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ir IS MOST TIME'
TO SPRAY THE FRUIT
PERFECT PEACHES AND APPLES
CAN BE SECURED ONLY BY
SPRAYING TREES.
WHEN AND HOW TO SPRAY
State Department of Entomology Telia
What Materials to Uae and
How to Uae Them.
Atlanta, Ga. If you liavn only ono
peach tree or ten tlioiiHond, ami want
perfect fruit, you must npray to get
it Likewise, If you want to get per
feet applet* or tliounamis
of them, spraying witli the proper
materials and at the proper time is
absolutely essential.
And spraying time la about here.
Within ten days or two weeks after
the blooms have fallen from the trees,
the first spraying should be given, and
others should be given as indicated.
There are certain insects and dis
eases which attack the fruit, which
can be controlled in no other way,
State Entomologist K. Us* Worsham
points out; and unless these insects
and diseases are controlled, there can
be no perfect fruit.
Peach growers all over Georgia
should ho getting ready now to fight
the plum curcullo and the brown rot,
Mr. Worsham says, for if they do not
this hug and disease are likely to
claim heavy toll of Georgia's biggest
money making fruit.
Every orchard grower is familiar
with these pests, hut many of those
who have only a few trees and do
not make a study of hugs and other
tilings that affect them, often wonder
why their fruit is wormy and why it
rots on llie trees before it ripens.
The Bug That Makes the Worm.
The plum curcullo is the llttlo bug
that, makes the big fat wormH grow
Inside of the pretty peach, and which
the too eager leeth sometimes strike
before investigating. The brown rot
is a fungus growtli which attacks the
fruit as it approaches muturity and
causes It to rot on the trees before it
is ready to be picked for market The
loss from brown rot lias frequently
been as high as 25 to 50 per cent., and
sometimes as high as 05 per cent.,
where its development Is encouraged
by damp, wet weather.
There is a way to control both these
pests and produce perfect fruit. It
requires a llttlo effort and a small
expense, hut the results are well worth
•It.
The curcullo is controlled by spray
ing with a solution of arsenate of lead
In llie proportion of 2 pounds to 60
gallons of water, to which Is added a
milk of lime solution made from three
pounds of stone lime. The trees should
be sprayed with this solution at least
twice in the spring, the first time just
as the calyces or shucks are shedding,
which will he ordinarily about ten days
or two weeks after the pink blooms
have fallen, and the second time about
two to three weeks later. Weak trees
should never be sprayed more than
twice, but in healthy, vigorous or
chards where the foliage growth Is
dense, three applications are recom
mended. This plan carefully followed
will keep the worms out of the
peaches.
For brown rot independently of cur
t-olio, tliore should be at least two
sprayings witli a home-made lime sul
phur solution which will ho described;
one shortly after the calyces or shucks
have fallen and the other about four
weeks later.
Spraying for Both.
Hut it is usual and most often nec
essary to spray for curcullo and brown
rot at the same time, when three
sprayings are used as follows:
First Spraying. -About the time the
calyces or shucks are shedding, using
solution of 2 pounds arsenate of lead
and 3 pounds stone lime to 50 gal
lons of water.
Second Spraying. About three
weeks later, using self-boiled lime-sul
phur solution and arsenate of lead
combined, in the proportion of 8 pounds
of lime, S pounds of suplpluir and 2
pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gal
lons of water.
Third Spraying. —About four weeks
after the second, using the self-hotled
lime-sulphur solution alone, without
the arsenate of load.
The last spraying for brown rot
should be made at least 30 days before
the fruit ripens.
If the curcullo Is numerous and the
trees are hardy and strong, arsenate of
lead may be added for the third spray
ing
The entomological department be
lieves three sprayings necessary to
get the best results, but fairly good
results have been obtained from two
applications by using the self tolled
lime-sulphur solution witli arsenate of
lead just after the calyces or shucks
have fallen, and a second application
of the same mixture about four weeks
later.
The Lime-Sulphur Solution.
The self-boiled llme-sulpliur prepara
tion should be made with a great deal
of care, as follows: Take 24 pounds
of lime and 2* pounds of surphur; put
the sulphur Into a 50-gallon barrel
and make into a thin paste by slow
ly adding cold water and stirring un
til the sulphur is all moist Stirring
is necessary to prevent sulphur from
lumping. To the sulphur paste add
enough cold water to make si., y*l
lons, then add the liiae SUr well and
add more water as required to keep
the mixture from becoming too thick
r—from four to six gallons. When the
lime is all slacked, which should be
within fiftoen to twenty minutes, stop
further cooking by diluting with cold
water. The mixture should then be
diluted with cold water so as to make
a total of 150 gallons and strained. If
arsenate of lead is to be added, use
6 pounds to 1.50 gallons after diluting
to the required amount. The arsenate
of load should be dissolved in a small
amount of water before being added
to the mixture. If the cooking is not
stopped when the lime Is slacked, the
sulphur will continue to dissolve,
and the mixture may get strong
enough to injure the peach foli
age. What is wanted Is simply a good
mechanical mixture of the lime and
sulphur with as little of the latter
dissolved as possible. The straining
is important and should be carefully
done so as to prevent the nozzles from
clogging while spraying, in straining
all the sulphur should be washed
through If possible.
Protecting the Apples.
The principle enemies against which
apple growers have to fight in Geor
gia are the coddling moth or common
apple worm, apple scab, apple leaf spot
and bitter rot.
The coddling moth is an Insect pest
most extensively found on apple trees
and most destructive. This Insect
is controlled by spraying with a solu
tion of arsenate of lead, practically the
same as witli the peach, though the
best results can be obtained with the
apple only by using a nozzle throwing
a heavy, coarse spray, under high
pressure from 200 to 300 pounds.
This pressure is necessary in order
to force the poisonous spray into the
Inner calyx so that the coddling moth 1
may he killed as it attempts to enter, j
The best results are obtained by |
using two pounds of arsenate of lead
to 50 gallons of water, to which should
be added a milk of lime solution made
of three pounds of atone lime. There
should be at least, two sprayings witli
this mixture; the first within a few
days after the shedding of the bloom
and the second a week or ten days
later than the first.
Fungus Diseases of Apple.
Apple scab and apple leaf spot, de
■tractive fungus diseases seriously af
fectlng the trees and the fruit, are con
trolled by the prepared lime and sul
phur solution spray. The first spraying
should be made with prepared lime and
sulphur solution (not the home-made
kind) at a strength of two gallons to
fifty gallons of water, Just before the
cluster buds open. The second spray
ing should take place within two or
three weeks with the same solution at
a strength of one and one-half gallons
to fifty of water, and the third spray
ing three weeks later at the same
strength. It Is very necessary for both
of these diseases, to apply the first
spraying of lime-sulphur Just before
the cluster buds open and not wait un
til the full leaf crop unfolds, In or
der to insure the best results. By add
ing 2 pounds of arsenate of lead to the
last two sprayings for scab and leaf
spot, the spray will also control the
coddling moth. Fertilization and clean
cultivation will render the tree* more
resistant to these diseases.
Bitter rot is one of the most serious
diseases of tiie apple and is more dif
ficult to control than leaf spot and
scab. It Is a fungus disease that causes
the apples to rot some time before they
are matured, usually beginning in July.
It Is controlled by the prepared lime
and eulphur solution, the same as for
leaf spot and scab, but for the most
effective control of it, Bordeaux mix
ture should be used lato In the season,
from July 1 on. The Bordeaux mixture
should not be used early In the season
because it is liable to injure the young
and tender apples. There should be
two of three applications of Bordeaux
at intervals of two or three weeks.
The Bordeaux mixture is made by
dissolving three or four pounds of cop
per sulphate (Milestone) In a wooden
vessel containing twenty-live gallons
of Water. The bluestone should be
placed in a bag and suspended in the
water so that it will Just be submerged.
In another vessel four pounds of lime
should be slacked by adddlng a little
w ater at a time. Then strain the lime
and dilute to 25 gallons with water
Then pour the two mixtures together,
letting them mix as they fall into the
receiving vessel. If arsenate of lead
Is to be added, it should be put In
last.
Where only one or two trees are to be
sprayed a small hand spray may be
used, though with this the work is
naturally slower and more tedious. In
the larger orchards barrel pumps hold
ing fifty gallons are generally employ
ed, while in many of the big commer
cial orchards gasoline pumps are com
ing more and more into use.
The principal object of this article
is to direct the attention of the peach
and apple grower to the fact that
spraying time is about here, and if
perfect fruit is sought, the methods
described must be followed carefully,
according to the necessities in each
case. The state department of ento
mology will be glad to furnish detailed
information concerning these matters,
whether you have only one tree or a
big orchard; and in certain cases will
be able to make personal visits to
commercial orchards to ililustrate the
methods that should be used.
Repairing High Monument.
A well-known London steeplejack
named Larkins has been engaged to
repair the monument to the first
Puke of Sutherland, on the top ol
Ben Vraggie (Sutherlaudshire), 1,300
feet above the sea. The statue is S3
feet high and is on a column of solid
masonry 90 feet high. It takes the
men two hours to climb to work, and
they have to ’down tools” before
dusk to allow of a descent In day*
Wit
BANKS Cl PUTT fOPtfUL, HOMM.GA., APRIL 2, 1914
Maysville Locals
(Prom Our Regular Cnrrerqinmlem.)
Miss Silvey Smith, one of out
most attractive young ladies, who
is a studeut at Shorter College,
was with home folks and friends a
few days this week.
Little Miss Sara Henderson who
lives with her grand parents near
Gillesville, spent the week-end
with her father and sister here.
Mrs. J. A. Hill, of Homer, is
here at the bedside of her grand,
son, Jesse Blackwell, who has been
(|nite sick from measles and pneu
monia for several days.
Miss Claude Reynolds, of
Gainesville, was a recent visitor
here.
We are glad to l>e able to state
that Mrs. C. A. Meeks, who has
been sick for a few days is very
much better.
Mr. Aubry Hnddath, the pop
ular cashier of the hank at Hrnith
yilie, Ga. was with homefolks here
a few days this week.
Mr. Bob Sheridan, who is mak
ing his home in the Southern part
of the state, visited his little daugh
ters and other relations here this
week.
Miss Lillian Stepßens has charge
of the pupils in the primary
grades in the abseencc of Miss
Tressie Hill who has been seriously
ill (or the past two weeks.
Mr. George Deadwyler, a former
resident of our little city, but now
a prosperous business man of Chi
cage, 111., was shaking hands with
old friends here the lirst of the
week.
Among those who attended the
Sunday School < ’onventiou at Gil Is
ville Sunday were Mrs. Arthur
Smith and children, Itcv. and Mrs.
J. J. Kimscy, Miss Mattie Kim
scy, Mrs. Kva Griffin and Mr.
Floyd Parks and children.
Miss N'annie Barber, our lovely
little telephone operator, spent the
week-end with friends in Com
rnerce. ?
Mrs. Jeff Cox, who has lieen in
very bad health for several months
went to Philadelphia last week
where she w ill enter a hospital for
treatment.
Mr. C. W. McCurdy made a bus
iness trip to Atlanta Monday.
The Baraca PhUathea convention
held in Athens on the ‘l9th and
UOth was in every way a great suc
cess. Marshall A. Hudson of
Syracuse, N. Y. the founder of the
Union was present. The delegates
from the classes here were Mrs.
Kobt. Carr, Miss Inez. Suddath,
Miss Mae Wood, Miss Sallie -Mil
ler, and Messrs. Hugh Wood,
Roger Meeks, Harry Boone, John
Miller and Howe ('handler.
Miss Lillie Smith had as her
guests for the week-end, a trio of
attractive young lady cousins.
They were Misses Montine Bryan,
of Belltou, Nell and Gussie Mae
Bryan, of (lillsville.
Miss Lula McKee spent a few
days this we<*k in Commerce as
the guest of Mrs. R. L. Nix.
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