. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. 34 CUKKANTS AND GOOSEBBBKIBS. iug the foliage with tobacco water made by steeping the raw leaf or stems in hot water until it is the color of strong tea. Kerosene emulsion is also a very excellent It may be made as ^.ol- lows: Soft soap, one quart; hard soap (preferably whale-oil soap) one-fourth pound; two quarts hot water, and one pint kerosene. Stir thoroughly until all are permanently mixed, then add two quarts more of wa
. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. 34 CUKKANTS AND GOOSEBBBKIBS. iug the foliage with tobacco water made by steeping the raw leaf or stems in hot water until it is the color of strong tea. Kerosene emulsion is also a very excellent It may be made as ^.ol- lows: Soft soap, one quart; hard soap (preferably whale-oil soap) one-fourth pound; two quarts hot water, and one pint kerosene. Stir thoroughly until all are permanently mixed, then add two quarts more of water. A force pump will be found the best thing to mix it with, and the mixture should be forced through the pump back into the receptacle containing it many times in order to make it permanent. In using this mixture its strength may have to be varied a little to suit the plant or the aphis. In fighting these in- sects it is very important to commence as soon as the first are seen, as they often increase with great rapidity. On account of the position of the leaves these lice are very difflcult to get at with a spray, and on their first appearance the infested foliage should be destroyed. It is sometimes most practi- cable to dip the branches into the emulsion. Diseases.—There are sev- eral fungi that attack the fol- iage of the currant. Perhaps the most common is the rust {Septosia Bibes), which causes the leaves to fall prematurely in July or August. The Bor- deaux mixture mentioned un- der the heafl of the strawber- ry is probably the best pre- ventive, but should be used quite early in the spring and Fig. m.—Currant Borer (Aegeria tipuli- again after the crop is gath- {«™fl;„f' ^f'^^-^^.T^^' fti^%m ered. If used just before the open to show calerpUlar inside and fruit is ripe it will badly dis- an empty pupce skin above. figure it- Varieties.—There are not so many varieties of the currant offered in the nursery catalogues as of most other cultivated fruits, but st
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