[Fruit culture] . Pig. 53. Fig. 54 66 § 6 APPLE PESTS AND INJURIES 67 the blossoms open, with a Bordeaux mixture of a strength of4-4-50, and again just after the blossoms fall with litne-sulphurof a specific gravity of from to , or with a 2-3-50 Bor-deaux mixture. In some sections where scab is very prevalentit may be necessary to spray again within 2 or 3 weeks, usingeither the weak Bordeaux mixture or the weak lime-sulphur. 64. Pink Rot.—Apples that are infested with apple scabare very likely to be infested during autumn, especially if theweather is wet and muggy, with a mold that
[Fruit culture] . Pig. 53. Fig. 54 66 § 6 APPLE PESTS AND INJURIES 67 the blossoms open, with a Bordeaux mixture of a strength of4-4-50, and again just after the blossoms fall with litne-sulphurof a specific gravity of from to , or with a 2-3-50 Bor-deaux mixture. In some sections where scab is very prevalentit may be necessary to spray again within 2 or 3 weeks, usingeither the weak Bordeaux mixture or the weak lime-sulphur. 64. Pink Rot.—Apples that are infested with apple scabare very likely to be infested during autumn, especially if theweather is wet and muggy, with a mold that grows on the scabbyspots; at first it is white, but later turns pink. The skin aroundand the flesh under the pink miold turns brown and brown spots increase in size rapidly and the market valueof the apples is soon destroyed. An apple badly infested withpink rot is shown in Fig. 53. Pink rot follows apple scab and by successfully spraying forapple scab the orchardist will have no losses from pink rot ofapples
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