| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Blackberry (cont.) |
| Crown gall |
Large, irregular gall near |
Do not accept new plants |
| |
crown. |
with enlargements at crown |
| |
|
or on roots. |
| Rust |
Orange pustules on under- |
Remove and burn entire |
| |
side of leaves. |
plant. |
| Boston Ivy |
| Japanese beetles |
Leaves chewed to lace. |
Spray with DDT. |
| Leafhoppers |
Foliage whitened. |
Spray with DDT. |
| Leaf spot |
Irregular brown spots, es- |
Spray with copper or Fer- |
| |
pecially on new leaves. |
mate. |
| Boxelder |
| Boxelder bug |
Red and black bug gets |
Spray or dust with chlor- |
| |
into houses from boxelder. |
dane. |
| Boxwood |
| Oystershell scale |
Dark shells on twigs, |
Dormant oil spray. |
| |
leaves. |
|
| Leaf miner |
Blisters in leaves; orange |
Spray with DDT before |
| |
flies. |
flies appear in May. |
| Mites |
Foliage yellow or grayish. |
Spray with Aramite. |
| Boxwood |
Terminal leaves cupped. |
Spray with nicotine in |
| psyllid |
|
June. |
| Meadow nema- |
Plant bronzed, sickly, roots |
Treat soil with parathion. |
| todes |
disintegrated. |
|
| Volutella blight |
Branches dying, salmon- |
Clean out bushes annually; |
| |
pink pustules on twigs, |
spray with 1 to 50 lime- |
| |
leaves. |
sulfur. |
Broccoli, Brussel
Sprouts,
Cabbage,
Cauliflower |
| Cabbage mag- |
Seedlings wilt, white grubs |
Treat soil with calomel or |
| got |
on roots. |
lindane or Carco-X, or use |
| |
|
tar paper square around |
| |
|
seedling. |
| Cabbage worms |
Green caterpillars devour |
Dust with rotenone. |
| |
leaves. |
|
Garden Plants and Their Problems
