The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-03
INQUIRIES.
Pear Slug-Planting Trees.

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"A busy city man, who Is trying to grow
a few fruit trees In his garden, sends
some leaves OF pear and specimen Z, which sh
indicate the presence of this insect. This
I greenish, shiny looking slug eats out the
soft tissues Of the leaves, thus leaving
This insect and its near relative. whic =, n
destroys rose leaves in like manner. J, arc
the larvae OF small. four-winged files
checked. The remedy Is as follows: Stir
into. one gal lon Of water and spray the
lightly the at; Either N method
poison. but not dangerous II ordinary pre-
y But. this gentleman says In his le tier
that he&pnt oyster shells or bones In the
holes under his tree and mixed street
around tho roots. This Is a bad pra c.
etice. Oyster shells, ETC., or. fertilizers put
in the holes under plantsawil do no good.
viii do harm. So also II the street sweep.
5ings contained any fresh manure IT would Z
only do harm when plac /, In contact q,
are good In their place but they should
usualysbe2 spread on the surface. not Z In
contac witt, the plants. and worked into q.
the SOIL. How many times our ef fortst
to help plants harm them. n :
Brown Spot Of Apple Leaves.
From several sources come specimens
OF apple leaves showing small, brick-red,
round areas dotted over the surf ce. "a
first the leaf remains perfectl " green OUT
trast with tho small diseased spots: Blu g
gradually they turn a lemon yellow: and
many fall to the ground. II he - diseased sppts
shows no outgrowths on either surface
and as the leaf falls may show d dirty.
papefy color at center. The trouble Is
very common and real " serious I. have
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defoiated BY the first OF September, and
when In fruit this causes the fruit to
premature and often 40 1cald for lack OF
T he trouble originates early In the
spores. which remained dormant over
previous rev When WI these spores come m
F contact with the young foliage hey
5sprout a fresh a very minute, n thread III
thread is SO sinallsin diameter that about
tens thousand OF them ca N lie on AN inch
in length. Then this growth has once
/ IS no remed 81 VII tever for theSS rouble8
Wherefore, we should lin to destroy The
3old n; leaves where $5 tfea trouble has oc-$
fordeaux jIis t the leaves are coming
out, so s. to ne gro WIN $.lle
spores, 3E3$. III u, yl
here are two generations year OF this
fungus isl The iirs3f crop q spores are nov
leaves occurs about July ! 9th got :. 'Tnlls
the mature foliage must be lso spra y, yedE
In advance of this second attack The
I best formula for Bordeaux mixture Yin
this case is the 1870 preparat ion-that!
Us, four parts limestone, Ave parts lime
and fifty gallons of water III .
E IT. his trou blesand one or two others asSo-8
Yciated Whit are sresporslble \ forE the
Bwrecking of many OF our a pple orc hards.
Timely spraying would hold them IS IN
check very successfully.
Lice Of Apple Trees.
Several parties have recently made In
uuiries about plant lice, One especially
important Inquiry comes from large
apple grower of Patrick county. While.
there are very many species OF plant lice., +
the primary facts in regard to their llfeA
history are so similar one can largely,
lump them together for practical treat Il
nent. $aF 5lf5 81 KS! . rs, tsl +.
great rapidly during the growing season
Of their host, by reason OF the fact that
they are all organic females during TINS
period mature in six to eight days, and
produce their young alive often at the
rate of three to six per day. This gives
rate of Increase quite uncommon
among animals, and enables these tiny =
insects to cover up their food plants ah'S
the life out of them: 8ii8S
5tAllsof the plant lice have sucking pea KS,