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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



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AFTER use of C. F. & I. Co.' 

 Cement Coated Nails 



Spray to Save the Fruit Crop from Insects and Diseases 



MAXIMUM PRODUCTION OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE 



Specialists Advise Methods for Control of Moth, Caterpillars, Aphids, Scale, Curculio, Scab, Blotch and 

 Rot — Treatment for Apple, Peach, Plum and Cherry — Spraying Schedules 



By A. L. Quaintance, Bureau of Entomology, and John W. Roberts, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



[Editor's Note. — The following article con- 

 tains information pertaining to fruit diseases 

 and pests and control, and v.\\\ therefore prove 

 interesting. However, some of the periods for 

 treatment of the various diseases and pests 

 have passed, but the bulk of the spraying is 

 yet to be done during the balance of the year, 

 it should be borne in mind, however, that the 

 remedies and treatments are general, and there- 

 fore might not meet the requirements of some 

 districts. The conditions in the North\Aest are 

 somewhat different from what they are 

 throughout the East, so it seems wise to sug- 

 gest to the growers that they do not deviate 

 from their rule, ^^■hich has proved successful 

 in the past. It is also wise to suggest that 

 where there is a difference or when the fruit 

 grower is in doubt it would be wise to consult 

 the State Experiment Station, the local horti- 

 culturist, the county inspector or some other 

 well posted man in whom you have the fullest 

 confidence. Attention is also called to the fact 

 that in the East the delayed dormant spray for 

 fungus has not generally been used, and it may 

 be possible that it is not necessary, although 

 it is generally considered in the Northwest in 

 districts affected with fungus that the delayed 

 dormant is a very important and necessary 

 spray.] 



FRUIT, either in fresh, dried, 

 canned, preserved or jellied form 

 is a food product of recognized 

 value. The maximum production of 

 good fruit at this time is, therefore, of 

 paramount importance. Directly con- 

 cerned ill the production of such fruit 

 are spraying operations for the control 

 of various insects and diseases. Own- 

 ers of commercial orchards have long 

 recognized the importance of spraying, 

 but there are many small orchards and 

 so-called home orchards, the owners of 

 which have not adojjted spraying oper- 

 ations, or do not give suflicient atten- 

 tion to the work. The uncared-for 

 condition of such orchards is loo often 

 revealed by the great number of wind- 

 fall fruits and the inferiority of that 

 which remains on the trees, the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture finds. No 

 single feature of orchard practice 

 yields so high a percentage of benefit 

 as spraying, often increasing the value 

 of the product several hundred per 

 cent. Every fruit grower, large or 

 small, has it within his power to save 

 his fruit from loss by insect and fun- 



gous pests, and thus add materially to 

 the food supply of the nation. Spray- 

 ing is now recognized by progressive 

 growers as an exceedingly cheap form 

 of insurance, not only protecting the 

 fruit during the growing season, but 

 insuring its proper keeping in storage. 



SPRAYING THE APPLE 



The apple is grown over a very large 

 territory and is our most important and 

 valuable fruit crop, and when prop- 

 erly sprayed and handled will keep in 

 storage for months, 



INSECT PESTS 



The Codling Moth: The codling 



moth is the dirty white or pinkish 



caterpillar which feeds within the 



fruit, mostly around the core, resulting 



in a lai'ge number of windfalls during 

 the summer and in wormy fruit at 

 harvest time. In the absence of treat- 

 ments this insect will destroy each 

 year a large proportion of the crop. 

 Fortunately it yields readily to treat- 

 ments, and a high percentage of bene- 

 fit follows through spraying operations 

 against it, as outlineil in the apple- 

 spraying schedule below. 



The Plum Curculio: This little snout 

 beetle attacks various fruits, as the 

 apple, peach, isluni, cherry, etc. Early 

 in the spring the beetles puncture the 

 little apples for feeding and egg-laying 

 purposes, causing much of the fruit to 

 fall, and the fruit which remains on 

 the trees becomes knotty and misshapen 

 as it grows. The curculio is notably 

 w^orse in neglected orchards, as in 



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