The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17
No 10

form OF Paris green, or better and
cheaper, aPsenite of lime. This in
| sectclde acts better if mixed with
the Bordeaux mixture. In this way
one spraying will serve for many
pests. i recommend that 4 ounces of
Paris greenOr arsenite of lime be al
ways added TO each barrel of Bor-
deaux mixture whenever tho latter
is used. wind fall'' apples nearly
always contain worms which soO2
come out, enter the e-ground and then
| change to the winged insect to lay
more eggs. Therefore wind falls
| should be gathered up within "a
hours after they fall and fed to hogs
or otherwise destroyed with their
| contained worms. Scale insects are
difficult to destroy. Paris green is
of no value against them. We must
use something that kills by contact.
The best substance for use against
scale insects is fish oil soap, This
must be dissolved in hot water at the
rate of pounds to gallon and used
on the infested trees, either in the
fall, just after the leaves have fallen,
or in spring, just before the buds
burst. The soap may be used as a
summer spray to kill the young
swarming bugs, but at that season it
must not be stronger than 1 pound to
or 5 gallons. This strength will
kill the young insects, but not the old
ones or those protected by scales
In general orchards should receive
a treatment for scales in fall. The
dead leaves should then be raked up
and burned and all trash removed OF
burned to prevent tho harboring of
disease spores and insect eggs,
The chief fungOus diseases of stone
fruits are as follows:
10-Brown-rOt, causing peaches
and plums to rot and become covered
with brown dusts,
LCaf-curl, causing the young leaves
to become puckered or cur1ed, and
soon dIUGF go IalI.
11.-YellOws or ROsette, causing
the trees to turn yellow, produce bit
ter or tasteIess fruit and soon to die
root and branch The standard
remedy for both in No. 10 is the BOr-
deaUx mixture, which for the peach
tree should be diluted one-ha1f. The
first treatment should be given be
fore the buds burst and subsequent
treatments as described for poma-
ceOus fruits. For yellOws or rOsette
there is no treatment but a sharp
axe,
The chief insect pests of stone
fruits are as follows;
12,-Curculio, causing the fruit to
become wormy and fall prematurely
13-Root- -borer, causing gum to
exude from base of tree, The tree
may be killed by being girdled or
may drop it's fruit when about two
thirds grown.
1.-THE San Jose scale and ether
scales.
Stone fruits are all very intOlerant
of Paris green and most other insect
cides. Usually it is not advisable to
use arsenites on this class of trees.
For cUrculio, jar the trees in early
morning upon sheets laid on the
ground under the trees. Use a padded
mallet, give each of the larger limbs
a smart blow. The insect let's go its
hold very easily and "plHys possum"
on the sheets. Gather them uP
quickly and throw them into a pail
containing a gallon Of water and
pint of kerosene.
The rOOt-bOrer must be dug out
with a sharp knife Or wire. Scrap0
away the soil from base OF tree, fol
low the line of gum until the worm Z.
is found. Painting the tree from the
crotch to 2 or 3 inches below the sur
face with paint made by wetting 4
or 5 tableSpOOnfulS of hydraulic
cement in one quart of sour milk,
will help keep the worms out, but
the trees should be examined each
spring and all worms dug out.
For scale insects % stone fruits
use same treatments as for pOma
ceous fruits. A peach tree badly in
tested by San Jose scale is beyond
recovery. It should be dug up and
burned. The peach is a shOrt-lived
tree, rarely bearing fruit after it is
II or Is years old. The necessity for
hygienic precautions and cleanliness