The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-07
The DIFFERENT F0RMULAE
FOR ORCHARD SPRAYING
What to Spray With and When to
Spray to Get Rid of
Orchard Pests.

| Horticultural Inspector j. NJ.
Brown has prepared the following
formulate of poisons for the various
insect pests that are found in this
county. 1T should be kept for
future reference by orchardsts:
FOrmnlac No. I, for San Jose Scale.
tAlso winter wash for Aphis and
Red Spider.)
Put into your boiling vat 25 or 80
gallons water; bring water to heat,
then add 90 to % pounds good lime,
unslaked: at the same time put in 90
pounds sulphur and boil from one to
two hours--untilthe sulphur is thor
oughly dissolved, or until same be-
comes of an amber color. Then add
water sufficient to make IS or so
gallons and bring to good heat, when
same is ready for use. If your Or
chard is badly infested with scale,
spray late in fall, after the leaves
have fallen, then again early in the
spring-from March st until Just
before buds open. The same is a
good summer spray for San Jose
scale.
Fonlulae No. 1-Summer Spray for
San Jose Scale.
(kerosene Emulsion.)
Take whale oil soap from ~ to
" ID. Cor soft soap 1 qtD and / gall
Ion water; boil until soap is thor
oughly dissolved; then add 2 gallons
kerosene to soap and water while
hot, away from fire; then stir or agi-
tate same until it becomes of a
creamy substance, or until oil is
thoroughly mixed with water, which
will take from to 10 minutes. Add
water sufficient to make GO gallons:
agitate thoroughly when same is
ready for use.
Formula No. For Cooling Moth.
Take l ID. Paris green to 100 gal
Ions water; put in from two to five
pounds lime. Stake in some con-
venient vessel. Put Paris green
into lime; add water to lime and
Paris green; still it up thoroughly
and strain into barrel or vat; when
same is ready for use Keep your
solution thoroughly agitated to pre-
vent Paris green from settling to bot
tom.
Formulae for Apple Scab, Leaf
Mould Fungus.
(Also Shot-hole Fungus-Bour-
deauX Mlxture.)
Copper sulpnate, lbs. fresh lime
to lbs, to make As gallons. Dis
solve the copper sulphate by first
powdering it up, then put in bag and
suspend it in rs or more gallons
water over night or until all is dis
solved. For either of the above
fungi spray as buds to swell, again
Just before blooms open and after
blooms fall; repeat again in two
| weeks.
Formulae for Combination Cooling
Moth and Fungus Spray.
When you spray for coddling moth
add lbs. copper sulphate to so gal
Ions water; also 5 lbs. lime.
FOrmulae for Pear Leaf Blister Mite.
Spray after leaves fall, with kero-
sene emulsion, gallon of emulsion
to from IL to Is gallons water, and
again in the spring just as leaves
begin to unfold, 1 gallon of emul-
sion to 90 gallons water.
FOrmulae for bud Moth.
spray with Paris green as the buds
are swelling; again as the leaves
begin to unfold; same strength as
for codling moth.
FOrmulae for Pear and Cherry Slug.
Spray with lime dust, or with
Paris green; same strength as for the
codling moth.
Formulac for Red Spider.
After they are Matched out use
sulphur, as for scale.
Formulae for Peach Leaf Curl.
Spray with the Bordeaux; first
spraying just as buds open. and
either Kerosene emulsion or lime and
again after blossoms fall.
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