ORCHARD WORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15686, 13 August 1914, Page 10

ORCHARD WORK.

.'WINTER SPRAYING. i, ITS IMPORTANCE. It has come to be recognised by the most up-to-date orchardists that spraying fruit trees in winter and early spring is a vital necessity, if the best returns aro to be obtained. It is when the trees are in a dormant condition, and before the buds burst in spring that the utmost efforts should be devoted to destroying tho insect pests and tho fungous growths which produce such heavy losses to the fruitgrower, 100 much emphasis cannot bo laid upon tho importance of this winter spraying, and tho best men advise not only spraying in the winter itself, but also in the early spring, just before tho buds begin to burst, as it ensures a larger amount of spray on tho trees during the early summer, and thus destroys any fungous growths or any young scales from adults which may have escaped destruction. This continued action of the spray is perhaps quite as important as its first effect. It has been amply demonstrated not only on all the great experimental stations and fruit farms of the United States of America and Australasia, but throughout tho Dominion as well, that SHERWIN-WIL-LIAMS' LIME SULFUR SOLUTION is the most reliable and satisfactory spray for winter and early spring, because it POSSESSES THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF INSECTICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL EFFECTIVENESS. Abundant ciperienco has shown that Sherwin-Wil liams' Lime Sulfur Solution is a most effective remedy in tho control of Ran Jose Scale, Peach Scale, Oyster Shell Scale Scurfy Scale, etc. It also is effective in destroying the winter eggs of the aphides .which affect the foliage of the apple. It also destroys the eggs of tho pear tree psylla, which are deposited on the trues very early in the season by over-wintering adultß. It also destroys the pear loaf blister mite, which passes tho winter under bud scales of the pear and apple and attacks the expanding foliage in the spring The eggs of the red spider and other mites aro also destroyed. li applied before the .buds open it effectually controls the leaf curl and die-back in the peach and nectarine, as well as apple and pear scab, brown rot, and black spot. The Williams' Lime Sulfur Solution is put up in reputed quart bottles, one-gallon and five-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 1913 " to Sharland and Co., Ltd., Lome Street, Auckland/ who aro the New Zealand