Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
HOW TO EXTERMINATf
ORCHARD PESTS
Idaho State Board of Horticulture issues
Pamphlet Giving Remedies and
Valuable Formulas.

the most of the worms will be de-
stroycd.
Banding the trees is one of the
essential adjuncts for the control of
the moth, as we'll as being an aid in
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determining the proper time to
spray. About four weeks after the
blossoms fall put on the bands.
The band should be of somewhat
fuzzy texture, double and as wide
as convenient; about four inches
will do. 1t should be just long
enough to pass around the tree and
lap over two or three inches. Drive
box nail into the tree, leaving
it stick out about one inch; cut
the head off the nail with a pair
| of clippers; fastcn one end of the
band on the nail; pass it around
quite closely and fastcn the other
end. After the worms begin to ap-
pear the bands should be examined
and the worms killed every eight
| or ten days until the fruit is
picked. After this allow the bands
| to remain until all the struggling
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which is usually some time in De-
cembcr. If the trees are large, hav-
ing limbs near the ground, it is
we'll to band each limb as we'll as
the trunk
When to spray is OF just as much
importance as how to spray or what
to spray with. The first spraying
should be done after the blossoms
have fallen and before the calyx
closes. This varies with different
apples in the same tree and all trees
even of the same variety, do not
! blossom at the same time. 1t is
, best to spray Immediately after the
blossoms fall. Care should be ex.
crcised at this time to see that the
calyx is filled with the spray.
5 I wish to emphasize the positive
necessity of getting the poison
' within the calyx; and this can only
j be done by spraying downward
' that is, throwing the spray from
! above, as practically all the apple,
I at this time stand with the caly1
up. This may be accomplished
S from an elevated platform bull
: the end of the extension rod so al
t to thr low the spray downward. 4
t good strong force is required as thu
S spray must be driven into the calyx
: A mere mist spray will not cnte
the caiyx sufficiently to be of prac
{ tical use.
l 1t has been observed by many or
c chardists that a very large per cen
Z Of the first brood of the worms cnte
he apple through the calyx, henc
, he necessity of putting the poison
{ in the proper place. The sccon'
( spraying should be done likewi is
! n about eight or ten days in orde
: to catch the later bloom. Then il
about thirty days the third spraying
: and then every twenty days /
/ spraying is continued. Proper thin
: ming of the fruit has much to d
r with the efficiency of the late
c spraying.
All things considered 1 woul
h recommend remedy No. 4. Of tn
n other two herein given I prefer Nc
S 3. Formula for No. is as follows
s White arsenic (powdered) 1 poun
y Salsoda Uump) 4 pound
!; Water 1 gallo
i Directions. Place arsenic an
a salsoda in vessel containing on
s gallon of hot water and boil for
IS minutes, or until it is dissolved
S Put the liquid in jug, cork it u
|. and label it Poison in the plain
n est manner, and lock it up unit
a needed.
d Use one pint of this liquid t
e each so gallons of water, adding
IL pounds of quick lime, Stacked i
'e water, before using.
e Note. For the last spraying us
;, pounds of salsoda in preparin
h the arsenic and use l quart of gil
II cose to each so gallons of the sprs
ISL instead of lime. This is advis,
:, able in order to avoid having
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