Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-03-21
FRUIT AND TRUCK.
.epRAYINe FoR pERFecr FRUIr.

from 80 to rs per cent more market.
able, and the trees will every year be-
come more productive.
| Injurious insects and fungous dis
ease nave Increased SO much of late
years that 1t is necessary to spray
II we expect to get perfect fruit. A
| fruit tree cannot produce and mature
fruit, unless 1t is sound and vigorous,
and when the leaves are destroyed by
insects the very life is taken from the
tree. In order to spray effectively we
should know what insects or fungus
we are dealing with, and the work
should be done at the proper time. 1t
would be impossible to give directions
in one article which would cover all
kinds OF work, and really the safest
and best way is to send to your own
state experiment station for bulletins
on spraying These contain precise d.
rections, also give formulas and such
other information as Is needed In
work of this kind.
In order to combat these insects
and fungus we must learn their habits,
and, when they are apt to put IN an
appearance. In fact, we must learn
to diagnose the case correctly and
then apply the right remedy. The ex-
pertinent station bulletins usually con-
/ tain descriptions and pictures of the
! worst pests, so that by close observa-
ton one can readily identify the pests
attacking his trees. This is a very
Important point, for an effective rem
edy against one class of insects would
not prove effective against another
r class. 1t pays to spray both tree ana
: bush fruits. The current worm, the
L raspberry slug, the canker worm, cat
;, erpillars. and various other leaf-eating
9 pests, may be subjected by timely and
D. proper spraying. The cost is very
Il small after one is Cited with the ini
= tial outfit. The cost of spraying bear
ing apple trees is from three to foul
cents each, and the advantage lies In
Q getting nice, salable apples.
y In his annual report Prof. Popem'
n of Kansas mentions some of the de
sr structive insects found in gardens AMI
r tells how to get rid of them.
= "The garden web worm is one o
: the most common; it attacks mos
garden crops. This insect, in its In
furious state Is the caterpillar OF
- small buff moth, and is found ever
oe year. The moth appears in earl
ne spring and deposits her eggs on tn
Is leaves of plants; later the larry
~ matches and draws the leaves togethe
he with a silk web and feeds therein
TO- Corn, sweet potatoesh beets, etc, ar
attacked by this insect. AS the II
sect works early in the season, tn
best remedy perhaps, is to destroy tn
!. hrst planting, with the insects, and r
plant the crops, The insects feed upc
weeds also, and for this reason 1t
ny important TO keep the orchard and u
lot fences free from weeds. Arsenic
II spray mixtures can be applied, b.
nd must be applied very early, on accou
,eu OF the habits of the insect"
rs Prof. Burrill OF Illinois says that !!
,,a apple scab is one OF the most destru
NV tive diseases OF the orchard We $
lily the effect Of this disease on the fru
yet noting the scabby surface of the
,dy pies. Yet great as this damage is. t
ger injury caused by the disease attac
1t ing the foliage is by far greater.
est Illinois this disease causes a loss
me more than a million dollars in a s
nod gle year. We used to think the disea
our passed the winter on the twigs, but
cry now know different The spores pa
ura the winter on the diseased folia
which has fallen from the trees,
lme we very rarely find any spores on
was OF the twigs up in the tree. Q
p go thing which will help to keep the
81 case in check is to destroy the
iage under the trees. Gather it
and burn 1t, or 1t can be plowed und
!, This treatment is likely not prac
wal. able in a large orchard, and theref
has the best treatment is to spray
scel' trees with Bordeaux mixture.
' 'saos The first application should be mi
col about the time tne spores are app
oval ing on this foliage on the ground,
orld, this is usually about the time the b
o = - SONS are opening; spray the II
then thoroughly. and after the b
SONS have begun to fall spray ag
+; SO for at this time the first spraying
rs, l III oa,,n r,o,h. third an