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_ KENTUCKY FRUIT NOTES ‘
W. D. Armstrong. Horticulturist, Editor
I PREVENT FlELD-M()USE mulching also affords protection
DAMAGE TEE EEAE §i;?£‘.t‘2$;E$;i%.$“.i‘§Li§$ Em  
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L_ C_ \,\7H[TEHEADY In any •;\'C‘C§1l,·HS gneadow zgice
. _ ,_ _ A   general y ee in aternoon ay-
U. S. Fish and Vkildlft $El\l((.' hght_ and as they avoid Exposed
In many Kentucky localities fruit places for fear of such natural ene-
_ growers will be confronted with a mics as owls, hawks, snakes. skunks.
  ·‘field—mouse winter" this year, and foxes, cats, and dogs, it is worth
the (i‘a(lert1é should ltéierefore be while to remove in the summer all
soun e . ecause ie mice often vegetation within a radius of 2 feet
. damage fruit trees extensively dur- of each tree trunk.
ing the winter months when other C t I b P _ _
food is scarce. growers can ill afford fm T0 F 0150mUg
not to include the control of field Late in the fall. meadow mice and
. mice in their regular orchard man- pine mice are best controlled with
agement operations during the late cut apple bait treated with U. S.
. fall months. The sooner this work Fish and Wildlife F.eld Mouse Ro-
is done. the more effective it will be denticide. when there are few
in preventing damage to the trees dropped apples. Poisoned oats bait
during the winter season. All indi- of steam-crushed oats treated with
I cations point to a much heavier- alkaloid strychnine is convenient to
than-usual infestation of ticld mice use and is especially effective in
this year. winter and in follow up work in
. Both the meadow mouse and the late spring and summer months.
pine mouse cause damage in Ken- Orchard ex:1mination.—ln early
' tucky. The pine mouse burrows fall examine the orchard for mice
` and lives and feeds mainly under signs. Put out poison bait. if and
· ground. whereas the meadow mouse where mice are present. Meadow
· feeds largely on the surface, al- mice can be detected by surface
‘ though it builds shallow burrows runs in grass, open trails around
—- - -- , and nests underground. The pine fence rows. rock outcrops. rock
mouse girdles the roots of trees. walls. low spots. Pine mlce can be
several · while the meadow mouse girdles detected readily by probing the soil
· tree trunks at the groud surface. around the trees in the orchard with
` Poison barts and methods of bait- a stick about I3.;} inch in diameter;
ing are generally similar for both when the stick pierces a pine-mouse A
TDCSSOC kinds of field mice. A sleet storm runway or burrow about 2 to 10 `
fiC1`S<}¤ _ followed by heavy snowfall that inches under ground. there willbe
‘HtcS H1 completely covcrs the ground and a distinct "drop" of thc stick.
crates _ abruptly cuts off the surface food "Breather holes" from these under-
ie field - supply of the field mice, may cause ground runways are also to be found
—or 40 the meadow mice, particularly. to when pine mice are around. _
e Ten- girdle a considerable number of 10- Time and manner of application.-
to 15-year-old trees, even when the One application _of bait. generally
mouse population is quite low. after harvesting in the fall. should ’
1 Cultural Practices to Protect Trees give protection for one seasoxrlurié »
%Z1ml>¤ In mowing, don’t leave continu- less the fall is late. The orc tar
l addi- ous strips of tall grass in the tree should be re-examine_d after fall
of the rows, especially on old terrace baiting. during lll?-\\:llllL‘l`. and in
for you “  ridges or mounded strips developed early spring, as reintestation may
ln now I through several years of one-way occur. making addrtioiial poisoning
t and li cultivation. Mice are rone to con- necessary. If girdling occurs, bait-
Y r P . . . .
tension. s ccntrate on such rid ies. lleavv me is necessary before br1dge-graft-
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 ' BULLETIN OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
F STATION, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
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it ing. Use 3 or more apple-bait spots bait only at such covers where fresh
per tree; and if there are many signs of travel in the burrows may
? drops 1 teaspoon (or better, 1 table- show up. The use of covers is the
spoonful) of the strychnine-treated only easy way of immediately de-
. steam—crushed oats bait should be tecting re-infestation from other
. placed beside each apple bait. areas.
. Bait exposure.-In meadow mouse _
runways in long grass, insert each HOW to Mnk'3 inc Bin'-
, bait in the active runway and place Apple-rodenticide bait.-Use ripe
‘ grass back over the bait: in short but firm varieties which bruise
grass. use a handful of mulch or least. Cut jnto   to l" cubes-- `
pulled grass to cover the point the l" cubes more nearly plug the
where bait is placed. as mice will runway and mice will run over
take covered bait better. Covering smaller cubes. Peeling or coring is
_ also prevents the poisoning of other unnecessary. One quart of apples
I animals and birds. makes about 100 cubes. Use 30 grams
i ··COneentratiOn-stiitiOn>¤ niethOds_ of rodenticide (entire contents of the
_Where Surface traiis do nOt Oeeui. ll‘lCllOll—tOp container), to 20 quarts
i Or are poorly detined in iight grass of cut apples;_or. l level teaspoonful
sOme type Ot eOneentretiOn stetiOO to l_quart ot, cut apples. Place a
. is most useful. This is pertieuidris. definite quantity ot cut apples. in a
true in baiting tOr pine mice COri_ large enamel pan. gradually Sli-i·Oll
centration stations consist of a fork- the correct nmnnnt of *“0d€nt*€'n*`·
ful of hay, mulch. old sacks. bun- Plncc (`OVEY On Pan Und Shak'? Wnn •
dles Ot cOrn i$Odder_ bOX ends, “rOOd rolling motion, until the rodcnticide
siabs_.but best Ot ai], asphalt is equally distributed; or. sift tht-
Squares about ig" X ig", Cut tr-Om rodentieide on the cubes in the pan
rO]]s Of 3-piy rOO{ing paper; When while stirring them with a spoon or
squares are piaced nat Over breather stick. Five quarts of this bait tean
hglest mounds, OI- Other aCtiVe-]OOk- L1SU£liiy be €XpOS€;(`i   ()llC lllllll lll L1
mg spots ana- me iast mowing and half-day. The bmi must be p¤‘¢·p¤r¤¤t¤¤kr·
when there are many mice,. Such K
stations may be used, however, in
addition to live-trail baiting in 1944 KENTUCKY FRUIT
"middles" and other areas not near EXHIBITS
stations.
Even when using concentration Two noteworthy fruit exhibits
stations for pine mice, one apple were held in Kentucky this year»—
bait should be put in each breather at the Kentucky State Fair late in
hole. If concentration stations are August and at the Harvest Festival
not used, four or more breather of Eastern Kentucky held at the
holes or holes made by probing Robinson Experiment Station,
must be baited per tree. Quicksand, September 28-29.
Rechecking.-Through the use of State Fair.—While the State Fair
the covers, it is possible to recheck was held earlier than usual and ap-
for any mouse activities every week ples were not highly colored, the
or so at any time of the year. Re- beautiful color and finish of the
2

 11 large peach and grape exhibits more Hoose of Paintsville, outstanding
Y than made up for the lack of apple fruit grower of eastern Kentucky,
10 color. The quality of all of the fruit who died earlier this year. The sec-
?· was excellent, showing that great ond prize in the commercial exhibit
fl` care had been exercised in its pro- went to W. J. Woodward, of Boreing
duction and selection inasumch as it in Laurel county. This was Mr.
is generally recognized that 1944 has Woodward’s first exhibit, and his
been the llyorst codling-moth year finhe apples were the envy of many
1*2 in recen istory. w o visited the Festival. In addi-
$0 First prize in the large 20 tray-20 tion to the standard varieties ex-
— plate apple exhibit went to the Mc- hibited, there were several very fine
1G Collorgli Orchards lif Hcllndellsolg, and seedling apples on display and it is
jr sccon prize wen to . . cgen· hoped that next year special prizes
1S bush Orchards of Buechel. In the for worthy seedling apples can be
95 individual grower's exhibit the J. W. awarded.
115 Fegenbush Orchard took first while Some of those usually making
1<* V the Karcher & Harpering Orchard large exhibits were absent this year
ts of Jeffersontown took second. Top from each of the exhibits, or had
ul _ grape honors went to the Joe Bray only smaller exhibits. It is hoped
21 & Sons Fruit Farm of Bedford, with that in the future these and other
a second_place going to Karcher & new exhibitors might exhibit their
in _ Harpering. Top peach honors were good fruit at the Fairs. It should be
19. divided between Fred J. W. Wirth pointed out that during the present
th . of Louisville, and Joe Bray & Sons. labor shortage it was a hardship for
ic of Bedford, with some nice peach any grower to prepare a fruit ex-
1<· winnings also made by the Karcher hibit and much credit is due these
in & Harpering Orchard at Jefferson- men for their efforts.
or town and the Kentucky Cardinal
in ` Orchard at Henderson. Of outstand-
ll ing interest among the apple bushel. MULCH WQRTH $265,00
Bt tray, and plate competition was the
exhibit of the Lester Harris Or- PER ACRE
hl‘ chard of Kevil in McCracken county. W· D~ A1`111511`O11g
11 · This was the first time fruit from Sll..m.bel.l. . mulch el lled ln earl ,
ic. this fine young orchard has been ex- Deeedlbel. Og 1943 as Egmpered to gl
  I gspééiglggghellggilgi   mlgclt Egg March 1944 application, was respon-
`_ " _ __ _ ~ sible for 34 extra crates per acre in
\` `   g1?§lfS6g°°HS;l;l1é;} lgglipigg? the inulched experinllental plots) in
. ~.. * .' M ‘a ’ ‘,t` ‘ ‘.
nts ~ den Delicious, as well as first prize lmCdC;,l;(ei:§iglfc(;g1l§l;}Of slisegegel. eepee
Wt Oli trays §1'1d D13t€$ of Oth€1` _\`H1`i€' were used, Yet the \\'1I‘1t€I1 WHS CO1`1;
>_m t1es.l It is hoped that this 1S the sldered mild wllh 4 degrees above
-1l- starting of many more successful yew ln late ljeeembel. 7 degrees One
lll flluit exhibits to come from this or- {light during Jemleryend rl degrees
  C aId· again during February. However,
_ _"_ on May 7. one week before Blake- .
lni E¤St€1`11 K€11i110ky Hfl1`V€S£ F€Sii- more harvest started, we had an un-
}‘ XRLTAS éhe l§&St•§1‘11 Kclfulgky qos- timely frost and freeze over western
iva at uic san was ie in ate Kentucky that seriously reduced the
September, the fruit exhibited there crop by freezing blossoms and small
was limited to apples. By that time, fruit. The December-mulched plots
good color and quality had develop- produced 104 crates per acre, or 34
ed and this year these exhibits crates per acre more than the March-
Vl shoxlved ulllillisual finish, ctllorl and mulched plots. Vllltlg begries selliilig
" S qua 1 Y· 0 01111165 11'1 118 101119 at ceiling plices 0 7.8 per cra e,
‘7 orcharll plate class were far above the berries mulched early brought
111 norma in numbers and quality, as $265 per acre more than the others.
ual 1, were also the commercial plate en- During the 1943 harvest season,
he   triels. First prize in the commercial similar experiments gave 2lI% in-
11»   orc ard exhibit went to Wendell crease of 44 crates per acre in avor
_   ¥anH0ose and family of Paintsville. of December inulehl1ng1gDe§en1ber
air L oung Mr. VanHoose is now sole temperature reac ie egrees
1P- Operator of the orchard that was above zero), while the harvest rec-
the operated jointly by him and his ords taken in 1940 gave_an increase
the __ father, the late Senator Fred Van- of 80 crates per acre in favor of
 
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the December niulching as com-
pared to March niulching. This great HINTS AND OBSERVA-
' diiference was due to sub-zero tem- TIONS ..r
peratures (-10 degrees) in January, kt
with no snow on the ground. That m
‘ spring, many unmulched Helds in By W_ W_ Magill tl.
Southwestern Kentucky failed to Field Agent in H0t.ttCuttut.C . at
bloom or had a very light blossom, lc I J Rt
because the sub—zero temperatures ‘ ‘ °° _ tt
killed the embryonic {lower cluster, When G. I. Joe returns home, will it
causing the crown to turn dark, and there be any strawberries for him W
also killed a large percentage of the to eat? They will serve as one home- bt
roots. At harvest season an abun- g1'0}V}¤ IUXUVY llmt will l>¢‘ ¤l<>¤`0 ¤D· K
dance of new runners, from 2 to 3 Q€t1Z1¤§ than Ulf? "CTY imd HK" i`¤· et
l feet long, were present on the berry tions he has been eating. One hun-
plants having no bloom or berry dfild 'fW€¤iY K0¤l¤€kY_ COUUUOS
” e]uSterS_ should plant strawberries next
Many herry-grOwer$ gf the rhs- March and early April, at least for
trict visited our experimental mulch lllllllC ll$€·
plots at harvest time that year to see , r . . w
and be convinced. from observa- `)(l0% Imelebt. . al
tions, that a December mulch as A Slllllll lll"C$l·llll`lll lll llllylllg et
compared to a March mulch, could $ll`€l“'ll€l`l`Y illnllls lllltl lllllllllllg all it
be responsible for such a difference. flCl`€» flexl Mlllcll “lll lll` ·l_ llllc . cz
Similar failures to bloom had oe- lllllld lll glVC7G· lg’·lllf` llll lll$_l?‘ ei
eurred rn Several previous years, es_ turn home. Vtlth dads leadeiship tt
peeiahy on Aroma variety, and this and the cooperation ot mother and at
condition had been wrongly inter- llle YOllllg€‘l` Clllldl`l*ll— lllls Cllll llc rr
preted as a "running out" of the va- dllllll by lllzllly lallllllcs lll COllllll€l" rr
riety. For lack of more descriptive Clal ll€l`l`Y &l`C€l$· Tlllllk ll l“`l`l"‘Yllll at
words, such barren plants with wild, ll“`€ ll lll JOC· T
early runners had for some years Fires., tr
. been locally called "he plants." . ' tt
V The greatest ohjeetroh to rah Last winter, four orchards were
nntlclnng among gnnt·erS is the fact swept by ¤¤¤¤d¤¤t¤l MS. le we Sl
l that the Helds often heeome footed case, I expressed an opinion to the
by the VO1unt€€1· Wheat cheat ahd owner, soon after the hre, that the ll
other seeds in the mulch. This is ll`€€$ wel`? l`lllll€d· Slll`l`Y’blll I  
largely prevented by growers who gllesscd C0ll`€CllY· O
spread their bales of straw in the - - .
berry middles, clipping the wires, in $4’000_ m 20 Mmutcs if
October or early November, to let All alell lllllld lllld gl lllllllly ll`€lClOl` t.
the fall rains wet the innlea straw, disc Sevcd =¤¤ ¤¤‘¤l¤¤¤‘dr ·¤ft<>¤` the the ,;
germinating most wheat seeds be- lll`llll€ llul· _M€lY I Sllggwl You dll 21
fore it has to be spread. The cus- lllll Wall lllllll lll€ me lllmllls lllll lll ,
torn or ynoyvjng a rye nerd as rt he_ use the disc and make a nre barrier L
gins to head onty hut before the on four sides of the orchard, and il.
grnln an-ms, then raking and Stack- else a few Strips i¤ each ¤l ,.’
ing for the winter mulch, is a splen- lll the Ol'Cll€ll`ll· O
did practice. . _ . h
Strawberry growers of central and _ No Clmsldm {mlm C
northern Kgntucky have 10mg Sincc It is unfortunate that the insects t·
lggyngd the pront and heneht or late don’t give us a break and become in- S'
fall or early Winter mulehrha lh active for the duration. Let me sug- C
those sections 2 or 3 tons of straw gesl lllall Yllll 1‘¢¤d_M1¤ Al`lll$ll`llll¥S S
per acre are used. `i$€=?ll€’ ¤1‘t1¢l¤ agulll **5 ll illlpcllls t,
In all sections the rnnlcn should i¤ this issue, wd also tw llllllklllg r
be applied late_ in the fall or early Qllllllt llllw Qfllll Call l`Cll[~lCC Ylllll Cllllf C
wlnter when lt seems likely the lms m¤l~h Seed Stock by S¢¤‘¤l>ml; C
temperatures will go as low as 15 trees. l s
degrees above zero. Temperatures Sale VS- Slll`lY ~
th1s_cold, before Christmas, cause The war is not over yet, and
considerable damage to unmulched sprayer parts may be on the "slow
plants, especially in first-year delivery" list again in 1945. Bet- Q
patches with thin stands. ter order your needs now. t C
4 L
l

 Yes, They Died The usual recommended strength of
Many years before our time, the "ll Sl’l`?lY *5 25% blll_lh POl`lO'?l5 Ol
"Red Man" barked forest trees to llChYY lhl€5l€lllOh lhc -5% Oll l$ hlOl`€
kill them, and it worked. Orchard dC5ll'¥blO· Thls Ol_l Spray Ohh be .
mice may ukowiso km your appro combined with a 6-6-100 bordeaupc
trees. Mr. L. C. Whitehead has an “`hOhA 5P_l`¥lYlhS PO€l€h€5 Bhd lhls
srttcte on this subject, m this issue. ¢_·»mbi¤¤t¤<>¤ will take care Of hvth
Road it Carefully, aud Suvo for fu- tne scale and the peach leaf-curl
H tum l.ofol.ouoo_ If you Court buy disease. In apple spraying, the bor-
the poison at your local dealer`s, (lcllllx l5 ¤S¤¤ll>‘ left Olll» lhOl·lgh 3
ll write me at once. "ltoot Rot" has hlhhll ,?{lhlOllhl l$ Ohhh ll5€€l €l$_ hh
;` ° been given credit for killing many Qlhlll5_lhFl` lOl` lhh Oll· DlT€OllOh$
' Kentucky apple trees, where the or- l‘ll` hllxlhg lhl5 5_Dl`aY 85 well 35 g€h·
1- Chard mouso \,_.oS guilty eral spraying information on all
l‘ __ kentucky fruits 1S contained in Eig-
:5 SAN JOSE SCALE pertinent Station Bulletin 393, "Fru1t
  SITUATION Fests   Their (lL;ontrol," which can
>e ia ree o c .arge upon request
San Jose scale made more head- to the Experiment Station at Lex-
way in the summer of 1944 than in ington.
any season since 1938. The continu- Dormant strength lime sulfur
lg ous hot dry weather has been itieal would be the second best in scale
h for scale development and multipli- control. For severe cases, this should
lc , cation and the increase has been be applied at the strength of 12%
?‘ enormous. ln many orchards where gallons of lime sulfur to 8Tl2 gal-
lP the owner thought there was no lons of water, making 100 gallons of
ld 1 scale at all or- only a very little, the spray mixture. This spray will c0¤—
’_“ insect has developed so fast that trol peach leaf curl Ori peaches arid,
iu now many limbs and whole trees l‘·'llOh hllPllO€l lh lllO lam dOl`lhhhl
are completely crusted with scale. fh Emil} ‘s¤l>i 20
  Survive and multiply next season. lJOl`€Ohl _Ol th€ P?hOll€$ Qxhhllhhd
  _ were injured by insects, while in
nd if Materials 1943 fully one-third of the crop was
ow t' _lt is generally considered that 3% damaged. The lighter damage was
et- l_ Oll emulsion spray is one of the best due mainly to the small amount of
@ dormant scale sprays for Kentucky. cat-facing this year compared to
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last. vBrown' rot which often fol- QUINCE RUST AND CEDAR F
lows insect injury was scarce this RUST CONTROL {
. year due to the very dry weather. _ _ _
. Cm.culi0__Cm.CuuO Control was The comparatively 'new fungicide
t very good in most orchards, espgC_ known as Fcrmratel has. shown A
  Wh€1,€ the I,nOntl}_bCfO1.c_l1al._ ?OI`lSl$lCl`2ll)lC pl`OllllSC lll fl`Ull.-gl‘O\\'-
vest Spray had been used. It was ing circles and much research is un- V
i very evident from the counts that ds Way to detmimm? Its Scope sf .
again Curculio damage is much usefulness. It has given good rcs
worse On the edges Of an O,.Chm.d sults in applc—scab control, cedar-
than deeper within the O,.cha,.d_ rust control, blacksrot control, and
This means that many growers shows promise against bitter rot. ,
could well afford to do Some Cxtw Because of ar large native growth
spraying on the outside rows. Also, of md Ccdmi Just acmss the mad
L in many Cases it might be possible from the apple plots at the Western;
to omit the month-before-harvest Ks¤*¤.¤k>’ Esssismssi Sub$w1‘“’“ ,
Spray except On the Omg,. 6 0,, 8 at Princeton, these plots have for {
rows- some years suffered a heavy loss I
ln a Paducah peach orchard where iilzlgi i%(;1t;;€q£;;;;C_;  2?Oi€lCC(i_;1_ t
sssssss hss sims ssss s sm- lated ooo ooo.~wiotoi· on o.oyl—oo *
lem, 34 percent of the peaches on cedar trees In Earl Spring dup ‘
the outside row were wormy. Ten mg ram Qveather gmes dévclo 1
rows inside the orchard, however, On thesey diseasedkegons and mi; .
OMV 7-8 Percent were mlm`€d· At blown back to apple leaves and fruit 1
Henderson, in one orchard, only 2.9 _thOugh qumce rust apparently at: ,
percent Of the Peaches were Cul" tacks the fruits alone causing man· `
ggjjgg, iggssfassghsgged¤~Hg$ygyC sdssssm to an Old neg` fruits are caused to drop soon after
, lected peach orchard, had 21 per- the CMYK period ·
V c€nt_WO1`my peaches _ _ In order to study the effect of
Oriental Moth--In g€¤C1`&li IUJUYY Fermate on quince rust under Ken-
from the O1’i€·1'1t€ll fruit mOih WGS Lucky Qgnditighg, spray plgtg were —
lighter than in 1943. One Paducah set up in the above-mentioned plots
Orchard, hgvvgvgry had 26 percent; that COHSl·Sir of ClOUbl€ l.`O\VS of Slay- Y
of the fruit injured by oriental moth m3“»_DChC¥OuS» and Wmcsal? trees-
. in ooo section of the orchard ooo Stsstiss with lhs pmk sprsy sms
there was much oriental injury at ¢>¤d sssss
tho Eison ol—ooor—o ooor Leclbetter. 1¤s}¤d¤;,s fsu b19<>¤¤» <§s1v>r<· \1•¤`\‘*‘#i · ¤‘··l»~ ture of three pounds of wettable sul-
i l’·l·‘··¤> 1¤· ·s l~ »s.1£.T'§ r. r.; - . _ .
wth 11 I ‘ irihiisiritiist ur-ups fi hl lu! Plub lz pound fermate and also
Oad . \\in·~s:r1i -t:· rust drops, T'.; nr rainy had fC\VC1` _I`US't 1¤fCCtCd dl`OpS and
cm l""‘l*=*¤‘\’<·Ft <1r··i·> ifwerkliéistanfected fruits at harvest
. . - ,, . ‘n 1 trees getting a straight sul-
Lwn Thus it can be seen that there were   . , , _ _ . .
{Oy mZ·1¤Y times more rust infected drops im Sway Of the thlee lafletles
from the sulfur trees than froln Used` Staymim was most seuously
tiff mos ssmiis   plus `ro-m=¤—·i ?2T€$—2‘§dgO%°$i$l?§lS  “X'E»“f‘° Sui;
‘_` On the other hand, there was a . , , “·' pe Sc?
tc' higher percentage of noninfected or $£?tl%§n§aSt·d1sO Sétlsfactmy wlth
lcd regular drops per tree from the sul- L C ma um Sp_ld¥`
WY- fur-fermate trees. This indicates T};{€S€.";SullS are In lm'? with Olh€‘i`
elop that some fruits on the sulfur trees WOT WU- C€`d&‘l` lust- but th€ data
are that would have ordinarily made ml flume? rust ¤l`€ ¤€\‘-Y \Vh€1`€ 3
{run regular dmns “.L,l.c infected with grower has a situation that makes
-8t- rust as well as a great many that C°d“l`.1`uSl.U1` qulncqrust Q threat
mn). would have otherwise developed FSPQCHIHY m wt SP1'mgS· its It WHS
Ten, into normal fruits. Yield of picked m m?mY "l`Chm`d$ m 1944- IT \\'0¤ld
. · fruit and percent of infection with WC"] that {Ummm .0HHs $p€°mC re`
mi quinee rust are shown in Table 1. ll°f· lvhwc Combmid Wllh Sulfur-
lan} lg pound of fermate replaces three
i_fter _[_,lm`_ lH\\_I_ __ L bn f I l 14 poundsof sulfur. Fermate is also
; `harvCS{ed`1,_',,.";.:__,align] l:;,.__;_,l,_`;i_l;" compatible ·¤.vit.h summer oil and
t Oi l_,N_mn_L,,__d mm ` with fixed nicotine sprays. This and
Ken- ;;.-e-.;.,7;_;_;i_ A__i Li otheril newd materials should be
rgrgyg » ` Fm_`Im`\__ watc ed an used where there is a
plots ' Sulfur Snlfuré n(`€d4
Stay- `**“*#’. g 4 t E l i E ——-
and   ‘ i I 'E 1 A ` E
~ IL *aY" ··· ·,,T'
over, E l 5 i' Q L ~» g v
mst > i _ Li: l i LS: A SUGGESTION €)I\
new —t_  i g r STRAWBERRY PLAl\TING
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