or the pear leaf mite
in dormant season, dilute with one gal
Ion water, or use about eight times as
much water as oil. Used also for oyster
shell scale. On badly infested trees
brush or swab should be used in apply
ing, so as to penetrate all crevices. For
summer use, dilute the first mixture by
adding from two to two and a half gal
Ions of water, or use about fifteen times
as much water as oil.
Lime, Sulphur and Salt Solution;
Unslacked lime. or 60 pounds
Sulphur flour of SULPHUR 40 pounds
Salt............ ................. ....15 pounds
Concentrated I've american Lye
Co. brandt. ................ ..........2 pounds
Water to make 60 gallons.
When sixty instead of forty pounds
lime are used, the solution has whittier
appearance and the operator can better
detect when the limb has been properly
treated with the wash.
Directions-Placet ten pounds of lime
and twenty pounds of sulphur and the
I've i'll a boiler with twenty gallons of
water, stir and boil over brisk fire for
not less than one hour and half, or
until the sulphur is thoroughly dis
solved. When this takes place the mix
tura will be an amber color. Next place
in the cask from thirty to fifty pounds
of unslacked lime, pouring over enough
hot water to thoroughly slack it (being
careful to keep it moist aud not to spoil
it by burning), and while it is boiling
add the fifteen pounds of salt. When
sulphur i'm the boiler and boil for half
an hour longer, when the necessary
amount of water to make sixty gallons
should be added. 1t should then be
strained through gunny cloth or burlap.
When using it should be frequently and
well stirred. apply while hot. Used i'll
dormant season for San Jose scale and
for woolly aphis, also for oyster shell
scale.
Bordeaux Mixture for Apple Canker
BLACK Spots OH Trunks)-For dormant
season: Ten pounds fresh lime, 6
pounds copper sulphate, 45 gallons
water. Dissolve the copper sulphate by
putting it in bag of coarse cloth and
hanging this in a vessel holding at
least four gallons so as to be covered by
the water. use an earthen or wooden
vessel slack the lime in an equal
amount of water; mix the two and add
water enough to make the forty-five
gallons. Remove all diseased bark so
SO far as possible, and spray immediate