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‘ Strawberry Yields—l944 and 1943 below so that the bud soon falls to
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I24_Qum.I Crmes pei. Acre) the ground. The egg hatches mto a IICI
__i ____ grub which completes its develop- (III.
. ` ec '"` U, T ment in the fallen bud. me
I __ ‘__I_ _ \ __     The insect is partial to early ra}
\.ul¤>     gg:   varieties. Aromas are rarely lll- lll]
Ei; I Qi;     jured. The fact that the insect _ I?
  ruins the early blooms means the I 5i
Blakemore lt15.;I.,1;;•.».;;i5I;]¤_I»IIIIs[I5·2s-n;_I’I] 10$$_ of UTC €‘El.I`ly l8l`gC berries which ill"
I II I ordinarily bring the best prices. In lll
EIi;§g{l]“;}§\\_S)lI-O .,{ ;I.I.I_I;   0thCl' States where trouble has been le
L I “ "`   ` ‘ Q'   ‘ had with strawberry weevil, they Sei
Premier ,___,, I107.1I' s7.l‘5 20—G.GII5,I2l1—6/ll recommend several dusts such as I Sh
  - _ -, ..,i.I.. ._. I (1) lead arsenate 1 part, and hy- I Fe
Catskill ........ I i4.G240.oa 2- b_r~Il 6/1 tl/It dratcd UIUC 4 parts; (2) lead me I IS
Dresden .....l.. I 55.0l13T.2l5.25—¤S'RI Il/1-6/ll senate 1 part, and gypsum 9 parts; Ie
__ le n_ T .,.,,.:,,3 _.,_, and (3) cryolite. In some cases n O
C··I*—* ‘ ‘‘‘‘ I ¤°`1;1°l`OI° “` 6 EI) lb/l` liquid sprays are also used. The el
Fgrirfnx  II 54.2I24T.SX5/23—€·'SI5/illell/ll' growers choice of what to use will Yl
. . .· ` s ` O ·r se · ..r .   depend on what is available at the ·
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mum xt I   OI M I time. Treatment should be made YI
'fegllgeasee I _ _ _I___ _ 7 __ _I__rI_I_ before the blooms begin to open, as ri
”l"m’“" M   6°‘°’]""" " *0* bl" 'b_G’/H this is when the beetles first appear. Ill
Tennessee l l l l 1...
Supreine I 5l.`l`25l,lI5I’;Z()—6'5I5”2S—t$’14 7
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"_""”"‘ ‘ ' ' the l943 strawberry plantings made A I:
STRAWBERRY WEEVIL IN   f31F%}’tSHtlSfHCl(éI`}’ grogth. Get- .\
ing 0 o a goo start uring the T
I KENTUCKY cool, wet spring, they were not 'I‘
By P. O. RITCHER seriousy affected by the dry I I
  Of Entoynolggy and Botany \VC3tAl'l$I`d l8§Cl` OI'].- TllC ·[)lHllllll§X ' J
Reports have been coming in that E? SISOSI. 2.ep?Ie;l$§; \OE}uLfgI_O¥;;Il I
the strawberry weevil was on the Blakemore Temwsgee BC.III‘II,` I
increase this year and caused con- Te,meSSee’ShIppeI_ ,1ZCmICS§CC‘ 39·3‘ II
siderable damage to patches in the Massey and Merggm TIICIC WCIIQ I
]?’eWlm$b1GI`ee% eregd Thethlnscct also siiigle plot plantings of such FI
lespensl e IS esell e m IS ae varieties as Fairmore, Maytime, U. .
Fclel, S0 Qigwegs hmsig bed mme S. D. A. Blakemore, New York 72:21. I
tig? mr W1 IS 3 IS an com Tennessee Supreme, Tennessee 381,
· Tennessee 230 and ten U. S. D. A.
The strawberry weevil is a very gegdlinggh ` i
small snout beetle about 1/10 inch Th I I I. I I d IW . I-
1e¤g· It is dull red te bleekish in ea1‘lyCAI>ai‘ilcaiI2;d§ sdrgie sllelitcdaiii- l
eelerv eften with 8 dark SPM On age to early blossoms; however, on I
each Wmg COVER The weevil is. 3 the morning of May 7, when the l
nellve mseet b¤‘¤€d¤¤a en wlld late blooming varieties were white ‘
strawberries, COmlj!‘l0H C1¤€1U€[0ll, with bloom, a sharp frost and frCCZC `
red b‘;ld» bleekberrles and deWbe1" caused marked damage to these up- `
¥leS· Since all ef these ere ebendent turned, exposed blossoms and small
m Westeln Keml}ekY» It IS 1>¤¤l>¤l>l<> fruits. At that time the earlier
the mfestetlen m Our sl?l`eWbe1`YY blooming Blakemore had set much of
giggles meved ever [rem the Wild its fruit and most of the developing
· berries were down under the foliage.
Adult weevils appear shortly be- Even so, with temperatures of 28 .
fore strawberries begin to bloom. and 29 degrees all over western
The female lays an egg in an un- Kentucky and with ice and heavy
opened bloom and then cuts the stem frost in spots to the Tennessee line,
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