of and then dig down and get the Jarriug works best early in the i
or grubs that are feeding on those morning before 8 o’clock while it
To plants, is still cool and the curculios are i
Dr_ Ritonor asks tnot groworn numb and inactive. Early in the ·
on Wnton for grub injury and sono season jarring should be done on r
cts in any grubs found killing plants Pnnn traas OY on Paaan troop j
nd _ so they can be identified, Grubg located at the edge of the orchard r
to-   will remain alive if placed in moist naar fpppp {`OWS OF Woods- I-/E cnr- ,
eu ¤ sen in e box or een. They sheure oplnpp apo found pn tihopfdfgyoppto j -
  b t t the De E tm t Of SPO S, (:11 _]3.I‘I`1Hg’ S10l1 8 COI1- j
gill _ Eiltggublogg and Botgngo Egnorr trnued on selected trees oyer the Q
ow ‘ ment Station, Lexington, Ky. Orchard- By_ doing this any e
u,._ rj grower can easily follow the move- Q
Yds E ments of the curculios and End out l
ont  _ PLUM CURCULI0 WARNING how abundant they are and if t
he O AND CONTROL OR spraying is necessary. When jar- 1 "
,On_ r       I'lI]g 1IldlC3t€S   3.I`€ pI`8S€I1lZ g€l1· l
.t,,,_ erally, spraying should start in r
` e BY P- O- RITCHEK the part of the orchard in which l
On   Dept-0fE¤t0¤10l08Y ond Botany they are found iirst. If possible,  
p  Kentucky fruit growers are grgwerg ?l*°u1d.€§mbmf zém Sul`  
;  well acquainted with the curculio a ° ap Imc W1 any Ca arse} i
D e that attacks plums, peaches and ate Slnny appnecl '“’ Peaches (See l ’
ms 5 eremee. Spraying with lead Elppppppgglpt Sppppy fppppy, Spppdé   _
and - arsenate is the standard control poeuilds Ofeleggrgiienallgmg 3051 ds . ,
 ·p measure and kills many adult cru·- . p .   i
lat   eprree when epprree soon eeee pf ppp cpd 2 poppds pf ppp ppl-   up
ww l peach shuck-fall and again two fate to 100 gallons pf Wajwk Gr°W` l A
STS  — yppkp pppp Sppp pppppps ppplp ifi “’?b$° t%e‘ZE2?lre23“efe`li.{EIE lf
meh   these sprays without regard to Ugg eougg f lime to 700 al- i _ j
rim,  ¥ whether or not curculios are img Ofpwates 0 g  
` present. Other growers, however, ‘ _ l · ;
· practice "jarring" to End if they Many y€aI`$ ago, b€f0I`€ 0¤1`€¤h0   r
Pan p novo curculios in tnon. Orchards sprays were invented, growers } — g
iw; _ and whether or not any sprays are oontpollod Cnrannns by_ daily jan  
'si 0} · needed. Many more growers gng of eval'; S`_ai1ninan`€;Y%1aYdS·  {
l L ~ 1 · e
- __  h ld d t tn 1 able ome orc a rss rnxene so-  
in ‘§ irgtiooa Op IS V 8 u called "curcul1o catchers" con- .li ‘to’`’ g
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ere, ,  tggepgggvg gggpopg gpggggglghg iif§t“§e§§r°$Z“£eif?.‘§§2e°?e§lhff£E   t..e  
  ppppdppdpp p ppm limb pp me- ‘é’i-ilpZE§?$1§er?§?$‘?§r£l‘ie.$E`I-Ei;  
, tn » The limbs are then struck several and wish to avoid S~p;;WiHU we  
quick blows with a padded mallet O _, . t . ‘_: np f  
mnt or the end of a "2x4" padded with urgnn lm U? flngy Jarfmlo ab H  
kind a piece of auto the Casing Aqult con .10- measure or curcu ro.‘ h  
Some curculios are small, brownish- Pickmg up drops. In addition  
.€ or black snout beetles about 3/16 of to jarring, picking up drops can  
noir an inch in length with roughened often be used as a control measure  
` . » win covers. If resent, jarring in small plantings. In the Georgia  
{(1 Ol. g P _ ,_r r
5 om. causes them to fall to the sheet peach belt, where labor is cheap,  
, bor, Where they may be counted, the gathering and destruction of  
Slang O recorded and destroyed. drops is an important method of  
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