Hand-Book of the Sulphur-Cure, As Applicable to the Vine Disease in America, And Diseases of Apple And Other Fruit Trees
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The Second Period begins with the opening of the blossoms — the time, according to Mares' s rule, for giving the first stated sulphuring. It should be done while blossoming is at the height, and certainly be- fore any of the more precocious vines have got through and begun to form their fruit. The first stated sulphuring, whether performed before blos- soms open, as De la Yergne directs, or after they are open, as Mares directs, should be a complete one, covering the whole vine except old wood,... regardless of the presence or absence of mildew, and should be performed with a bellows. In the case of Norton's Seedlings, or other varieties peculiarly sensitive to sul- phur, some of the mixtures before mentioned might be used, or, what might do better and be equally safe, very fine sulphur, thinly but thoroughly spread, as has been said before. All other sulphurings might be confined to the fruit-bunches alone, unless other parts be actually D2 82 The Sulphur-Cure. mildewed, or the signal vines show them to be on the point of being attacked, in either of which two last cases the whole vine, in all its parts, should receive a sulphuring.
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