. Diseases of economic plants. Plant diseases. 118 Diseases of Economic Plants of the gooseberry. It has quite prohibited the cultivation of the finer sorts of Enghsh gooseberries in America and is a grave menace to the culture of gooseberries in Europe. Its destructiveness is due not alone to injury to the fohage, bush, and to the fruit yield, but also to lack in. Fig. 59. — Stages at which spraying should be given for mildew. After Close. salability, owing to the unsightliness of the partially diseased fruits. This powdery-mildew has been very successfully combated by use of potassium sulfid
. Diseases of economic plants. Plant diseases. 118 Diseases of Economic Plants of the gooseberry. It has quite prohibited the cultivation of the finer sorts of Enghsh gooseberries in America and is a grave menace to the culture of gooseberries in Europe. Its destructiveness is due not alone to injury to the fohage, bush, and to the fruit yield, but also to lack in. Fig. 59. — Stages at which spraying should be given for mildew. After Close. salability, owing to the unsightliness of the partially diseased fruits. This powdery-mildew has been very successfully combated by use of potassium sulfid, 1 ounce to 2 gallons of water, or lime-sulfur, spraying five or six times. This treatment has been known to reduce the percentage of mildewed fruits from sixty-three on the untreated Ijushes to eighteen on the treated bushes. The proper time to spray is indicated in the. 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, 1871-1934; Hall, John Galentine, 1870-. New York, Macmillan
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