. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 282 Insect Pests. full value the bushes should be sprayed twice at au interval of aliout ten days, so as to kill any young which may have escaped from the later eggs. The paraffin jelly mentioned may be made as follows :— I', 5 gallons ; soft soap, <S lljs. ; boil together, and when boiling add aliout one pint of water, and then well stir. This becomes a jelly when cold, and 10 to 11 lbs. of which are added tij 40 gallons of crater. The above amounts mak
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 282 Insect Pests. full value the bushes should be sprayed twice at au interval of aliout ten days, so as to kill any young which may have escaped from the later eggs. The paraffin jelly mentioned may be made as follows :— I', 5 gallons ; soft soap, <S lljs. ; boil together, and when boiling add aliout one pint of water, and then well stir. This becomes a jelly when cold, and 10 to 11 lbs. of which are added tij 40 gallons of crater. The above amounts make about 160 gallons of wash. This Ibrmula, used by Mr. Ballard of I'invin, will be lound quite one of the best for this purpose, and also kills tlie ISrown Scale at the same time. SLUGS (AgrioJiu arjrrsi!,, Unn.) DAMAGING GOOSE- BERRIES. Some three or four years ago, Mr. John TJiley wrutr regarding the damage to young gooseberries by slugs, but as he wn=: unable to have any caught, the exact cause remained in iloubt unlil I'.Mii;.. Slugs liaAe since been found to eat the liase of the calvx, and then gi:> on to another gooseberry ; the gooselierries thus atlacked die and fall off (Fig. 1'.I4). Mr. Piiley's manager, visiting ]->\-esliani, found thai in one garden the whole (if the crop was destniyed, scarcelv a gnoseberrv being unbitten. This attack in that neighbuurhood liad lieen pnt down to Irost. Mr. IJileysays: " We had a very bad attack on two ur three. 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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