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PREPARATION OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE Quantities required for four gallons: — 4 ozs. Bluestone 5 ½ ozs. Hydrated Lime 4 gallons water Preparation: Dissolve bluestone in 2 pints of hot water in an earthenware or wooden vessel. Mix the hydrated lime to a thin paste in 2 pints of cold water. When bluestone is dissolved, add 3 ½ gallons of cold water, and then mix in the lime with the bluestone solution, stirring rapidly. Bordeaux must be used within 8 hours after mixing. All quantities given in this spray programme are for 4 gallons of spray.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58

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PREPARATION OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58

PREPARATION OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58

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