. 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. 84 CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. ing 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 remedy. It may l?e made as fol- 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
. 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. 84 CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. ing 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 remedy. It may l?e made as fol- 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 pemlanent. 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 difficult 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 Eibes), which causes the leaves to fall prematurely in Jaly or August. The Bor- deaux mixture mentioned un- der the head of the strawber- ry is probably the best pre- ventive, but should be used quite early in the spring —Carrafit Borer (Aegeria Hpuii- again after the crop is gath- formi.^) A, winged moth; B grown , ^, ,. ^f^,, caterpillar; C, pupa; D, stem split ered. If used just before the open to show caterpillar inside and fruit is ripe it will badly dis- an empty pupoi skin above. figure it. A^arieties.—There are not so many varieties of the currant offered in the nurser
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