. Diseases of economic plants. Plant diseases. Historical 5 ment of mildew on peaches. It should be mixed with soap- suds and then applied by dashing it violently against the trees by means of a rose syringe;" thus advocating a rem- edy which, modified, is still prominent for this class of diseases. The aggressiveness of several plant diseases in Europe between 1878 and 1882, particular^ the downy-mildew upon the grape, which, about 1878, had invaded Europe. Fig. 2. — Millardet, 1838-1902, father of the Bordeaux mixture. Professor at the Univer- sity of Bordeaux. from America, stimulated
. Diseases of economic plants. Plant diseases. Historical 5 ment of mildew on peaches. It should be mixed with soap- suds and then applied by dashing it violently against the trees by means of a rose syringe;" thus advocating a rem- edy which, modified, is still prominent for this class of diseases. The aggressiveness of several plant diseases in Europe between 1878 and 1882, particular^ the downy-mildew upon the grape, which, about 1878, had invaded Europe. Fig. 2. — Millardet, 1838-1902, father of the Bordeaux mixture. Professor at the Univer- sity of Bordeaux. from America, stimulated a search in the former country for effective spraying mixtures. Trials of many chemicals were made, but it was left to accident to suggest, and to the genius of Millardet, of Bordeaux, France, to perfect, the happy combination of lime and bluestone that we now know as Bordeaux mixture. It was customary in certain vineyards to sprinkle a few rows of grapevines near the road with a mixture of milk of Kme and bluestone to give. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stevens, Frank Lincoln, 1871- [from old catalog]; Hall, John Galentine, 1870- [from old catalog] joint author. New York, The Macmillan company
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