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_ 34 Bulletin N0. 11,7. A . ·
· SCALE.—Spray after pruning, in winter, with the lime- _
sulphur wash. Or else spray with strongsoap solution 1%
p pounds of laundry soap in a gallon of water. .
ANTHRACNOSE.—After pruning in winter, spray the
vines thoroughly with Bordeaux mixture. Spray again as
~ soon as the fruit is set, and once again in midsummer. ‘ l
BLACK ROT. —Spray as directed under anthracnose.
. Where only a few vines are to be treated it is practicable —to
enclose the bunches early in the season with paper sacks,
securing them, with a pin, about the stem at its attachment
to the vine. Splendid bunches may be secured in this way. ~
M1LDEW.—Spray as directed under anthracnose.
LETTUGE
APHIs.—In cold frames and hothouses fumigate with V
concentrated tobacco extract (40 per cent.), using 0.60 ounce
of extract in 1.25 ounce of water for each thousand cubic feet
enclosed, and producing the fumes by dropping a piece of hot
iron into the pan containing the fluid.
Out of doors, use the weaker extract, (3 per cent.), as a l
spray. _ .
- ROT.——In doors this must be controlled by underdrain- (
age, by avoiding the use of too much water in the house, by
` care in ventilation and in keeping the proper temperature
(about 70 to 80 degrees F.); ` ·
MELON. · ’ - \
STRIPED BEETLE.-—This insect attacks the young plants l
as it does those of cucumber and cantaloup. Spray the
plants with arsenate of lead, 2.5 pounds in 50 gallons of
water. Or make wooden frames with cheese cloth tacked
over the tops and keep them over the plants until the latter
get a start.
OATS. ‘
GREEN FLY.—~Spray in the early spring with tobacco ex-
tract, or coal-oil emulsion, using preferably a compressed-
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