ORCHARD WORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 3

ORCHARD WORK.

I WINTER SPRAYING. , ITS IMPORTANCE. , It has come to bo recognised by Hie most • up-to-date orchardists that, spraying fruit 1 trees in winter and early spring is a vital ! necessity, if the best returns are to be I obtained. It is when the trees .Ire in a \ dormant condition, and before the buds [ burst iu spring that the utmost efforts • should be devoted to destroying the insect > pests and the fungous growths which pro- • duco such heavy losses to the fruitgrower. , Too much emphasis cannot bo laid upon the importance of this winter spraying, and the best men advise not only spray-1 ing in the winter itself, but also in the ' early spring, just beforo the buds begin to ' burst, as it ensures a larger amount of spray on the trees during the' early summer, and thus destroys any fungous . growths or any young scales from adults ~ which may have escaped destruction. This II continued action of the spray is perhaps [; quito as important as its first effect. It d has been amply demonstrated not only >• on all the great experimental stations and _ fruit farms of the United States of America j and Australasia, but throughout the '" Dominion as well, that SHKRWIN-WIL-MAMS' LIME SULFUR, SOLUTION is tho most reliable and satisfactory spray for winter and early spring, because it , POSSESSES Till: HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF INSIXTICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL EFFECTIVENESS. Abundant '• experienco has shown that Sherwiu-Wil _, Hams' Lime Sulfur Solution is a most effective remedy in the control of San Jose Scale, Peach Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, ~ Scurfy Scale, etc. It also is effective in i. destroying the winter eggs of the aphides, I which*affect tho foliage of the apple. It 1 also destroys the eggs of the pear tree j psylla, which are deposited on tho trees very early in the season by over-wintering '• adults, 'it also destroys tli 0 pear leaf | blister mite, which passes tho winter under 3 | bud scales of the pear and apple, and ' ' attacks the expanding foliage in the spring. ' J The eggs of the red spider and other mites are also destroyed. If applied before (he - buds open it effectually controls the leaf , | curl and die-back in the peach and ' I nectarine, as well as applo and pear ' scab, brown rot, and black spot. The ' yheiwin-Williams' Lime Sulfur Solution is II i put up iu reputed quart bottles, one-gallon and live-gallon tins, and 50-gallon casks, and is sold by storekeepers and seedsmen everywhere If you are interested, send for free booklet, " It Pays to Spray 1915," ~ to Sharland and Co., Ltd., Lome Stieot. 1 . Auckland, who a,-o the New Zealand ayenu.