The record-union., 1899-04-01

States a stronger spray can be applied
without injury, but in California it is
found that one pound of Paris green
to 200 gallons Of cold water is as much
as the foliage will stand. The poison
| should be made into paste before
placing in the tank, and during the ap-
plication it should be constantly stirred
The Paris green solution should not
be sprayed during hot spell, or norln
wind, or when the trees are in bloom.
Spray as soon as the blossoms drop ana
before the fruit turns downward.
second application should be maze
about sixteen days after the first, and
where required a third and even fourtn
application for late varieties at inter
walls OF three weeks. To make the Paris
green more insoluble and thereby pre-
vent injury to the leaves dissolve SIX
pounds of fresh lime in water, and
when the lime has settled add the water
to the solution and keep it constantly
| stirred.
| On the supposition that Goblin moths
| fly at night and as most other species
of moths are attracted by light, many
| devices have been invented or suggested
| to tap the Goblin moth, but the results
direction. The moth has a most pc
culiar instinct probably entirely differ
ent from all others, for it is chiefly
at certain time, toward sundown and
before night that they have been OBJ
served flying the most.
The result of all observations by ex-
perienced entonologists everywhere has
proved conclusively that the moth is
for ertrapping it have proved futile.
| If any indications of apple scab
! F'usicladium dentriticum) are observ-
| ed, the following can be added to the
Paris green solutions: Dissolve %
pounds of sulphate of copper in 20 gall
Ions of water; slake 20 pounds of fresh
| lime; add to the copper solution and
strain into the spray tank with the
Paris green, making 200 gallons of
wash. This should be applied in a fine
spray, and only sufficient used to each
tree to thoroughly moisten it without
running off. If the mixture has been
continually stirred this will distribute
sufficient Paris green over the young
| fruit to destroy the larvae of the Goblin
moth before they burrow into the fruit
The spraying should be done soon after
the blossoms drop and before the fruit
turns downward.
In spraying al Paris green solution for
the Goblin moth it is absolutely neces-
sary to obtain and use a Paris green of
full strength. Paris green may be pur-
chased at from cents to % or 80
cents a pound. A poor quality will be
a disappointment to the user and loss
viii result Avoid this by getting a
reliable Paris green. The importance of
| this caution cannot be overestfmated.
The orchardist expends his time, labor
and material for nothing who uses an
Inferior and impure Paris green.
| The spraying mixture formula by
Professor Kedsfe of the Michigan Ag-
ricIltural College is as follows: Boil
two pounds of white arsenic and four
POUNDS of salsoda for fifteen minutes
in two gallons of water. Put into a
jug and label poison" and lock it up.
When you wish to spray slake two
pounds of lime and stir it into forty
| gallons of water, adding a pint of the
mixture from the Jug The mixture
in the jug viii cost 45 cents, and this
is enough for 800 gallons or twenty
barrels of spray. These twenty bar
rels will require forty pounds of lime.
which will cost 20 cents more. making
the total cost So cents for twenty bar
rels, or 3A cents per barrel.
II IS claimed that Professor Kedsie's
mixture is more reliable in use than
Paris green as an insecticide. that it
does not burn the trees and is less ex-
pensive.
Professor L. r. Taft of the expert
ment station of the Michigan Agricult-
ural College, regarding spraying for
Goblin moth, says: Il would ALWAYS
use the arsenic preparation (the Ked-
sic formula as given in the foregoing)
| with bordeaux mixture when spraying
fruit trees. AS far as arsenic is con-
cerned the iron tank can be used for it.
but unless the Bordeaux mixture is
carefully prepared and the tank wash
ed out it may be injured by that. In
using the arsenic preparation I don't
| hnd 1t necessary to use the salsoda. and
as this adds greatly to the cost of the
material l do without it. I prepare
the arsenic mixture by boiling one
| pound of arsenic with two pounds of
lime in two gallons of water. for 80 to
40 minutes; and for fruit trees I add
this to 400 gallons of water or Bor-
deaux mixture
OF the Goblin moth it may be said.
says the California Fruitgrower," that
until recently it was supposed that the
| female deposited her eggs single in the
calyN of the rruit. Late observations
nave revealed the fact that the moth
not only lays its eggs on the leaf but
on the twigs and on the surface of the
fruit. The instinct of the insect. how
ever, invariably seems to lead it to the
| blossom end.
In the light of recent observations it
seems remarkable that the notion that
the eggs of the Scodlin moth were laid
IN or on the calyx, or blossom end of the
frnit, should have clung to the Htera
tufe on the subject for nearly a CEN
Jury and a half. The old stereotvned
notion that the eggs are usually laid
IN the calyx must be discarded The
eggs may be glued anywhere It han
pens-to the surface of the fr,,;t -
the stem, or even on the adiacent
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