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s anti I nl?-Fflllt Insect Control in 1946 real prvoblem. Our spray schedules
1 31,,,, ’ , must t erefore be modified to in-
>y 5t . P' O' RITCHER clade mite control. In other states,
ll`¤1i1t- Kgntuekv fruit growers had their W me mites have caused damage
mimi ups and downs in 1946. 'l`he apple ms mem, y°m`S* It has been Shown
eolr; Crop thimkv to mv vwmhcl, and that the dormant spray is the first
,·i,.M> · DDT MN U‘m_ of th‘(_ Clmnwt p1_O_ point of attack because the European
Bm » ¤¤<·<>€* i¤`*<~¤¤·¤k>‘ is ¤¤·¤>° >‘~¤~· t‘$$tgY`§$d(i}§?‘Q`Zt§’T‘°*S 3,“ the atpple
` ‘ The peach crop. due to a tremendous The ’bc’ b31`€~
vv .v; _ severe mite infestations developed CG1‘ti11¤ \‘Hl`1€t1€S _0f 3PD1€s_ sssm
`uju in some orchards and caused con- to be m01`€ suscsptlbls lc mue eu'
‘u*‘ ‘E sidcrable bronzing and loss of foliage TGC}? than Otheis- Oc the commerclel
Ic uf — from late July on through Arigusp varieties. Red Delicious suffers the
uu P ln the Purchase area most of the worst mJUl`}`·
‘ _*’;*c damage was caused by the common
us.   red spider while in other sections PEACH INSECTS A
h—l‘*` the European red mite was preva- Curculio. Curculio adults appear-
. _ . ICM. HS wcll. ed unusually early last spring and in
lsfuef Continued use of DDT, which rc- large numbers. In spite of heroic
(mts suits in the destruction of mites` efforts on the part of many peach
-li{llH‘l _ natural enemies. will make mites a growers. the 1946 crop was very
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