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sprayed from the outside only. The have b e e n successfully thinning v
remainder of the tree should then be peaches, using a stiff 5 or 6-foot dry . 3
sprayed; top first, then bottom. Thus wooden stick about the size of a to-   s
the drip from the top part of the tree bacco stick. The stick was slightly I k
falls on dry foliage below, wetting it, flattened on one end to insert easily  5 K
instead of glancing on to the ground into clusters and, with a quick twist I i
as it does when lower limbs are spray- push off some of the fruit. Where i
ed first. Any water storage device or fruit is thick on twigs, a quick scrap-  ;_
large water outlets that will speed ing motion is used to remove the fruit   I
up the tank-filling operation are war- from one side of the twig. In all I
time aides that should be added where cases peaches are pushed of’f—not · 1
possible. knocked off in a manner that would  ? I
Pruning._DO7l0t0UcT_pr1Lneyoulnlg bruise the foliage and tW1gS.. Eison I I
rms. They will generally do best and $¤¤S are WCM pleased wth the i
with very little so-called shaping and practice and Stato that 3 few colonn ·
training and will reach bearing size Workers can Cover mom. t°"nol`Y I '
quicker it criiy Very Iightiy primed than a much larger crew using the old I .
Do not be disturbed by what you nano method- 7
think is a thick young tree. You will 1
be surprised how much these trees Control of Codling Moth I *
will open up after they bear a crop. " .
Pruning this year should be con- Codling moth is the most serious
fined to older, non-vigorous and very D€Si to HDDIQ D1`0d¤€ii0¤ in m¤¤>' i
thick trees. Wherever there is a cod- Kentucky apple orchards. At the
ling moth problem, the grower should recent fruit meeting at Mayfield, Dr.
thin out his trees, so that the spray L. F. Steiner of the Federal Codling 3
material can easily penetrate to all Moth laboratory at Vincinnes, Indi-
parts of the tree. Top limbs that are ana, gave a very helpful and informa- `
difficult to spray should be removed. tive codling moth discussion. The
Also a few low limbs should, in many following statements about codling
cases, be removed so that the spray moth were taken from his talk.
man can easily walk to the trunk and Life history Ot MOth_-The pgsts
Spray tno mside of each treo- pass the winter as worms. In late
__._ April or early May they pupate and
‘ grow into adults that mate and then
Peachgg lay eggs which hatch into small
worms when apples are very small.
Pruning. -—— Many peach growers Northern Kentucky usually has two
wait until they see how heavy the full generations a year, while South-
fruit is set before they prune. This western Kentucky usually has three V
is a safe practice where danger exists generations a season. About 75 per- ·
from late frosts. With a possible la- cent of these overwintering worms
bor shortage this season. it will be spin up in cocoons under the loose I
risky to put off pruning too long for scaly bark of apple tree trunks within
fear the trees will not get pruned. live feet of the ground. _About 25
At the Wiriter fruit meetings this percent spin up in rubbish. weed
year, it was pointed Out by severai stems and corn stalks near the base gf
good growers that they intended to do tno noon Whore as many as D0
3 lot of their peach thinning when Worms go through winter on one tree
they pruriet-i_ This is an ecciicmicai the problem is very serious but where
Viewpoint; for well pruned trees are as many as 100 worms_per rtree pass
generally easier to thirr It is certain the winter. the situation is almost
that with a heavy crop set, consider- beyond oonn`o1·
able thinning will have to be done to Orchard sanitation.—While spray-
insure fair size and to prevent over- ing is still the main control method
loading and tree breakage. Bulk for codling moths, orchard sanitation
thinning could be done very rapidly such as banding, scraping trees, and
with pole pruners or lopping shears screening packing sheds is of great
soon after the crop is set. value. Scraping the scaly bark from
Thimiihg·__At thc Mayiieid mcct- trees during winter, and catching it
ing special interest was shown in a on 3 iarpaulm i`€‘m0V€$ many Worms
discussion of the peach thinning prac- Bhd 1S T€€0mm€¤d€d· B¤1‘¤ l3h€$°
tice developed by Mr. C. R. Eisen and scrapings as soon as removed. Band-
Sons of Ledbetter, Kentucky near ing of trees in early summer to furn-
, Paducah. For several seasons they ish places for worms to spin up is
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