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ered with a tight, screen wire lid. In arsenate spray must be applied a ¤’ 2;
this cage they burrowed into the soil month before harvest. Many west- - Be
to complete their life cycle. The ern Kentucky growers put on this e `
ground cage was looked at each day, spray last season as a result of the  I-
any adults emerging were counted spray service findings, and counts  · PQ
and removed. Many of the early, new made at harvest showed very little L Thi
adults were shipped in cartons to curculio damage. Damage did occur ‘ bg
Princeton where Mr. Armstrong fed in orchards where this treatment was  i clk
them on peach foliage and supplied not made.  = ex
them with small fruits for egg laying. _ya"ing__F01. most an-active cOn_ — Hfl
The Wrlteehelped check for the egg trol of curculio, growers should prac- '
1&Y1hS_ period by dlsseetmg female tice jarring both as a means of telling ° sh
curculios- when to spray and also to find out J Dt
As a result of this study and other what _ Darts Of the orchard need af;
observations we obtained definite in- Spfaylhg. wi
formation on plum curculio activity Jayymg is done by Spyeadmg a bed. g dr
ih 1942 which eh8b1ed US to predict 8 sheet or large canvas under a peach ° Ve
SeC0hd b1`00d ahead cf time. The ih- tree, or, better still, two sheets, one lll
f01‘m3ti0h also gave US some vital on each side of the trunk. The trunk ‘·"‘
facts heeded f01` the €01'h1hg year. or limbs above are then struck sev- ; ii
These 1942 facts may be Shmmafized eral sharp blows with a padded scant- lll
35 fellows: The first €\11‘¢¤1i0 8D- ling. This causes the curculios in the le
peered ih WeSte1`h Kehtueky orchards tree to fall to the sheet where thev
ADYU 15, ab¤ut9 days after fu11b1¤¤m may be counted and destroyed. Jar- I yi
0h E1beFt3- Egg 13YihE begah APT11 ring is most effective early in the i W
28, about 3 to 5 days after shuckfall. morning while it is cold and the cur- 8,
continuing forwieveral wegkfl. June whos are numb_ hi
drops began ay 13. u —gr0wn . ·   . · ,. .
Wermg began legvigg dwp gggghgg p§'$i".'rZlF“éi“"ié’£°ii€$`°a“£dS°€£iS§5L "
May 19, continuing to do so into June. twice a week fm, the next 6 weeks
gig`] v;;g1l}gtSS,§§gigH$§11;r%%15 iglurézlgg Jar first on plum trees since curculios
July- Adults bg·gg¤ lgyigg gggg fg ?S°§2Z“l¤l?§$r?af”S§t€fSi’?£éé§`gOE°Z{EE
_ ‘ a second brood on July 14. Elbertas €dg€’ Of thg Orchard nearest Wooda
were being harvested between August and other placas whew curculios ara
i 5 and IL likely to hibernate. Continue jarring
at regular intervals. Cover the en- ‘
tire orchard. In this way the move- .
Control Meaeuree ment of curculios into the orchard can
, . be followed and sprays can be omit- -
S1’mYmg·_TO control Curcuho we ted or delayed if curculios are scarce. -
must rely mamly On Spraying Wlth S C Chandler in Illinois found that ‘
lead arsenate. The correct formula cnrcnhns aI.a’nSuaHy nn/mh mon,
for 100 gallons of mixture is lead abundant On the Outer ww Of an
arsenate 2L»@ pounds, hydrated lime Orchard than they are On mws fan
gf pfuildts and Z&n°.S¥1f?t€ 2 p°uY’dS· ther in. As a result, more spraying \,
e as wo ma eria s orm a zinc- . . ,
bordeaux which reduces the foliage may be needed on the Outm IO" S' 2
injury by the lead arsenate. To con- —— V
trol brown rot and scab, 6 pounds of 3
wettable sulphur is added in certain gECOND_YFAR CARI{‘ OF l'
of the sprays. ` “ ’ §
Gro;/eridwho do not practice Earé STRAWBERRY FIELDS C
ring s ou put on at least two ea · ,- I
arsenate, curculio sprays following fnyvtlhit ;;cgh%;D€;§rn;$;g$vC%)§;,Cahgg d
the fixed schedule given in Experi- in Kentucky-, yh/[any good ggrowerp
ment Station Circular 356 or Leaflet have different ideas and follow dnl
9 or Bulletin 393. Apply the first one f t t- B f th 1
2 or 3 Weeks gm full blgem Wheg i$$€{`hiEi‘?§$$E$atiOS°SE$°t%c giféifi
fg gf the ghgcks gre gg the gegggd interest or strawberry growers, mic C
ays 8 QL plots were set up for the study of Q
From the studies made in western these problems immediately after c
Kentucky in 1942 it is clear that to harvest in 1942. The plots were on l
stop second brood curculio, which oc- commercial strawberry fields of the i
curs in some years, an additional lead Blakemore variety and were located
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