. Garden profits, big money in small plots. Vegetable gardening. i88 GARDEN PROFITS run without the use of a good spray pump. Watch for blight, insects and pests of all kinds and spray all the vegetables that are subject to blight with Bordeaux mixture twice during June. If the weather is either very dry or excessively wet, spray every week. Do not wait for the blight to show itself, as in most cases it is then too late. For eating insects of all kinds, poison must be used. I always mix the poison with the Bordeaux, which helps it to stick to the plant. Be careful when. In this convenient type
. Garden profits, big money in small plots. Vegetable gardening. i88 GARDEN PROFITS run without the use of a good spray pump. Watch for blight, insects and pests of all kinds and spray all the vegetables that are subject to blight with Bordeaux mixture twice during June. If the weather is either very dry or excessively wet, spray every week. Do not wait for the blight to show itself, as in most cases it is then too late. For eating insects of all kinds, poison must be used. I always mix the poison with the Bordeaux, which helps it to stick to the plant. Be careful when. In this convenient type of rortable spraying outfit, the tank, which hangs over the hip, holds about twelve Quarts. Occasional strokes ol the pump-plunger maintain a steady, fine spray for several minutes at a time using this; do not spray it on well-advanced vege- tables, such as cabbage which has headed. If cabbage worms are troublesome after the heads have attained any size, I usually pick them off by hand. For aphis, use any of the tobacco prepara- tions as a spray; but above all, keep the Bordeaux going, as it is the greatest of all garden 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 Seymour, E. L. D. (Edward Loomis Davenport), 1888-. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & company
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