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Fungicide for control of scab on apple, blossom blight and brown rot on stone fruit and Botrytis bunch rot on grapes.

USE ONLY ON APPLE, STONE FRUIT AND GRAPES.
DO NOT USE VANGARD 75WG FUNGICIDE ON CHERRIES.
DO NOT APPLY BY AIR STORE IN A DRY PLACE.

DECONTAMINATION AND DISPOSAL
For information on disposal of unused, unwanted product, contact the manufacturer or the provincial regulatory agency. Contact the manufacturer and the provincial regulatory agency in case of a spill, and for clean up of spills.

CONTAINER DISPOSAL:
FOR DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC JUGS:
Do not reuse this container for any purpose. This is a recyclable container, and is to be disposed of at a container collection site. Contact your local distributor/dealer or municipality for the location of the nearest collection site. Before taking the container to the collection site:
1. Triple- or pressure-rinse the empty container. Add the rinsings to the spray mixture in the tank.
2. Make the empty, rinsed container unsuitable for further use.
If there is no container collection site in your area, dispose of the container in accordance with provincial requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION
VANGARD 75WG Fungicide is a systemic fungicide that is active against the pathogens Venturia spp. (scab) of apple, Monilinia spp. (blossom blight and brown rot) on stone fruit and Botrytis cinerea (bunch rot) of grapes. VANGARD 75WG Fungicide, a systemic fungicide, is best suited for preventative applications. The vegetative tissue is most susceptible to infection early in the growing season, when it is growing most rapidly. Since VANGARD 75WG Fungicide is systemic and will move throughout the plant, application early in the season will protect the growing tissue. Do not use VANGARD 75WG Fungicide on cherries.
Integrated Pest Management: (IPM) 
IPM has been used in the production of fruit for more than 20 years and involves a combination of chemical, biological, cultural, and other pest control methods used in association with crop scouting. Integrated management of fruit diseases involves an awareness of the inoculum potential from the previous year’s infection. It also involves monitoring air temperature and the duration of leaf wetness periods to determine when sprays are needed. The inoculum of apple scab overwinters in infected leaves on the orchard floor, the inoculum of brown rot or blossom blight of stone fruit overwinters in the mummified fruit from the previous season and the inoculum of botrytis bunch rot of grapes overwinters in mummified bunches, winterkilled shoot tips and dead weeds on the vineyard floor. If feasible, at the end of the growing season, the debris should be disposed of to reduce the level of inoculum that can overwinter.
Use of VANGARD 75WG Fungicide in early season applications will maximize its protective properties. These applications should be followed by other fungicide products, registered for the control of scab, blossom blight and botrytis bunch rot, for the remainder of the season. On stone fruit, VANGARD 75WG Fungicide should be applied in later season applications to protect against brown rot.
VANGARD 75WG Fungicide has no adverse effect on beneficial insects, and is a non-leaching compound that is rapidly degraded in the soil.

DIRECTION FOR USE
Ground application only.
Do not apply by air.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare no more spray mixture than is needed for the immediate operation.
Spray equipment must be clean before using this product.
Vigorous agitation is necessary for proper dispersal of the product. Maintain maximum agitation throughout the entire spraying operation.
DO NOT let the spray mixture stand overnight in the spray tank.
Add 1/3 of the required amount of water to the spray or mixing tank.
With the agitator running, drop the required quantity of VANGARD 75WG Fungicide into the tank. Allow the VANGARD 75WG Fungicide to disperse into the water.
If tank mixing with other products packaged in water soluble bags, add them in the tank and allow them to become completely dispersed BEFORE adding VANGARD 75WG Fungicide.
If tank mixing with wettable powder, wettable granules, dry flowables, liquid flowables, liquids or emulsifiable concentrates, add VANGARD 75WG Fungicide first and allow it to become completely dispersed before adding the tank mix partner.
After the products have dispersed uniformly into the mix water, continue to fill the tank with water.
Continue agitation while adding the remainder of the water and during application to maintain a uniform suspension until all of the spray solution has been applied.
Precaution: Water soluble bags must be dissolved completely and the product must be uniformly dispersed in the mix water before any other tank mix partners are added to the spray solution. Boron, especially in the form of a micronutrient additive or as a natural component of the mix water, or summer type oils (eg. Superior Oil) may prevent water soluble bags from dissolving.
Note: If using VANGARD 75WG Fungicide in a tank mixture, observe all directions for use, crops/sites, use rates, dilution ratios, precautions and limitations which appear on the tank mix product label. Never exceed the label dose rate, and always follow the most restrictive label precautions and limitations. Do not apply by air.
VANGARD 75WG Fungicide should not be mixed with any product which prohibits such mixing.
Flush the spray equipment thoroughly following each use and apply the rinsate to a previously treated area.