Garden foes : insect, animal and fungoid pests injurious to fruit and vegetable crops, hardy plants, trees, shrubs and greenhouse plants, with all the latest remedies for their eradication / by T.W. Sanders.

  • Thomas William Sanders
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: Garden foes : insect, animal and fungoid pests injurious to fruit and vegetable crops, hardy plants, trees, shrubs and greenhouse plants, with all the latest remedies for their eradication / by T.W. Sanders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    26. Sulphate Of Copper._A good fungicide to bpidy lose trees witli m winter as a pi'eventive of Mildew, tjiack bpot, and liose-leaf Scorch: Copper sulphate l v: 2^1. Place the sulphate in a coarse bag and suspend it in a wocxlen, not a metal, pail until it has dissolved. Uses.—For mildew on roses, etc. Time to Apply.—Winter, when growth is dormant. 27. Lime - Sulphur Spray.__An American fungicide said to be most efficacious in checking Apple and Pear Scab, Leaf Spot, Mildew, etc Flowers of sulphur 1 jp Quicklime 15 lb Water 50 gal. Place the lime in a wooden barrel or tub, pour three gallons of boiling water over it, then add the sulphur and three more gallons of boiling water. Cover the barrel or tub with a sack, when the mixture will boil of its own accord for twenty minutes. Stir occasionally during that time. As soon as the boiling ceases add water to make up to 50 gallons, then strain through a sieve having 20 meshes to the square inch, to remove the large particles of lime, but not the suljihur. Uses. — See remarks above. Time to Apply. — Spring or summer. 28. Flowers of Sulphur—An old and excellent remedy for mildew indoors or out. Apply at any time by means of a dredger, bellows, or distributor, to the foliage. On no account hum sulphur under glass, or the fumes will destroy vegetation. 29. Iron Sulph3.fo Solution.—An excellent fungi- cide for spraying walls, beds, etc., of greenhouses in which diseased tomatoes have been grown:
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