The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New ...

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MONROE COUNTY
SPRAYING CALENDAR
PLANT
FIBST
APPLICATION
SECONB
APPLICATION
APPLE
{Scab, rot, rust, codling
moth, bud moth, tent caterpillar,
canker worm, curculio,
etc.)
ASPARAGUS
{Rust, beetles.)
BEAN
{Anthracnose, leaf blight,
weevil, etc.)
CABBAGE
{Worms, lice, maggots,
etc.)
CELERY
{Blight, rot, leaf spot,
rust, caterpillars.)
CHERRY
(Rot, aphis, slug, curculio,
black knot, leaf blight, or
spot, etc.)
CURRANT
GOOSEBERRY
{Worms, leaf blight.)
GRAPE
{Fungous diseases/ Rosebugs,
lice, flea, beetle, leaf
hopper, etc.)
MELONS
CUCUMBERS
{Mildew, rot, blight, striped
bugs, lice, flea beetle, etc.)
PEACH
{Rot, mildew, leaf curl,
curculio, etc.)
PEAR AND QUINCE ....
{Leaf blight, scab, psylla,
codling moth, blister mite,
slugs, etc.)
PLUM {Curculio, black knot, leaf
blight, brown rot, etc.)
POTATO
{Flea beetle, Colorado
beetle, blight rot, etc.)
TOMATO
{Rot, blight, etc.)
When buds are swelling,
but before they open, Bordeaux.
Cut off all shoots below
surface regularly until about
July 1st.
Treat the 6eed before
planting with bisulphide of
carbon. (See remarks.)
When third leaf expands,
Bordeaux.
Pyrethrum or insect powder.
Half strength Bordeaux on
young plants in hotbed or
seedbed.
As buds are breaking,
Bordeaux; when aphis appear,
tobacco solution or
kerosene emulsion.
At first appearance of
worms, hellebore.
In spring, when buds
swell, Bordeaux.
Bordeaux, when vines hegin
to run.
As the buds swell, Bordeaux.
As buds are swelling,
Bordeaux.
When buds are swelling,
Bordeaux.
Spray with Paris green
and Bordeaux when about
4 in. high.
When plants are 6 in.
high, Bordeaux.
If canker worms are abundant
just before blossoms
open, Bordeaux-arsenical
mixture.
After cutting ceases, let
the shoots grow and spray
them with Bordeaux-arsenical
mixture.
10 days later, Bordeaux.
7-10 days later, repeat.
Bordeaux, after plants are
transplanted to field. (Pyrethrum
for caterpillars if
necessary.)
When blossoms drop, Bordeaux-arsenical
mixture.
10 days later, hellebore.
Bordeaux if leaf blight is
feared.
Just before flowers unfold,
Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
10-14 days repeat. (Note:
Always use half strength
Bordeaux on watermelon
vines.)
When fruit has set, repeat.
Jar trees for curculio.
Just before blossoms open,
Bordeaux. Kerosene emulsion
when leaves open for
psylla, if needed.
When blossoms have fallen,
Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
Begin to jar trees for curculio.
Repeat before insects become
numerous.
Repeat in 10-14 davs.
(Fruit can be wiped if disfigured
by Bordeaux.)
NOTE.—For San Jose scale on trees and shrubs, spray with the lime-sulphur mixture In
autumn after leaves fall, or (preferably) in early spring, before buds start. The lime-sulphur
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