Re: Crazy Veggie Tip

**"* C* <d*@gmail.com>**

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From: Doreen Howard Subject: Re: [GWL] Crazy Veggie Tip

>I think the man was a bit confused.  Copper sulfate is commonly sprayed on
>apple trees to kill worms and their larvae.  But, in the 1950's, you never
>know what they did~ :-)

He is confused only about the particular compound.  What he was doubtless 
thinking of was Paris green, a common arsenic pesticide used widely 
(sometimes mixed with lead arsenate) in the first half of the (now) last 
century. It's organic.

D 

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