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Lime and sulfur, an effective spray for San Jose scale. Left side of tree sprayed, right side unsprayed. In orchard of Ermon Shippey, Youngstown

Title: An apple orchard survey of Niagara County New York ..
Identifier: appleorchardsurv00cumm (find matches)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Cummings, Marshall Baxter, 1876- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Apples; Fruit-culture
Publisher: (Ithaca, N. Y. , The University)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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3o8 Bulletin 262. cent of the orchards are more or less infested. The records show that within these bounds only forty-three orchards have been sprayed with sokitions to kill the scale. Lime and sulfur has been used more than any other spray, although Scalecide and crude oil have been tried with some degree of success in about one-third of the orchards. Observa- tions, however, tend to show that lime and sulfur should be adopted
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Fig. 37.— Lime and sidjiir, an effective spray for San Jose scale. Left side of tree sprayed, right side itnsprayed. In orchard of Ermon Shippey, Youngstoivn as the standard spray for scale. The formula for lime and sulfur now recommended for use is: Lime 20 pounds Sulfur (flour or flowers) 15 pounds Water 50 gallons The preparation of this mixture involves careful attention to several particulars. The essentials briefly stated are as follows: Take the total quantity of sulfur to be used and make a thick paste with water. Heat in a cooking receptacle about one-third of the quantity of water required. When this water is hot, add all the lime and all the sulfur

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