Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-05-08
Garden and Orchard 01!ch!la! d insects insects.
An Interesting Article to Farmers and Fruit Crow
ers-Sure Remedy for Insects.

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liquid form when the insect appears
repeat within ten days. @
For the San Jose scale, apply same
insecticide as recommended for apple.
Cucumber and Squash-For squash
bug apply Bordeaux mixtuls to the
! young plant; should insects appear,
apply kerosene emulsion repeat in q
few days if necessary. In small
patches tits practicable TO pick by
han', the adults, when they first ap.
pear. ~
For squash vine borer, no insecti-
eide can be used. Burn old vines.
For aphis and leaf-eating beetles,
apply same insecticides as recon.
mended for the cantaloupe.
Egg Plant-For Colorado potato
beetle, apply Paris green in liquid
form or dry as soon as the adult in.
sects appear; repeat ten days later.
For flea beetles, apply Bordeaux
mixture to young plants; when the
insects appear apply Paris green in
liquid form; repeat within ten days.
Grape-For flea beetle, apply Bor-
deaux mixture as soon as buds open
apply Paris green in liquid form or
arsenate of lead when the insect ap-
pears; repeat ten days later.
For slug, apply same insecticide as
recommended for cherry.
For leaf folder, apply Paris green
in liquid form or arsenate of lead a.
soon as insects appear: repeat before
the leaves are folded.
Peach-For black aphis, apply
same insecticide as recommended for
apple.
For the borer, wrap the trunk of
tree, not later than September Is,
with newspaper or brown paper.
This covering should extend to the
height of Is inches from the ground.
1t should be fastened at the top with
q stout string, and should be banked
at. the bottom with earth to the
height of ten inches. Upon remov-
ing the covering, which may be done
at any time during the winter, a
search should be made for the borers.
When found, they should be killed
i'll their burrows with wire probe.
AS repellent to the moth that ap-
pears in May, apply to the trunk of
tree thick coat of the lime and sui
phur wash. This wash should be ap-
piled with large brush and not later
than April Is.
For the curculio, apply same insect
icide and treatment as recommended
for cherry.
For twig borer, apply the lime and
sulphur wash during December; as
the buds are opening, apply the Bor-
deaux mixture, containing either
Paris green or arsenate of lead.
For San Jose scale, apply same in
secticide as recommended for apple.
For the other scale insects, apply
the lime and sulphur wash during the
winter; when fruit is half grown, ap-
ply kerosene emulsion.
For shot-hole borer, destroy in
winter the dead and dying trees by
burning. Collect and destroy by fire
all limbs chat fall to the ground.
Remove and burn infested limbs as
soon as they are discovered.
necan-For bud worm, apply
Paris green in liquid form or arsenate
of lead when the buds open; repeat
ten days later.
Pear-For codling moth, apply
same insecticide as recommended for
apple.
For the slug, apply same insecti.
eide as recommended for cherry.
For San Jose scale, apply same in
secticide as recommended for apple.
For aphis, apply same insecticide
as recommended for apple.
Plum--For curculio, apply same
insecticide and treatment as recon-
mended for cherry.
For the San Jose scale, apply same
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