The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-04

>isSS1 and this is essen
s&$2aa524A AN tial to the making
NJ Nnr.ey of a good crop
for the early los
OF the leaves certainly cuts the croT
short. For this use the Bordeaux mix
ture made as | have directed Then we
can accomplish both the protection
from blight and the killing of the potato
bugs by using with this a pound OF
lead arsenate to thirty gallons OF the
mixture The Norfolk growers very
commonly use Paris green in water
for praying, and few OF them seem TO
use the Bordeaux mixture. l prefer
the lead arscnate, as il is less apt TO
injure the foliage than Paris green,
and the Norfolk growers use entirely
too much Paris green One large
grower there told me that he had used
a ton and a half of Paris green in one
season.
have also used Paris green mixed
in -four. one part to seventy parts OF
-four. and busted this on the plants.
This is more troublesome. but is cf
fective. as il sticks better to the
leaves than a spray.
Spraying Tomatoes.
In the section of the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland where | live the tomato
crop for canning is very important
one Nearly every farmer plants
field In tomatoes 10 sell TO the can
ming factories. And every season l
note that the first fruits are good. ana
then the leaf blight comes in and the
plants lose their leaves, and the re-
msinder OF the crop is very much re-
duced in quality and quantity. The
growers Will have 10 spray with the
Eord eaux mixture If they are TO make
the best crops. All spraying should
be used as a preventive rather than
a cure. After the disease is plentiful.
II is much harder TO stop il than il
the spraying was done earlier. The
tomato plants. either in garden or
field. should be regularly SPRAYED
with Bordeaux mixture as soon as they
start off in the open ground, and the
spraying should be repeated every ten
DAYS till the fruit is half grown For
this spraying the lead arsenate should
also be mixed with the Bordeaux to
destroy the boil worms and the big
green larvae that eat the leaves. The
Bordeaux mixture will prevent the
leaf blight. and, to a great extent, the
rot in the fruit.
EEE Plants.
These are subject to the same dis
cases as the tomato. and should be
sprayed in the same way. and the po-
iato bugs are as bad on them as on
the potatoes. and the lead arsenate
should also be used TO destroy them.
The same spraying is needed on the
cucumbers and melons to prevent the
mildew and rust on the leaves. and to
destroy the pickle worms that. espe-
c!ally in the South eat holes in Inc
young fruits and destroy them y
Mississippi correspondent recently
wrote me tina, he did not get a cucum
Der or canteloupe last season DO
cause OF these worms Where tho
mildew is not prevalent, the lead ar
senate. one pound in thirty gallons of
water with A pound OF glucose mixed
in it. Will he very effective against
the pickle worm If used in time The
sam M mixture is also effective in de-
stroying the rose chafer OF rose bug
that often comes in great swarns ana
cats the roses and grapes.
Spraying Grapes
The worst trouble with grapes in
Virginia is the black rot AS | have
oeiorr suggested. the Bordeaux mix
iure should be used first before any
growth starts, and all trash and prun-
ings burnt up. Then repeat tho spray
ING every ten days till the grapes are
fully half grown. But do not spray
when the vines arc in bloom AS you
may qrSlrOE the flowers The Ecv-
s deaux mixturc sbou,d also ~ eso
! freely on the roses early in the SEA-
Sson t. ,rovcn- ne ,,,,id:,, ~
: ular crimson ,amhl.r ross !. XXX
tly subject r. ihis dis.s go 80,
regular spravinr RI De,a .a.'u '.' -,
lure can now be.bouSh, in a dry form
nat VIII save the trouble Of making
1T Most OF the secosmen sell this and
lolher spraying materials. Spraying is
,t,h, 'hPo' 'aht IN me NeSe-
r 'ap!e ana mower garden as IN the or
v'"Io' "u' II must he understood tina:
spray WITH materials like the Bor-
oeduA mixture to prevent fungus dis
eaSts' hut foi the Insects we must
add poisons.
10 harm car be one by using PARIS
q green o. lead arsenate on cabbarcs -
: destroy the green worms. 70, the q,
( bage heads forms from the inside bud
and the poison does not gc, into ,he
d head, but onlv on the o,t,c la.,o.
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q NH "I"hs me Norfolk Southern
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