. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 393 Red Spiders and Mites Red Spider and Other Mites.—Very bag at the end of a pole. Sulphur sprays minute insects, usually discernible only with have been found most eflfective in control- the aid of a magnifier, sometimes destroy the ling the red spider. The ingredients of the leaves, causing them to lose their color sulphur sprays are as prepared as follows:. Grape leaf showine tha vork of the adoxus beelk-. and health by their inroads upon the leaf surface. The recj spider and yellow mite are conspicuous examples; th
. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 393 Red Spiders and Mites Red Spider and Other Mites.—Very bag at the end of a pole. Sulphur sprays minute insects, usually discernible only with have been found most eflfective in control- the aid of a magnifier, sometimes destroy the ling the red spider. The ingredients of the leaves, causing them to lose their color sulphur sprays are as prepared as follows:. Grape leaf showine tha vork of the adoxus beelk-. and health by their inroads upon the leaf surface. The recj spider and yellow mite are conspicuous examples; they infest nearly all orchard trees, especially the almond, prune, and plum. The eggs of the red spi- der are ruby-red globules, as seen with the magnifier, and are deposited in vast numbers upon the bark of the tree, and leave a red color upon the finger if it is rubbed over them. The eggs are very hard to kill, and treatment is most elifective when applied in the spring and summer after the mites are hatched out. The popular remedy is a thor- ough dusting of the trees with sulphur. On a large scale the sulphur is applied in a cloud by means of a modification of the broad-cast barley sower. On a small scale it may be applied with a bellows as for grape-vines, or shaken from a cheese-cloth Flour Paste.—Take one pound of wheat flour to one gallon of water. Place the fi&ur in a box with a screen bottom (common win- dow screening), and pour the water through it, until all the flour has been washed into the receiving vessel. It will then be finely divided and free from lumps. The mixture should then be brought to the boiling point, being stirred constantly, thus forming a thin paste, without lumps. The paste is conveniently made in 20-gallon lots, using the common 25-gallon kettles so often found on California ranches; if large kettles are not available, the paste can be boiled in less water and then diluted to the above proportions before cooling. The paste should be strain
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