Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-04
OF INTEREST TO FRUIT GROWERS.
The Best Insecticides and FunGides-Com
mon Fruit Troubles and Preventiyes.

The Vermont Experiment Station has
published its official Spray Calendar"
and We quote the following remedies
which have been thoroughly tested and
are worth investigating:
THE BEST INSECTICIDES AND FUN
GICIDES.
For insetc that chew-beetles, worms, etc.
a. Paris green. Apply dry, or If in wa
ter use 4 to r. pound Of the poison to a
barrel of water and add 4 pound or more
of quick lime.
b. Heliebore. Apply dry or in water /
ounce in 3 gallons.
For insects that suck-plant lice. scale in
scots, etc:
c. Kerosene Emulsion. Dissolve II
pound hard soap in l gallon water add /
gallon Kerosene, churn with spray pump
or 10 minutes Dilute with 5 to 20 parts OF
water before using Kills by contact only.
For Fungi-blights. rots, rusts, etc:
d. Copper sulphate. Dissolve in water
at rate of / pound to fifteen gallons.
O. bordeaux mixture. Six pounds cop
per suphate, pounds fresh lime, 40 gal
Ions water. detailed directions in Bull
letn 49,
For insects and Fungi:
(. Paris green added to Bordeaux mix
ture at rate Of !. to !. pound per barrel.
The following list includes some of the
most common troubles and best preventive
measures; the letters In parenthesis indi-
cate the above remedies:
Apple and pcarCodlng moth, or core
worm, and all leaf-eating insects: Apply
(a) (first. just before the blossoms open;
second, just after the blossoms fall; third,
about two weeks later)
Apple maggot, or railroad worm: Keep
pigs or other stock in the orchard so as to
eat all fallen fruit.
Black scab: Apply I'D before leaf buds
NV, 1nta t...1t "a for 1TA1f farr
Fire blight: Cut off promptly and burn
all blghting limbs.
Cherry and plum-Plum scale: Apply (c)
diluted five times, in autumn after leaves
have fallen and gain in spring before buds
start.
Curcullo: Jar the insects into a blanket.
(SpHay with (a))
Brown rot: Promptly gather and destroy
all rotting fruit. Apply I'D in spring be-
fore buds start and follow with (e) at in
tervals until fruit is nearly ripe.
Black knot: Cut Off and burn knots as
soon as seen. Spray as for brown rot dur
ing spring.
Cabbage-worm: II before heads are
forming apply ca or (c); after heading use
(b) and hot water.
Currant-Worm: Apply (a) as soon as
leaves expand; 10 to Il days later apply OBJ
and repeat as needed,
Potato-Beetles: Apply (a) In earlier part
of summer.
Blight, rot and insects: Apply FL or (e),
beginning July l on earlier potatoes and
July % on later ones repeat every 10 to 70
days until maturity.
Raspberry and blackberry-Orange rust
of leaves: Dig out and burn diseased plants
at once
Anthracnose, or cane rust" cut out
and burn diseased canes and spray with
I'D in spring before buds burst, follow with
(c) until fruit IL formed
Strawberry--Leaf spot or rust" Apply
(e) in. enrly spring, repeat once as first
fruits are setting and again after the
harvest
Liquids are best applied with force
pump having q fine spray nozze)
More detailed information concerning
these or other plant diseases will be fur
nished from the Experiment Station, upon
request. Insects or fungi injurious to
plants may be sent for Identification, with
out cost; also weeds, grasses or other
plants. The fact ought to be more gener-
ally understood that farmers may derive
many advantages, without any cost by
keeping track Of tho work of the Vermont
Agricultural Experiment Station.