Insects and Diseases Injurious to Fruit-Growers about Masterton.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4826, 15 September 1894, Page 2

Insects and Diseases Injurious to Fruit-Growers about Masterton.

■•' 7"~" "' .''. •■• ! "".''.>!-iisK , After the codlin moth (earj»MM»'>if| pomonclk) is mildew. -It is some and bad fungus growth. Mme say; : ;i3§ it ; is generated in the earth, the result of i"|y| too much moisturo- at tho'r6ofy-,and;s;f thence to communicate itself generally Over' the tree. It is worst in" damp, muggy seasons. There aro sqvcral leto. .\ivS of mildew troublesome to tho iqie," tree. : T%l That ! wliich■• attacks storio :! the mildow [oidiitm eri/sephids); the/; worst about _the district of tcrton is that which attacks tho grape ";.jm vine, mildew (oidimnTiickeri),. which,- 'S s ; will cover tho fruit : so as. to .renderiQss useless.' Many persons sheop -dip and other poisonous" r'fe liquids chiefly ttscd by amateiire, wUcJp'i£;|v generally encourage at tho root of the tree, numbers of vines. ?:£lfl are ruthlessly destroyed, without.tnow, ledge, and others throivft hnck' years" prpdnctiyeness j: the - ~ssm small and, useless for dossec, and S'tit] sour and mt ripe cnoui{li,ifpr(makiiig''-;'.t3vjj wine. I can, remember working for a : 'MI cortaiiiMrß—-minis district,'about : tMI twenty years agb/'whchorieHff'his ':?S| vines'jras hndly aft'eoted witlf<ftildow (oidivm Tackeri)', When' asked >|S employer. what I-iyas going, to do; to it, I tojd hun I did jidt know, ivliotto do, so he told mcT had-bettcr prune it,and not let it bo such onoyosore. :The V VAi| working gardener of twenty or thirty •■' '. ■" -'M years ago did' not knowonc third tho' ':. .'.-. ■■-sij amateur gardener docs at the present' : 'i£?; time. Tho mildew may be stopped at ; *y ; .'# tho root of the tree by; draining, and by x *u?'?l digging-in limo,nhd tho tree should have :'£■. W; plenty of warmth and moisturo, but; : sulphur; is tho popular and invariably; used remedy., Tho remedy of covering' 'V;£5 grapes with sulplmr is nearly as bad as' :,. ■/ tho disease. ; One of tho.bcst mixtures I ! Imvefouud,andwln'ehisslilluscdinotlior . >.;; colonics whoro grapes aro grown toper. -\i% fection, may be mado. by beating to- - ''.v*; gpthcrlialf a pound of sulphur; a : qiuuv.V ; terof alb of soft soap, and two minces. of popper,stirred into two gallons-it: j' ':&% i water and let boil for twenty mmutls,v ■\-;i ; ;j thickon it withlimo until "it is thick ''t ehbugh to lay on in a coat like paint,'. %ti i and stir in soot enough to: make it a ; \v; . pale slate color, that it maybe less of '.•': !an eyesore upon tho trees thau glaring v .';:; white would ue. Iu travelling through .; : - . America and tho colonies, I have never • i ■ seen tho family of scale insects :,:v: [ (coccus) so bad as they , aro in ';-! [ New Zealand. This pest will rob the y • leaves and stenis of their juices, aud in £/■% [ time will kill what they attack if thoy ; : £ . aro left undisturbed. Thoy stick close :t; .to tho braucheslike oblong scales, The . !,■ 1 females aro stationary, but theninlo : '.j i insect has wings, which aro almost too ■ .j-f . minute to see with tho naked eye! Tho V S i best remedy is to use the same mixture . as prescribed for grape vines. The!-, insects which injure fruit trees"aro ..."; p almost too numerous to nnmo-they are, '; [ iu fact, legion. Thoso which attack the trunk of the tree are perhaps the I dcstriictivo nlid tho most powerful.; . ■"'' '?