The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
When to Spray.

have apple, pear, peach, plum, cher
ry, apricot and crab apple trees. Some
of them are now in bloom. With what
material, when and how often shall
spray?-A Subscriber.
For full instruction how to spray
all kinds of fruits send to your expert
ment station for spraying calendar.
AS to the fruits mentioned above we
will answer by publishing the advice OF
the Cornell experiment station:
Apples.-For the scab, spray first
with copper sulphate solution before
the buds break. This, however, Is a
spraying of small importance. Spray
the second time with Bordeaux mixture
when the leaf buds are open, but before
flower buds expand. 8. Repeat the last
spraying after the petals have fallen.
4. Spray with the Bordeaux mixture ten
or fourteen days after the third spray
ing. 5 and 6. Repeat at about every
two weeks. For the canker worm ap-
ply paris green very thoroughly as
soon as the first caterpillars appear.
follow up at like intervals if necessary.
If you are troubled with the bud moth,
spray with Paris green as soon as the
leaf tips appear. Repeat before the
blossom buds open and twice after the
petals have fallen. For the condlin-
moth, spray with Paris green immedi-
ately after the blossoms have fallen.
Repeat this in ten days, and If later
broods are troublesome repeat this
spraying every one to three weeks.
Paris green may be added to the Bor-
deaux mixture, and the two applied
together with excellent effect. For the
case-bearer, spray as for the bud-moth.
Peaches.-For brown rot, spray be-
fore the buds swell, with copper sui
plate solution. Spray before the buds
open with the Bordeaux mixture. Re-
peat this when the fruit has set, and
again about fourteen days after. When
the fruit is nearly gone, spray with the
Ammoniacal copper carbonate. Repeat
at intervals of five to seven days, II
necessary. This applies to the apricots
and nectarines as well as to the peach.
Plums.-For the brown rot, spray as
for the peach. For the leaf-blight,
spray when the first leaves have un-
folded, using Bordeaux mixture. Spray
again with the same mixture when the
fruit has set. Repeat at intervals of
two or three weeks. Use clear fungi
eide after the fruit is three-fourths
grown. For black knot, during the first
warm days of early spring, spray with
Bordeaux mixture. Repeat when the
buds are swelling and again during the
latter part of May. Repeat again in
June and July. For the curculio, spray
ing is not always effective. Jar the
trees after fruit has set at intervals OF
one TO three days for two to five weeks.
For the plum scale, spray in autumn
as soon as the leaves have fallen, using
Kerosene emulsion diluted four times.
Spray twice In spring with same solu-
ton before the buds open. For the San
Jose scale, thorough application of
kerosene emulsion, as under plum
scale, may prove effective, If followed
later in the season by others, diluting
the emulsion to avoid injuring foliage.
Pears.-For leaf blight or fruit spots,
use copper solution as the buds are
swelling. Just before the buds open
use Bordeaux mixture. Repeat after
fruit has set, and at intervals of two or
three weeks as seems necessary. For
leaf-blister, use kerosene emulsion be-
fore buds swell in the spring, diluting
the emulsion five to seven times. Fol
psylla, when the leaves have unfolded
diluted fifteen times. Repeat this every
few days till the insects are destroyed.
Cherries.-For black knot, spray as
for black knot in plum. For rot, spray
with Bordeaux mixture as soon as the
buds break. Repeat when fruit has set,
and when fruit has grown spray with
ammoniacal copper carbonate. For
the aphis, use kerosene emulsion when
the insects appear, and repeat every
four days IL necessary. For the slug,
when the insect appears, use arserites,
hellebore, or air-slaked lime. Repeat
every two weeks if necessary.-Farm.
ers' Review.
Whitewashing Apple Trees.-The
old New England custom of washing
the apple tree trunks with lime is
probably good one. 1t is noticed here
and there in the west. The trees are
first scraped with scraper, at least
in New England, where scrapers can be
obtained that have been used for scrap
ing the bottoms of ships. The scrap
ing takes off all the loose old bark, re-
moving thereby many insects and in.
sect eggs. 1t also makes easy the work
Of whitewashing.
Garden Suggestions.-High- priced
novelties are generally disappointing.
Set all bush berries in long straight
rows, seven feet apart, and plants
three feet apart in the row. Set
strawberries in rows 31a feet apart
and two feet apart in the row. Long
straight rows are easily cultivated
and kent free from weeds. Extra care